50501 General

Together, we can stop this but we MUST be united. We all have a role to play in this and together, all of our efforts build into something massive. Even the tiniest effort makes a difference when it's all of us.

1. Everyone needs to be getting on Lemmy and Bluesky TODAY. 50501 has a mirrored instance of this subreddit on Lemmy. Don't be discouraged by the lack of people there, we need to build it up. I suggest using new usernames there. If you're not on Signal, get on there too. See this mod post for signing up to the Lemmy instance:

https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1j5f967/platform_announcement_50501_lemmy/

2. Anytime a political leader takes a stand, CALL THEM and show support. They need to know the people have their back. It's easy for this admin to gaslight us and our leaders so we need to validate each other.

3. Build local communities. Make connections at town halls, rallies and protests. Add people on Signal. Go to coffee house meetings. Academic professors have been speaking to people in various coffee houses in NY, let's get this movement across the country. Support academic speakers by coming out to listen to them speak, bring a donation.

4. Share evidence of our marches so other Americans see them. Our national marches are dependent on media attention. Since the media has been compromised, it's up to us to be our own press. Additionally, share evidence of good news and progress because this encourages us to unite and keep going.

5. They are trying to make us afraid but there are more of us than them. 99% is more than 1%. They are trying to "flood the zone", which is an authoritarian tactic used to make us feel overwhelmed with all the constant bullshit and like we can't do anything to stop this. It's easy to be afraid now. But if people don't stop this now and they gain total control, it becomes infinitely harder to stop and we will all be in a position where we wish we had acted. Don't let it get to that point.

6. Lawyers have been saying over and over again they are working diligently but they need the people in the streets keeping up the pressure. They've been calling for sustained protests. This is a fight for our democracy. 4 hours on a Saturday isn't going to cut it. This means we need either a protest where 3.5% of the population is camping out with a large amount of the population financially supporting them or protests where people are out there in shifts, ideally 3.5% of the population.

I'm not a particularly patriotic person but this stupid shit has drawn it out of me and I know other people feel that way too. Fighting for freedom is an American ideology; it's in our history, our media and our people. It's not just going to go away.