is it well known and do people talk about it … like in the mainstream media ?
[solved] in the media :
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300
( thanks to irelephant )
What To Know
The movement has a website at 50501movement.carrd.co and is active on Instagram, Reddit, Bluesky, Discord and Signal.
[caution]
https://bsky.app/profile/ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
(see comment below by @Lennnny@lemmy.world )
Listen,
for folks who don’t know, I was a part of a small organizing team that led to a mass mobilization in 813 cities worldwide in 2019.I am not talking out of my ass.
You should be VERY VERY VERY careful in this environment about sharing flyers for events that identify NO organizer
See also :
GeneralStrikeUS.com
proposed by : @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
[solved] by : @Sergio@slrpnk.net
- interface to reddit community: https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/50501/
- spreadsheet with info on this and other protests: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-rraq_sRU6n-rvGj45AxscxouGVcH03efhMQHJYzc6w/edit?gid=900690167#gid=900690167
Click to show start times
Start times:
Start Times By State (current as of 1/31/2025):
Alabama: No information
Alaska: 12:00 noon
Arizona: 12:00 noon
Arkansas: 12:00 noon
California: 12:00 noon
Colorado: 12:00 noon
Connecticut: 12:00 noon
Delaware: 12:00 noon
Florida: 12:00 noon
Georgia: 11:00 AM
Hawaii: 12:00 noon
Idaho: 12:00 noon
Illinois: 12:00 noon
Indiana: 12:00 noon
Iowa: 12:00 noon
Kansas: 12:00 noon
Kentucky: 12:00 noon
Louisiana: 12:00 noon
Maine: 12:00 noon
Maryland: 12:00 noon
Massachusetts: 12:00 noon
Michigan: 12:00 noon
Minnesota: 12:00 noon
Mississippi: 12:00 noon
Missouri: 12:00 noon
Montana: 12:00 noon
Nebraska: 12:00 noon
Nevada: 12:00 noon
New Hampshire: 12:00 noon
New Jersey: 12:00 noon
New Mexico: 12:00 noon
New York: 12:00 noon
North Carolina: 1:00 PM
North Dakota: 12:00 noon
Ohio: 12:00 noon
Oklahoma: 12:00 noon - 4:00 PM
Oregon: 12:00 noon
Pennsylvania: 12:00 noon
Rhode Island: 12:00 noon
South Carolina: 12:00 noon
South Dakota: 12:00 noon
Tennessee: 1:30
Texas: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Utah: 12:00 noon
Vermont: 12:00 noon
Virginia: 11:30 AM
Washington: 12:00 noon - 2PM
Washington DC: 12:00 noon
West Viriginia: 12:00 noon
Wisconsin: 12:00 noon
Wyoming: 12:00 noon
https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/50501/comments/1ifb26m/start_times/
Love a protest in the middle of the workday, should be easy for most people to attend, no?
You realise that anytime is the middle of the work day.
Not everyone is working 9-5. People work shifts, nights, and weekends.
You realize that there are differences in the populations working at different times, right? Or are you just happy to be seen being outraged?
Sure I realise that, but I was more pointing out that whatever time a protest is there will be people like you unhappy with it.
I don’t know what gave you the impression I want to be seen outraged and I do hope you’re not making judgments about me over a single comment as that wouldn’t be very good.
It would be like me labelling you for the two comments I’ve seen you post. Positive intent my friend.
I’ve already seen someone on Lemmy say that they should feed their kids out of dumpsters if they lose their job that they rely on to live paycheck-to-paycheck (like almost half of Americans) and then their home because they can’t pay rent.
And if they lose their kids to CPS because they were made homeless and their parents were arrested during a general strike protest? Hey, they were clearly just MAGA bootlickers anyway.
On topic reply as always.
If people aren’t willing to give up 1 hour of their corporate slavery to stop facism, then we are already doomed.
There’s a difference between “willing” and “able” 😅
“The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised.”
Today you learn lot of people don’t live in their states capital city
Yea, I’m looking at this but thinking “that’s not happening lol” with my state. I’m in AZ and anyone outside Phoenix is probably driving at least 2 hours just to get there.
