There's where social media picks up the slack. It pains me to say this, but the shrinking subscriber base of newspapers makes newspapers not so important as far as coverage goes. In Hartford, I saw all three networks covering on Saturday.
3.5% GREAT. I had heard 10%. There were many that reached 10% of their town's population on Saturday. I had asked people to share with me their self reported numbers. You can browse them at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1RWRvjtXsG/. And more are being shared today - which means, I have a lot of work tomorrow. Please forgive me if I already shared this, but what I find uplifting - were the smaller protests, El Paso 52, Boulder Utah 350 and 2,000 cows, Spooner, WI 300+ and 1 deceased muskrat, Lewistown, MT 75-90, Galveston Texas 360 and 2 dogs!, or Portales, NM 50. Everyone reporting out was thrilled, no matter what the number was. A special shout out to St Petersburg, FL, they organized groups to be at 17 intersections with 400+ people at each one. Now that takes organizational know how!
We were in Satellite Beach. We felt the Elon earthquake (2 sonic booms) then went to Rusty’s (who now serve Impossible burgers) and watched the fishing boats come in.
We did our part there (Stop Project 2025 stickers for all) and here in Canton (although most went to town). My girls too in Orlando.
I have studied nonviolent resistance and peacemaking for years, but first time I have seen this talk. Makes me want to pull all my old books off the shelves and revisit them.
I was waiting see coverage of the huge protests in Chicago, Boston and Washington DC on mainstream ABC, NBC and CBS, never mind all the smaller rural protests. What did I hear? Not even crickets. Nada, nothing. Shameful! The only place I saw any coverage was on social media by the protesters, MSNBC and CNN.
This TED Talk is fabulous, based on actual data which I always appreciate, but I have a caveat as regards our current situation. Trump continues to have enormous popular support. That is going to change fairly quickly I believe, but Trump's cult has a hold on way more than 3.5 or even 10% of Americans. I don't think our protests are going to be effective until the cult experiences some of the pain of Trump's authoritarian rule. What I am saying is that, yes, we can start the protests now so long as we don't wear ourselves out for the protests that will include those who will abandon their Don when the economy tanks and inflation makes it harder for them to live/survive. I have zero hope for any conversions short of pain being inflicted by their reduced econmic circumstances, and, for some of them, even that won't do it. Another postive thing about the protests to come is that nothing brings out the crowds more than hunger and unemployed people have lots of free time. I know a lot of people (myself included) would like to see an end to Trump before things get quite so dire. From my knowledge of members of the Cult I don't see that happening. It's very sad, tragic really.
The nexg wave needs to include protests at corporate media brick and mortar locations. So damn tired of the under-reporting of what's happening!
There's where social media picks up the slack. It pains me to say this, but the shrinking subscriber base of newspapers makes newspapers not so important as far as coverage goes. In Hartford, I saw all three networks covering on Saturday.
I was thinking more about broadcast than print media, but yes… kudos to social media or we’d be almost completely in the dark!
The lamestream media won’t acknowledge what’s right in front of their faces.
I AM a member of the lamestream media and have been since 1979. Some of us are trying, I promise.
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3.5% GREAT. I had heard 10%. There were many that reached 10% of their town's population on Saturday. I had asked people to share with me their self reported numbers. You can browse them at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1RWRvjtXsG/. And more are being shared today - which means, I have a lot of work tomorrow. Please forgive me if I already shared this, but what I find uplifting - were the smaller protests, El Paso 52, Boulder Utah 350 and 2,000 cows, Spooner, WI 300+ and 1 deceased muskrat, Lewistown, MT 75-90, Galveston Texas 360 and 2 dogs!, or Portales, NM 50. Everyone reporting out was thrilled, no matter what the number was. A special shout out to St Petersburg, FL, they organized groups to be at 17 intersections with 400+ people at each one. Now that takes organizational know how!
I don't remember seeing this, and THANK YOU. My husband was in Cocoa, FL, doing his part.
We were in Satellite Beach. We felt the Elon earthquake (2 sonic booms) then went to Rusty’s (who now serve Impossible burgers) and watched the fishing boats come in.
We did our part there (Stop Project 2025 stickers for all) and here in Canton (although most went to town). My girls too in Orlando.
This is great. Thank you Susan.
I figured I couldn’t be the only one for whom this discussion is new.
I have studied nonviolent resistance and peacemaking for years, but first time I have seen this talk. Makes me want to pull all my old books off the shelves and revisit them.
It’s a really new and interesting way to look at this.
I was waiting see coverage of the huge protests in Chicago, Boston and Washington DC on mainstream ABC, NBC and CBS, never mind all the smaller rural protests. What did I hear? Not even crickets. Nada, nothing. Shameful! The only place I saw any coverage was on social media by the protesters, MSNBC and CNN.
We truly need to do it all ourselves. LFG ⚔️
No one is coming to save us, or to cover us. Swords up.
I love the tag line — the higher the hair..
I grew up in the Derp South. I get the hair metaphor. lol.
This TED Talk is fabulous, based on actual data which I always appreciate, but I have a caveat as regards our current situation. Trump continues to have enormous popular support. That is going to change fairly quickly I believe, but Trump's cult has a hold on way more than 3.5 or even 10% of Americans. I don't think our protests are going to be effective until the cult experiences some of the pain of Trump's authoritarian rule. What I am saying is that, yes, we can start the protests now so long as we don't wear ourselves out for the protests that will include those who will abandon their Don when the economy tanks and inflation makes it harder for them to live/survive. I have zero hope for any conversions short of pain being inflicted by their reduced econmic circumstances, and, for some of them, even that won't do it. Another postive thing about the protests to come is that nothing brings out the crowds more than hunger and unemployed people have lots of free time. I know a lot of people (myself included) would like to see an end to Trump before things get quite so dire. From my knowledge of members of the Cult I don't see that happening. It's very sad, tragic really.
Sadly, PBS news down plays the numbers from millions attending to mere tens of thousands.
They're incorrect.
Yeah.