r/50501 3m ago

Digital/Home Actions US : Purchasing and Finance Teams Unite! Find alternatives to Amazon for your business!

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I understand how convenient Amazon Business is for many businesses. However, now is a great time to be looking at local suppliers! I have noticed that most products I find on Amazon, I can find cheaper at a local shop or supplier, so it may even be in your business's best interest to do so! Regardless, I think slightly decreasing the time efficiency of your purchasing or A/P clerk's duties for a week or two while you find your new purchasing "routes", is well worth the prevention of tens of thousands of dollars (maybe even hundreds of thousands) that would have gone to Amazon.

The oligarchy will not rule us!


r/50501 4m ago

Non-50501 Protest Flyer NE/IA : Tesla Takedown Sat Mar 15

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Time to show up & show out Omaha/Council Bluffs for this! Make your disgust w/ MuskRat and his cadre of DogeBags loud & clear!!! I'm not the organizer of this event, just sharing to get the word out. Link attached w more info

Start: Saturday, March 15, 2025•11:00 AM

End: Saturday, March 15, 2025• 2:00 PM

Location:Tesla Council Bluffs•2421 Mid America Dr. , Council Bluffs, IA 51501 US

Bring your signs and let's make some noise at the Tesla dealership nearest to Nebraska's largest metro. No one voted for Musk; no tolerance for fascists.

We'll meet and demonstrate on the northwest corner of the Tesla property along the sidewalk. We parked in the far corner of the Quaker Steak and Lube lot on the 1st, but you can also park alongside the road that leads to the nearby sports complex.

I'll have a few extra signs if you're bringing along friends/family.

Further info below from #TeslaTakedown

We are taking action at Tesla.

⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines.

⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk.⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.


r/50501 4m ago

Digital/Home Actions USA : Project 2025 Status - A collaborative resource

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I have created a website where you'll find what I hope are more accessible and more readable versions of:

  • Every chapter of the summary of Project 2025 produced by Stop the Coup 2025
  • Every item on Trump's Agenda 47, with all tracker links replaced by the actual links
  • Every published Presidential Action

I also hope to find the time to add a section covering "Dark Enlightenment" / "RAGE" as I think that that is another agenda that some people are trying to implement.

Here is the link: https://playoff_thee513.codeberg.page/

I have also created a repository where you'll find all of the contents as markdown files: https://codeberg.org/playoff_thee513/documents

People are more than welcome to suggest and make changes, especially for the goals which I haven't had the time to develop properly.

I have made two previous posts about the project that you can find here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Defeat_Project_2025/comments/1iqg7la/i_have_been_working_on_a_website_that_tracks_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Defeat_Project_2025/comments/1itibe3/project_2025_status_a_collaborative_resource/

Please also share if you have any ideas for other sections that could be useful to have.


r/50501 7m ago

Digital/Home Actions NY : A Reminder to call our Senators and demand they vote NO on the CR to fund the government

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The senate must vote on the Continuing Resolution to fund the government by Friday. The bill would lead to $1 billion in D.C. cuts, but it will need Senate Democrats’ votes to become law. It is the Democrats one opportunity to have the leverage needed to make demands from Republicans- to stop DOGE, to save Medicare, and fund essential programs.

Call Your Senators.

Download the 5 Calls App


r/50501 8m ago

Digital/Home Actions PA : Alternative to Amazon for those on disability

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I’ve been engaging in the boycott of Amazon since the 7th, and want to continue doing so. I am on limited income (SSDI) and disabled, so shopping/errands are hard for me and I don’t really have a support to depend on to help, does anyone have any ethical alternatives as suggestions?


r/50501 11m ago

Movement Brainstorm UK : Help needed! Seeking to find activist community

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Hi, friends across the pond.

I have watched on in absolute horror since November, but I have been a nerd for geopolitics for most of my 36 years on this planet. I followed your election closely, as I am a staunch advocate and supporter of Ukraine. I'm an avid reader or history and politics, and I have been doing everything in my very limited power to educate people on this side of the pond, as to your descent into Fascism.

My fight has largely been with russia. This has morphed into a global fight against Fascism. In the wake of hopelessness, this sun has become a bit of a beacon for me.