For me: 6 hours in a car with 5000ft (1500m) drop/climb just for a protest that’s vaguely “against Project 2025”. I could never justify it.
Your privilege is showing
It’s 576 miles between El Paso and Austin. Please explain how someone is going to be able to get there within an hour with time to protest.
You had it correct at corporate SLAVERY.
Imagine you get fired over this, lose your home, stop being able to feed your family. I don’t think unemployment benefits in the US cover much, do they?
I hope most everyone who’s ABLE to protest, is also willing.
Don’t start protesting on a week day. Protest on the weekend to get a show of force. If demands are not met, follow it up with a general strike for your next protest.
People will be more willing to join in strike action if they know they are not alone.
This will be too short notice and too expensive for many to attend. Generalstrikeus.com has the right idea
Could be used to organise for a general strike though.
I was pretty sure I knew what a general strike was… wouldn’t any strike be more expensive than 2-4 hours of protest, and wouldn’t a general strike involve much more planning than a normal strike due to the scale and breadth?
Also I was worried that generalstrikeus.com was too soon. The UAW general strike is planned for 2028 to get time to plan, because a general strike isn’t something you can just do successfully at the drop of a hat.
Yes it would. That’s why they’re having people fill out strike cards and waiting until they actually have that organization before they set a date
Added your GeneralStrikeUS.com link to the header of my post, thanks for this information
They left out writing the number of your attorney or the ACLU on yourself in sharpie, so you’ll have it if you need it.
Oldie but a goodie
Watchout for Google too!
Not commanding enough. It should be “Avoid Google at all costs”.
What is the objective here? Are we asking for something specific or just yelling in frustration into the void?
Careful Now
“I Reject This Premise”
Please read my post’s header : just updated it with relevant source.
The subreddit has no stickied post nor does the sidebar describe the protest. I don’t see any description of what the objective is anywhere. I’d love to participate and try to accomplish something but what is it that we’re trying to accomplish other than making noise?
I guess making noise can stirr up unrest about the current situation? Its beneficial (imo) anyway.
I guess at the very least you announce you aren’t going to be nice and compliant.
As with most protests by the left it will be 10,000 people with 10,000 different priorities.
I only just learned about it today, myself. I work that day, but I might be able to shift things around.
I really wish that these protests were more widely shared in advance. I want to be involved, but only getting a couple of days advance warning makes it really hard. I know that sometimes you have to act fast, but if you want your movement to succeed then you’ve got to try to consider the real lives of all of the people who want to help, but are also really limited in their time. Plan protests on weekends, and if you’ve got to protest on a weekday, then plan it way ahead of time and give everyone a chance to plan to be there. I’m sure it looks better to have one big protest with 10X people there than ten protests with 1X people attending.
i don’t know who organized this and just made this post to have some answers. Thankfully, some users are coming up with answers … so i have updated the header of this post.
I think it’s gonna be one of those things that’s supposed to be a thing, but isn’t a thing.
But I’m not going to shit all over someone’s attempt to make a difference if it’s based on genuine good effort and intention.
As a Brit looking in, America is a mess
Everyone just call in sick. Say it is because you didn’t want any vaccines.
Can’t wait for all the pictures of these events with half a dozen people standing around looking lost.
No no, it’ll be a huge turnout and if you don’t agree then you’re an idiot for thinking that any significant amount of the population works 9-5 M-F. Just look at these comments! We can’t fail, we posted, “So when is the general strike and protest?” 78 times yesterday on every even vaguely political post, so turnout will be great in the middle of the day on Wednesday. Trust fam. /s
So what’s your point? We have to start somewhere.
I get that and I totally agree, but I don’t understand the food of comments here arguing that there won’t be reduced turnout in the middle of a Wednesday vs on a weekend. Most people with a full time job can’t just up and leave in the middle of a weekday with less than a week of notice, especially in large states with capitals that are far away. Turnout would be much better if it was on a weekend, and anybody denying that doesn’t live in reality.
