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Massive Turnout at the Minnesota State Capitol for Today's Nationwide 50501 Protest (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/minnesota@midwest.social

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28175636

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[–] stickly@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Where does Soros get the money to pay all these protesters?? /s

[–] TheBest@midwest.social 10 points 10 months ago

Can confirm, was inspiring!

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

multiple flavors of fascist flags

not a single flag for palestine

omori-miserable

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

not a single flag for palestine

I actually doubt that. Many of the smaller ones than this had plenty of them. I'd be willing to bet there were people with some smaller ones that just aren't easily visible from high up. You can only make out the really large flags and signs from this angle

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

fair point. i guess it's just disheartening to see half a dozen ukraine flags prominently displayed while palestine appears to be forgotten (the u.s. flags, while revolting, make some sense here).

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So what's the plan here beyond protesting?

[–] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

Hopefully to leave and block an interstate.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

The 50501 movement also had done some smaller boycotts when the crowd sizes were smaller. With these larger crowds, they'll likely be able to organize some larger boycotts with more of a byte

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

50501?

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

50 states, 50 protests, 1 movement (against Trump & Musk)

It's actually much more than 50 protests now because each state has way more than 1. Originally it was just at each state capitol, but they have grown larger and more numerous each time they happen

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a good time for a general strike

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

tough to escalate lib afternoon into radical month but it's not like conditions are improving for anyone so it really could happen