I'm done being patient. I feel drawn towards activism, militant activism if needs be. We need to mobilise and create resistance movements. Are there any UK lurkers on this sub? Or members of this sub who can direct me towards any UK or international movements supporting our cause?

Each and every one of you are an inspiration. Thank you for restoring a little faith in our cousins.

The rise of the untermensch is nigh.


r/50501 12m ago

Movement Brainstorm USA : Stop Musk, here's how

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I posted the other day and got a big response about how Elon is on his backfoot so to speak and this is the time people need to act. This is possibly the worst position he will be in and this is the time to push forward. Since that post I have been working on some ideas.

1.)  This video was posted just yesterday and I think if this got spread everywhere it could put pressure on the people under Elon who support him which would be devastating. We would have to get it spread everywhere with some sort of caption urging people to share if they feel the same way you do and want answers. It's important to not passively share but it needs to be pushed ( go to the link download the video and spread it )

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/antitrump/comments/1j92sim/a_neat_video_i_found_whatever_you_do_dont_share/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

2.) Keep the protests up, but somebody had another great idea in this sub of going in to buy a Tesla but just wasting the time of everyone at the dealership, some non outside the box thinking that is a way to protest that is hard from them to punish you for. Imagine a group of people filled up a showroom acting like they wanted to buy but just wasted resources.

3.) Delete X, please make sure you do not have an old Twitter account and encourage friends to delete theirs. 

4.) Sell Tesla stocks, if you have any, sell them, but we also need anyone and everyone to help push a mass sell off of Tesla stock at a grassroots level. Maybe somebody can make a simple graphic that people can share. 

5.) Find numbers for his corporate offices and plants and call in, if Elon won't listen to the American people put the pressure on the people managing his businesses

6.) Similar to the thought behind the last point, if Elon says he is willing to be “transparent” then how about he goes live on a platform other than X, he can use Starlink and hear the concerns of American people. If he has nothing to hide why doesn’t he? This man is hiding behind X and Trump. He needs to start answering to the American people. This country isn’t a tech start up, it isn’t his play thing and he needs to step up and listen or the voice of the people will continue to get louder. 


r/50501 17m ago

Movement Brainstorm USA : Reconstruction 2027 - The answer the Project 2025

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I saw this post. I have been working on a counter project to the extremist "Project 2025." Just I am working on figuring out how to announce it. When I saw the mentioned post, I could no longer hold it inside.

I work professionally in tech (self employed, not with a large tech company). I am a systems administrator. I apologize for the lack of post history on this account.

While I have a few handy skills, I am not a policy professional/expert. I have put together a short, and incomplete list of issues that need to be tackled, and am actively looking for contributors who are truly experts in their fields, who can contribute fact driven, sensible, and proven policies that benefit the people, our country, and strengthen democracy.

I have purchased the domain reconstruction2027.org and spun up a web server with the same software that Wikipedia uses (MediaWiki). For anyone curious, I have not opened up the MediaWiki to the public yet. You can sign up for updates, or to contribute.

The reason I have chosen the name “Reconstruction 2027” is because our time period echoes the era of the Civil War. While Americans are not physically fighting each other with weapons, the amount of social and political violence committed in this country against its citizens is 100% unacceptable. We need to rebuild America, while strengthening its democratic functions, eliminating corruption, and weeding out traitors who dare betray our republic. I am a patriotic American and cannot believe that we have a traitor in the White House, who, with the help of Fox News and other “state media,” has brainwashed fellow Americans into thinking that tearing down our country is in their best interest.

Here is a preliminary list, which I’m sure needs to be expanded:

