50501 movement fuels anti-Trump rallies across the US
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Protests against Trump's actions are planned across all 50 states Wednesday, with organizers rallying under #buildtheresistance. This live blog is now closed.

We the people are speaking out at every capital in every state, today, now!

A growing movement opposing President Donald Trump’s early actions is organizing protests across all 50 states on Wednesday.

What to Know:

The movement uses the hashtags #buildtheresistance and #50501 (50 protests, 50 states, one day).

Many demonstrations are planned at state capitols, while others will take place in major cities.

Flyers circulating online denounce Project 2025 and call for action against fascism and deportations.

Organizers, like Kelsey Brianne in Michigan, are mobilizing communities with grassroots efforts.

Protests have already begun, with thousands marching against deportation policies in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The movement has a website at 50501movement.carrd.co and is active on Instagram, Reddit, Bluesky, Discord and Signal.

    • cheers_queers@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      nobody believed us before the election. me and my partner tried talking to people we know about it and they either never heard of it or told us it was a conspiracy theory

  • Furedadmins@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I was at the Boston event. At several points people started loud trans right chants which I think is a strategic mistake. This makes it too easy to reframe this as a trans protest rather than anti facism/anti 2025 since a huge portion of the population just dismiss trans rights protests out of hand.

    • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
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      7 hours ago

      1. Fuck off with this. Trans people are our brothers and sisters and they deserve our vocal and unabashed support just like anyone else. These policies are going to kill many of them. Our love for them may save lives because it shows them that people have their backs. And it is simply the right thing to do. Triangulating is not working as a political strategy. Stand on some fucking morals for once.

      2. Fascism is all about finding a minority and shitting on them. This version is leveraging trans people and immigrants to shit on. Being vocally pro trans is about as anti fascist as you can be right now.

      Fascism seeks to divide people. We fight that by fighting for the people who are most marginalized and who they wish to separate from our communities.

      • tomi000@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        You are missing the point. If the protests arent taken seriously it doesnt matter whats chanted. Its not about criticizing every thing thats wrong with Trump because many people agree with large parts of it. Its about getting the main message across, that hes a fascist that needs to be stopped.

        • IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
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          5 hours ago

          And you’re missing the point that if you’re willing to ignore trans people “in order to be taken seriously”, then you’re siding with the fascists on how to treat trans people. They will take advantage of that.

          The existence of trans people is being erased from our government’s documents right now. If both sides are ignoring trans people, what the fuck do you think is going to happen? I’ll give you a hint:

          “First they came for trans people, and I did not speak out- because I was not trans…”

          • tomi000@lemmy.world
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            27 minutes ago

            Now that I think about it some more, youre actually right. Every problem should be adressed and voiced as often as possible. No matter how you do it, theyre always gonna try to invalidate it somehow. But as soon as millions walk the streets every day they wont be able to anymore.

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      9 hours ago

      No. It is time to stop being complicit in trans erasure. No more of this “wait your turn” shit. I will not leave my queer brothers, sisters, and everything between/beyond behind for some vague notion of “optics.” We bring them with us. They deserve justice and support.

      Stop sacrificing marginalized groups for broader appeal it doesn’t even grant. Hell be brutally practical: We sacrificed Palestinians and LGBT folks for the election, what did we gain from it?

  • randon31415@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Live honey trap coverage: A protest with no other goal but be “antiTrump” planned by the CIA to get a list of targets is going off without a hitch. Soon facial recognition will learn the identity of the most easily swade parts of the anti Trump population.

    • A_A@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      CIA and FBI where dismantled by executive order … soon they’ll be replaced by the SS.

  • sillyplasm@lemm.eeEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    could we be doing this for more than one day? it’s barely even a protest if it’s just on one day.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      I believe this was intended to kick things off, spread awareness and get the ball rolling. Surely more will follow!

      • sillyplasm@lemm.eeEnglish
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        11 hours ago

        I don’t doubt it. it would be cool and inspiring to help this became a whole movement. I’ll have to protest from inside though until the weather stops being frostbite-inducing (hopefully soon)

  • Null User Object@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    The crowds would be much larger if most of us heard about this earlier than 11:58 am today. Absolute garbage organization for this one. I’ve marched in D.C. on more than one occasion and knew about the event at least a month in advance every time.

    • Garland@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      This is a response to the rapid escalation of events since the inauguration which only occurred just over two weeks ago. Things are moving fast. The past week has been dizzying, by design.

      There will likely be a lot of protests by many organizations that may be organized at the national level or locally until things change for the better, people give up, or people are stopped by the forces we need to protest against. Try to find protests and participate in the ones that you can.

      edit: I’m not going to tell you what groups to organize with, but look into groups that organize locally and nationally.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      We don’t have a month. Look at how much has already happened in the last two weeks. Pelosi need to see what’s going on Now.

    • Absaroka@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      This is the way these things work though. This will get attention. The next one will be even bigger.

  • breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    I don’t know if this’ll be removed but self-posts without news articles aren’t allowed here (rule 2).

    Is there a community for content like this? Like a focus on our participation in activism/resistance? Even if not here, this is amazing and something I’d still like to see somewhere.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      Good call, I edited in an article.

      I would really like to see such a community (and on a different instance). I mainly posted this because I don’t see much coverage anywhere.