No Kings Event Map: https://www.nokings.org/#map
Find one near you, write down the address and time, and head out tomorrow. (You don’t have to sign up for anything, all you need is the address).
Recommended that you bring a mask, hat, water and snacks. Safety Goggles or Glasses would also be a good idea if you have them.
Bring a sign or the US Flag if you have one.
For privacy reasons you may want to avoid bringing your phone, or place it inside a faraday bag (a really well sealed tinfoil pouch will work, and put it in airplane mode to avoid draining your battery) until you get home.
If you have a first aid kit, it wouldn’t hurt to bring it, just in case.
Yes, I agree with all of this. A major reason the civil rights movement in the 60s was effective was because the majority of regular people couldn’t stomach seeing police brutality against peaceful protestors, so the movement became mainstream.
Images like this mobilised people:
https://www.fayobserver.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/02/23/photos-civil-rights-movement/67651355007/
But still, leave your phone at home, bring milk, wear a cup, and don’t talk if they arrest you.
I’m not advocating for violence, but safety – and this is doubly important if you bring your kids.
e: and for any defeatists, note that smaller protests had been happening for many years prior to that photo. Community, then city, then state, then national protests happened for years before the big protests that could no longer be ignored. This is not a one-and-done thing, and adding your support helps exponentially. Just paying attention at this point is helping, but we need to do more now because people are dying at a much higher rate already, and it’s about to get far worse.
I think the world has changed since the 1960s. People not only stomach violence, they get off on watching it.
A big reason for these protests is reminding to world that there are many Americans who aren’t getting off on rising fascist violence.
i mean the Roman coliseum was a thing a few thousand years ago
I feel that these MAGA people are thirsty for seeing people getting beaten up though.
That’s why I said ‘regular people’. Non-fascists, non-extremists. People who may not be protesting but who are watching news clips.
Historically, though they may not protest themselves, they don’t have much tolerance for violence against peaceful protesters, and that’s what brings these movements mainstream.