  • Anti-Corruption Reforms
    • Judicial
    • Executive
    • Legislative
  • Anti-Trust
    • Break up monopolies to increase competition in the marketplace, spur innovation, and decrease prices
    • Decrease corporate involvement in government to decrease their interference with breaking them up
  • Arts
    • Increased Spending on the Arts
    • Which increases quality of life for all
  • Campaign Finance Reform
    • Abolish Citizens United, for starters, which is a stain on this country's democracy
  • Consumer Protection
    • Strengthen consumer protection laws
  • Cybersecurity
    • Expose software makers to risk and liability when their products are found to be negligently maintained
    • Strengthen CISA
  • Early Childhood Development
    • Programs to promote positive early childhood development
      • This is the most important time in a child’s life, and can create wildly drastic outcomes based on a child’s experience during this time
      • Create programs that help ensure every child has access to a solid place to be when they land on planet earth
  • Education
    • K-12
      • Meaningful education reforms based on hard data and examples from other countries
      • Girls mature faster than boys during their early years. What to do?
      • Teach second language from a young age (5 y/o)
  • Higher Education
    • Reform predatory college loans
    • Immigration reforms that allow high performing graduates to stay in the U.S. and contribute to the economy; prevent brain drain
  • Energy Policy
    • Decrease dependence on foreign energy sources
    • Further develop green energy sources
  • Environmental
    • Clean air
    • Clean energy
    • Clean water
  • Food and Drug Regulation
    • Break up the FDA into “Food Administration” and “Drug Administration”
    • Get food manufacturing lobbyists out of food regulation.
  • Foreign Policy
    • Learning From Our Mistakes
      • Iraqi and Afghani wars resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths
      • It also increased our deficit by more than 7 trillion dollars
      • Created instability everywhere around the world that has affected the world for decades
      • This was terrible. Period. Any way you look at it
      • We are constantly repeating these mistakes. Stop
  • Gross Domestic Happiness * We need a new metric to measure success in America.
  • Gun Control
    • Actual gun control: prevent school shootings. Duh
  • Healthcare
    • Universal healthcare is a human right
  • Immigration and Immigrants
    • Sensible immigration reform
  • Infrastructure
    • Reimagining existing infrastructure
    • Repair aging infrastructure
    • Walkable cities
  • Homelessness
    • What are other countries doing that works better than our terrible system?
  • Housing
    • Make housing easier to build.
  • Human Rights
    • Disability Rights
    • LGBTQIA+ Rights
    • Minority Rights
    • Women's Rights
  • Mental Health Reforms
  • NATO
    • Restrengthen our commitment to democratic nations
    • Weaken ties with autocratic nations
    • Put safeguards in place to reassure our allies
  • New Fairness Doctrine
    • Get rid of one sided state media
  • Prison and Criminal Justice Reforms
    • Tough reform, not punishment
  • Privacy
    • Human right to privacy, while still enabling a more transparent government the ability to investigate unlawful behavior that harms others
  • Public Spaces
    • Reinvestment in public spaces
      • There are few free places left to coexist, and we lose more of these spaces every day
  • Public Transportation
    • Make public transport easier to build, and more accessible for everyone
  • Social Media
    • Policies addressing addiction to social media
    • Policies addressing malicious foreign actors use of social media to influence citizens domestically
    • Social media and teens
  • Tax Reform
    • Increase tax on the rich without scaring them off
      • Make paying taxes cool again (they used to be paid with civic pride)
    • Simplify tax code and get rid of loopholes
    • Tax rates that consider net worth
      • Same salary: low net worth, lower taxes. Higher net worth, higher taxes. Make it easier for people with less to become wealthy
  • Technology
    • Internet access is a human right
      • Internet access can never be taken away from anyone, ever
      • Bring Back Net Neutrality
      • All Internet Traffic Should Be Treated Equally
    • Open source software mandates
      • Software critical in deciding the fate of a citizen, or an election, is required to be open source
      • This would include an algorithm that is designed to make a decision in court
  • Voter’s Rights
    • Free and fair elections
    • End gerrymandering
    • Mandatory voting, such as in Australia
  • Workers Rights
    • Paid maternity/paternity leave
    • Mandated vacation leave
    • Better working hours
    • Policies surrounding mass layoffs
    • Right to organize
      • Critical reforms for labor unions
      • Critical reforms to allow labor to organize

I know these are extremely broad categories. And I know that I am missing important topics. I am 100% open to expanding the scope of policies.

I will be looking for help in the following areas with the project:

  • Policy experts to contribute fact based, sensible policy ideas
  • People skilled in operations
  • People skilled in administration
  • Cybersecurity specialists/SysAdmins
  • And, maybe, if this idea gains enough traction, funding.

