RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 day agoTIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US Historyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square239fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1external-linkTIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US Historyen.wikipedia.orgRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 day agomessage-square239fedilink
minus-squarenednobbins@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down5·11 hours agoThat’s great news. The other 9 of the 10 biggest protests were were extremely successful at affecting change. Since we made such massive progress on all the others, this is clearly a harbinger of social and political progress.
minus-squaredroans@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-28 hours ago George Floyd (Police Brutality) Earth Day 1970 (Environmental Protection) No Kings (Trump) Hands Across America (Poverty) Women’s March 2017 (Feminism) Hands Off (Trump) March for Our Lives (Gun Violence) Women’s March 2018 (Feminism) #RickyRenuncia (Puerto Rico, Resignation of Ricardo Rosselló) Great American Boycott (Immigrant Rights) Only #9 actually accomplished what they wanted.
minus-squareCanadianCorhen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21·10 hours agoUntil we start seeing general strikes, or other action, they will continue to ignore the people. A week of general strikes, and the stock exchange tanking acordingly, would actually have an effect.
minus-squarenieminen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 hours agoI keep seeing this, and I don’t disagree, but what exactly is gonna change? Some rich people get slightly less rich, they’ll still own most of our government. Our current admin clearly doesn’t care about public opinion.
minus-squareTriasha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·10 hours agoThey care about money. Day long general strikes have changed policy. A week would bring the government to the table on anything short of dissolving the government. The US government is terrified of general strikes, and has gone to extraordinary measures to ensure they don’t happen.
That’s great news. The other 9 of the 10 biggest protests were were extremely successful at affecting change.
Since we made such massive progress on all the others, this is clearly a harbinger of social and political progress.
Only #9 actually accomplished what they wanted.
Earth day did a lot of good
Until we start seeing general strikes, or other action, they will continue to ignore the people.
A week of general strikes, and the stock exchange tanking acordingly, would actually have an effect.
I keep seeing this, and I don’t disagree, but what exactly is gonna change? Some rich people get slightly less rich, they’ll still own most of our government. Our current admin clearly doesn’t care about public opinion.
They care about money.
Day long general strikes have changed policy. A week would bring the government to the table on anything short of dissolving the government.
The US government is terrified of general strikes, and has gone to extraordinary measures to ensure they don’t happen.