A Round Up of Resistance to Trump (Part 1)

[Wanderfound]

@smulder

You seem to have the idea that blocking freeways makes people popular in America

To quote from long ago:

@Wanderfound

There are two types of protest:

1. The modern American Liberal tradition, where you arrange to gather in a way that doesn’t inconvenience people and try to change hearts and minds with signs, speeches and theatre. This is the threat of power rather than the use of it; the idea is to demonstrate to politicians that a committed voting bloc opposes them.

2. Then there is the other type of protest, used by the American underclass and most of the non-US world. In this version, you arrange to gather in a way that causes as much inconvenience as possible. The idea is not to change hearts and minds; the idea is to shut shit down. This is the use of power, not just the threat of it.

The first is a demonstration. The second is a strike.

We’re in protest type #2 territory here. It isn’t about popularity; it’s about making it impossible for business to continue until the situation is resolved.

You don’t need a hearts and minds campaign; most of the people are already opposed to Trump, and Trump supporters are not realistically open to conversion.

What is required is a general strike, a mass refusal of consent.