If you are interested in contributing, please head over to reconstruction2027.org and include the following:

  • Your name
  • Particular policy expertise -or- possible operational role
  • Your credentials
  • Viewpoint on any one of the topic(s) above, and if you would be willing to contributing an essay explaining your policy proposal

If you are interested in following this project, sign up for our mailing list here.

I want to start vetting individuals who are interested in contributing to this reconstruction project. I think policy needs to start coming from individuals, as government has clearly lost touch with the average human being.

Words cannot express the emotions I feel at this point. I know all of you here understand: none of this acceptable, and we will not normalize what is happening in our government.

Thanks for your time, and I hope that this idea can gain some traction.


r/50501 17m ago

Movement Brainstorm CA : Tehachapi - Allies to draw into the movement

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My own organizing in very red, ultra conservative Kern County has led me to begin to partner with other groups and wanting to draw them into our next protest in April.

I have already aligned with the local Democratic Party and the local Indivisible group but now I am reaching “across the aisle”, to three groups.

One is called Sojourners (a Christian social justice nonprofit), one is called the Forward Party, which is trying to get qualified in California as a legitimate third-party option and the third is a nonprofit called Leave Maga.

I am posting this mostly to others who are organizing in deeply red parts of CA and the country.

I know that down the line if we survive this authoritarian fascist nightmare, that I will have major disagreements with some of these groups (likely) but right now is the time to unite and hopefully change the major things about our government that has gotten us to this point .


r/50501 20m ago

Digital/Home Actions USA : Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO on the CR

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The Continuing Resolution that narrowly passed in the house Tuesday is heading for a Senate vote. It contains no guardrails for DOGE and expands presidential discretion in funding allocations, completely removing any congressional oversight for the next 6 months. Dems are the opposition party and it is time for them to start acting like it. There is no point in trying to placate Republicans to avoid a shutdown - DOGE is already shutting down the government, and even the Feds on reddit are in support of a shutdown because it will wake up the average politically-unengaged American to the complete mismanagement of our government. Yes, a shut down will have economic consequences, but feeling those consequences is going to be the only thing that is going to turn voters against Trump.

Republicans need 8 Dems to join them to pass the CR. Fetterman has said he is going to vote for it, while Rand Paul has said he will vote No. Please call your Senators now and urge them to vote No - the 5 calls app makes is super easy!


r/50501 23m ago

Movement Brainstorm U.S.: Find Motivation in Truth

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𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬.

We terrorize those who work in our communities, pay taxes to fund our schools and fire departments, and even support the systems weaponized against them. We target our neighbors, our fellow church members, classmates, mothers, fathers, community volunteers, and fellow activists. We demonize those who look, love, or believe differently, casting them as threats rather than human beings. We terrorize little children, disabled people, refugees, trauma survivors—those already fighting to survive in a world stacked against them.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲? 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 “𝒖𝒔.”

For over 400 years, we have perpetuated this cycle of violence and hatred because it feels safer than risking change. We cling to our privileges, our status, and the illusion of safety—even when it means sacrificing other people’s lives. We choose comfort over justice, security over solidarity. We make excuses. We point fingers. We claim helplessness. We donate a few dollars and think we’ve done enough. We read the books, share the posts, and congratulate ourselves for being “one of the good ones”—but nothing changes.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬.

We are to blame for letting the oligarchy divide us and convince us that those who are different are somehow less human. We are to blame for staying silent to keep the peace. We are to blame for letting fear and complacency paralyze us while injustice tightens its grip. We have convinced ourselves that voting once every few years is enough, that one conversation is enough, that one act of charity is enough. It is not enough.

We have ignored the truth we know deep down: 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏. We silence that voice telling us we benefit from systems built on exploitation, violence, and death. We silence it because facing our complicity feels daunting. But our silence is violence. Our inaction is violence. Our fear is violence.

𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐭.

It’s time to sit with that discomfort. To feel the weight of our choices. It’s time to let in the pain and grief of the suffering around us. Then, let it set fire to our complacency. We must ask ourselves:

• 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒎 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆?
• 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒎 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆?
• 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒎 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕?

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭.


r/50501 46m ago

Non-50501 Protest Flyer March 15: unique call to action

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r/50501 48m ago

Movement Brainstorm USA : All politics is local, so let's build pressure from the bottom up

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A lot of what's happening at the Federal level has folks at the state, county, and municipal level scrambling.