From what I can see about it, the organisers are some reddit mods. The person who started it was reddit.com/u/Evolved_Fungi. The subreddit is r/50501 and their bluesky is https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social.
A lot of people don’t know about it, its gotten almost no attention from the media, that I have noticed. All I have found is one newsweek article https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300
Finally, there is real article in mainstream media that can be used to create a post in one of the main news communities.
Would you care to create it ?
N.B. it can’t be in /c/WorldNews because they do not accept news from the USA.Posted it, !news@lemmy.world. They said the same things in their discord about it when I shared it, funnily enough.
Thanks for helping people understand what this is.
Now, about their discord : do you mean they are saying people should see posts in here at Lemmy ?No, I meant that they were happy to see that a news org reported on 50501.
Does nobody have a job here?
Some things are more important.
Call in sick. You’re not gonna get fired for missing one day.
If you are gonna get fired for that, this is literally the protest to stop that shit.
You’re not gonna get fired for missing one day.
Tell me you’ve never worked for minimum wage by telling me you’ve never worked for minimum wage.
If you are gonna get fired for that, this is literally the protest to stop that shit.
Tell me you’ve never lived in poverty with children depending on you by telling me you’ve never lived in poverty with children depending on you.
Not everyone is as fearful as you. And some would prefer to show a good example to their kids and stand up for their values.
No minimum wage job I’ve had would fire me for missing one day. Firing me then hiring a new person takes time and money.
Probably different in the US where workers have little to no rights however
Not everyone lives in their state capitol. It’s a 10+ hour drive for some people. Take three days off? This protest is going to be low turnout.
This is a white people thing. Students and min wage workers in large cities can pull this off. America is full of people with hope and a 9-5 to.oay there ridiculous rent.
Yes, all those impoverished people in cities working minimum wage jobs that rely on every cent of their paycheck just to keep a roof over their kids’ heads and food in their bellies who will get fired for missing even a day of work for any reason can totally pull this off. Totally.
Why on such a weird day? I can just take off work this week and drive 3 hours to Madison lol. Can I digitally be there. Although I’m expecting an very poor turnout in every state tbh.
because in the middle of the week in the middle of the day is when it causes the most disruption to literally everything and everybody. Government officials won’t even be there on the weekend. May as well decide to do it in the middle of a huge field out in the country.
Ah yeah that makes sense. I would do it around 3-5pm so they can’t go home lmao.
Block their parking exits
I’m guessing since they’re protesting project 2025 organizing the protest to happen on 2/5/25 kind of makes sense.
Yeah February in WI is not a smart time to plan to stand outside. Same in most other northern states for at least another 2 months
i was also thinking it might be better in the weekend … fortunately, people will talk and decide.
But also it is called 50 Protests, 50 States, OneDay : February 5thThe date will be 2/5/25. I think it’s more symbolism of protesting Project 2025.
5th Nov 2024 - was the chance to prevent this. Trump’s team made it clear on the direction they were heading and no-one heeded the warnings. 35% didn’t vote and the majority of those that did voted for him, which either means they agree with the direction or were deluded into thinking it wasn’t going to happen.
I’m all for protest but I don’t think you have a chance of changing anything, he owns the legislature and the voting public allowed it to happend.
I’m not American or a resident of US but that’s just my opinion as an outsider.
ah yes, voting, famously known for being the only way humans have ever changed their material circumstances.
now that voting has failed us, the only thing left to do is nothing!
Sadly voting didn’t fail you. US is in the same predicament UK was in after Brexit. Complacency at the expected outcome, a belief that some people couldn’t be so stupid as to vote for Trump/Brexit and yet, they did in the majority.
Regardless of how fucked up the election process is, inany countries I’m not singling out the US, that is the reason that you feel failed, look at your countrymen that swallowed the snake oil and ask the question why?
I made huge stink about those that failed to vote. Meanwhile people blame third parties. Bro they voted at least.
if it’s not the start of a general strike idgaf. a single day of protests works about as well as blacking out a subreddit.
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