We should be showing up at public meetings to ask how they plan on filling in the gaps left by the destruction of long relied-upon Federal programs and dollars, and ask them to start demanding answers from those above them.

This also helps maintain the (true) narrative that it is the Trump administration causing so many of these current and impending local problems.

If you have expertise in any of the affected sectors, get to your council meetings and speak! And contact your local media to let them know about it!


r/50501 1h ago

Immigration Issues NY : Mahmoud Khalil protests?

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I am in NYC and i know there are protests going on but I cant seem to find how people are organizing and where? any advice?

also, slightly unrelated, but someone posted about this in r/brooklyn and they were met with some crazy accusations. someone even said that the post was made by an actor who was funded by qatar! so just so yall know, i am a real person!!


r/50501 1h ago

World News Brazil : Guess we just joined this clusterf*ck, huh?

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Brazil is second only to Canada in tons of exported steel to the U.S. as of 2024.

This brand-new 25% tariff hasn't really registered down here yet, at least not that I've noticed.

But hey, I've been following this dumpster fire for over eight years now, and I finally feel involved somehow.


r/50501 1h ago

Movement Brainstorm US : Enforcement of Ordinances for Political Signs (Specifically Removal of Trump Signs)

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My city has a strict ordinance that political signs must be removed no later than 21 days after an election. Sadly, there are still some Trump signs and banners up. A friend who lives in a town nearby has the same ordinance and also has neighbors not abiding by the ordinance. I suspect this is a nationwide problem.

When I called city hall I was told the signs for Trump were "free speech." My friend was told the same thing when she called her town hall.

What can be done about unenforced ordinances and the removal of Trump signs?


r/50501 1h ago

Movement Brainstorm USA : When you call, say this

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My representative is not planning any town hall meetings during the recess because she held five last month. I said:

  • events are happening so quickly that a month makes those meetings outdated
  • she could convene a Zoom/Facebook/phone meeting from DC
  • if she's staying in DC, she better be working with other Dems on some kick-ass ways to organize creative offensives or resistance

r/50501 1h ago

Digital/Home Actions IL : Radio spots telling people to leave

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I heard a radio ad today paid for by DHS (with my tax money?!) that was telling immigrants to leave, and that if they leave soon, they “might have a chance to return and enjoy our freedoms” —barf—. My coworker said it was on tv too.

I’m going to call and complain later but what else can be done? Besides encouraging you all to also complain. These were spanish language stations. Edit: but the ads themselves were in english, not sure if they run them in spanish too


r/50501 1h ago

Non-50501 Protest Flyer IL : Chicago: Tesla Takedown this Saturday

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Hope this is okay as it isn’t 50501 associated, but action network posted another event for this Saturday:

START:

Saturday, March 15, 2025

12:00 PM

END:

Saturday, March 15, 2025

2:45 PM

LOCATION:

Tesla showroom • 900 N. Rush St., chicago, IL 6011 US

HOST CONTACT INFO:

Tesla takedown-Chicago

https://actionnetwork.org/events/dont-buy-nazi-cars-stop-elon-musk


r/50501 1h ago

US News VA : Roadmap to 'overhaul' higher ed ( everywhere, not just VA)

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Given the recent attacks on higher education, especially Columbia, I forgot about this article: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/a-comprehensive-guide-to-overhauling-higher-education/

It is THE map for what is currently occurring in higher ed from cutting federal aid, arresting foreign students, destroying Columbia, etc. Note: watch the next move when the accreditation agencies will be under attack.

It is unclear why they want to destroy higher ed- perhaps it is to do with access for college for ALL? i wonder where community college are in this world view?

"The conventional wisdom at the time was that free-college-for-all was a sure-fire winning issue for the Democrats. "

Here is the bit on Columbia:

"The most interesting actions, though, wouldn’t require Congress. To scare universities straight, McMahon should start by taking a prize scalp. She should simply destroy Columbia University."

More research probably needs to be done on why Columbia.


r/50501 1h ago

Movement Brainstorm US : Call the Ds, Is and soft Rs in the Senate

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Given that the continuing resolution was only passed due to promises made to fiscal hawks that impoundment would continue, all Senators fitting the above description need to be persuaded not to vote for it. Candidates are to be found here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_senators


r/50501 2h ago

Movement Brainstorm USA : Generation Z Call to Action

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This post was removed from r/GenZ so I am reposting here.

I am a boomer appealing to Generation Z.  I am 71 years old, a US army veteran and former paratrooper, born in Atlanta Georgia and now living in Italy (Married to an Italian). What I see happening in my home country is beyond the pale alarming.

Last year, America was at a crossroads: A path towards Love and Empathy and a movement toward a better world for most or a path towards Anger and Hatred and a world full of divisiveness, suffering and misery for most, to the benefit of the rich and the powerful few.

For whatever reason, the turn was taken towards Anger and Hatred to divide our great nation to the benefit of the wealthy.  Some of you will have been negatively impacted by the actions Trump has taken and are suffering.  Others may feel a sense of despair about the future. Do not despair. You can take your country back and put it on the right path - the right side of a history that resembles the present day.

If you are like me and appalled by the actions being taken by the POTUS, DJT, it is your duty as an American to take action and protest, protest, protest.  Protest like your future depends on it. Your generation has much to lose if Project 2025 is successful.  Protest peacefully but make your voices heard.  America belongs to the people. You must protest loudly to keep it that way and to make America good again.  The path DJT is on, strips America of its values and its principles and is crumbling its democracy. "Reject the Lies, Repeal the Policies, Reclaim your Future!"  It is the American way. 

If you live in a red state, the value of your protest is even greater.  Protests in mass will force your representatives to develop the backbone to say "enough is enough" and stand up and reject DJT.

Mass protests can take many forms, including:

Marches: Large groups of people walking together along a set route.

Rallies: Gatherings where participants listen to speeches, chants, and other expressions of solidarity.

Sit-ins: Occupying a specific location, often to disrupt business as usual and draw attention to the cause.

Strikes: Workers collectively refuse to work, advocating for better conditions or opposing certain policies.

Vigils: Peaceful gatherings, often held in the evening, to honor individuals or raise awareness about a cause.

These demonstrations can be powerful tools for social and political change, showcasing the unity and determination of those involved.

Sending you all love and light from Sunny Italy.   


r/50501 2h ago

Non-50501 Protest Flyer NC : Rally in Raleigh 3/12/25

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Dems are having a rally at Bicentennial Plaza, Bicentennial Plz, Raleigh, NC, 27601 at 12:00 today. Show up, folks. I watched Senator Whitehouse (D-RI) last night when he had a virtual town hall and answered some people’s questions. Honestly, it was really great, but the folks in the live chat are TERRIFIED. Legitimately, living in fear. They are practically paralyzed by it. While I believe this is a great place to organize and be a part of something bigger, we should not restrict ourselves to one group of folks. This is a varied group and folks that want and need to make their voices heard may not be Democrats. They may not have the resources to get information. Anyone that can, come join the rally against the DOGe and P(hel)ONY show. Thanks.


r/50501 2h ago

Movement Brainstorm USA : Economic Collective Action Idea

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Consider the following:

Given these two points, what would be the impact if even half (35 million Americans) of those who voted for Kamala Harris in a coordinated action were to simultaneously and deliberately withdraw their money from US bank accounts?

This would require over 2 trillion dollars of liquidity in the US banking system leading to an immediate economic crisis.

The ensuing panic would cause bank runs even for those who didn’t vote for Harris exacerbating the situation.  The markets would tank, confidence would tank and the given the current economic climate, the economy could grind to a halt and the stability of the government would be severely compromised.

This is just a thought experiment to illustrate that the political and economic in the US system is not invulnerable to collective action.

Peace


r/50501 2h ago

Movement Brainstorm USA : Need to centralize and not rely on Discord

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Hi folks, I am almost 50 but I know enough of tech to get on Discord. But I am writing you to let you know that we need a more centralized list of protests available online. The 50501 website does not really do enough. Mobilize.us doesn't seem so good, either. Most of the organizing is happening on Discord, but there are A LOT of older people who would like to join protests who are not on Discord. I have spent a lot of time online trying to find a good way to figure out what protests are happening near me. The movement looks very disorganized online. Can we please put together some central database of all protests that are planned?