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cpntredbeard · 3 days

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girlactionfigure · 15 hours

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ajedelman

Israelis don't protest that much. We have jobs.

#anti Israel #Protests

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justinspoliticalcorner · 3 days

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Ian Millhiser at Vox:

The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Under that lower court decision, a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal act.

It is possible that this outcome will be temporary. The Court did not embrace the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision attacking the First Amendment right to protest, but it did not reverse it either. That means that, at least for now, the Fifth Circuit’s decision is the law in much of the American South. For the past several years, the Fifth Circuit has engaged in a crusade against DeRay Mckesson, a prominent figure within the Black Lives Matter movement who organized a protest near a Baton Rouge police station in 2016. The facts of the Mckesson case are, unfortunately, quite tragic. Mckesson helped organize the Baton Rouge protest following the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling. During that protest, an unknown individual threw a rock or similar object at a police officer, the plaintiff in the Mckesson case who is identified only as “Officer John Doe.” Sadly, the officer was struck in the face and, according to one court, suffered “injuries to his teeth, jaw, brain, and head.”

Everyone agrees that this rock was not thrown by Mckesson, however. And the Supreme Court held in NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware (1982) that protest leaders cannot be held liable for the violent actions of a protest participant, absent unusual circumstances that are not present in the Mckesson case — such as if Mckesson had “authorized, directed, or ratified” the decision to throw the rock. Indeed, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor points out in a brief opinion accompanying the Court’s decision not to hear Mckesson, the Court recently reaffirmed the strong First Amendment protections enjoyed by people like Mckesson in Counterman v. Colorado (2023). That decision held that the First Amendment “precludes punishment” for inciting violent action “unless the speaker’s words were ‘intended’ (not just likely) to produce imminent disorder.”

The reason Claiborne protects protest organizers should be obvious. No one who organizes a mass event attended by thousands of people can possibly control the actions of all those attendees, regardless of whether the event is a political protest, a music concert, or the Super Bowl. So, if protest organizers can be sanctioned for the illegal action of any protest attendee, no one in their right mind would ever organize a political protest again. Indeed, as Fifth Circuit Judge Don Willett, who dissented from his court’s Mckesson decision, warned in one of his dissents, his court’s decision would make protest organizers liable for “the unlawful acts of counter-protesters and agitators.” So, under the Fifth Circuit’s rule, a Ku Klux Klansman could sabotage the Black Lives Matter movement simply by showing up at its protests and throwing stones.

The Fifth Circuit’s Mckesson decision is obviously wrong

Like Mckesson, Claiborne involved a racial justice protest that included some violent participants. In the mid-1960s, the NAACP launched a boycott of white merchants in Claiborne County, Mississippi. At least according to the state supreme court, some participants in this boycott “engaged in acts of physical force and violence against the persons and property of certain customers and prospective customers” of these white businesses. Indeed, one of the organizers of this boycott did far more to encourage violence than Mckesson is accused of in his case. Charles Evers, a local NAACP leader, allegedly said in a speech to boycott supporters that “if we catch any of you going in any of them racist stores, we’re gonna break your damn neck.”

With SCOTUS refusing to take up McKesson v. Doe, the 5th Circuit's insane anti-1st Amendment ruling that effectively bans mass protests remains in force for the 3 states covered in the 5th: Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

#SCOTUS #Deray McKesson #Protests #Black Lives Matter #5th Circuit Court #Texas #Louisiana #Mississippi #1st Amendment #Counterman v. Colorado #NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware #McKesson v. Doe

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workersolidarity · 1 day

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PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, AT LEAST 38 PROTESTERS ARRESTED

At least 38 pro-Palestine protesters were arrested on Monday in two events in the San Francisco area, on the central California coast of the US, including the arrest of protesters who blockaded the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday morning.

According to local reporting, the protests began when groups of protesters brought large barrels filled with concrete to an intersection in Oakland, California to which protesters proceeded to chain themselves to.

Law enforcement were forced to cut through the barrels using jackhammers and saws before the protesters could be released and removed from the street. Seven protesters were arrested following the incident.

Pro-Palestine protesters also blockaded the southbound lane of the Golden Gate Bridge, chaining themselves to other protesters in cars and backing up traffic for several hours. Police said they arrested 26 protesters as a result of the event.

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sayruq · 2 months

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Every Friday, millions of Yemenis, themselves survivors of genocide, protest the genocide of Gaza

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #protests

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imforeverjustyours · 3 months

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#protest #free palestine #palestine #protests #free gaza #gaza #genocide #🇵🇸

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directactionforhope · 2 months

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U.S. Free Palestine Protests this Weekend: 2/17 through 2/19

2/17 Denver, Colorado Indianapolis, Indiana San Diego, California Seattle, Washington

2/18 Boone, North Carolina Milwaukee, Wisconsin New Orleans, Louisiana

2/19 Aransas Pass, Texas Chicago, Illinois Los Angeles, California - Jews for Ceasefire All-Day Shiva

And there are many more! Check out the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Code Pink, and your local Palestinian and/or Muslim groups for protests in your area!

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anyahita · 2 years

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Schoolgirls in Iran in protest against the regime sticking their middle fingers to Khomeini and Khamenei

#iran #free iran #iran protests #protests #mahsa amini #feminism #iran revolution #opiran #iconic #the hair tho #🥺#iranian #iranian women #women’s rights #iranian lives matter #woman life freedom #zan zendegi azadi #jina mahsa amini

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nando161mando · 2 months

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geek-ramblings · 1 year

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They kicked out the 2 black reps and let the white rep stay. Sheesh!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/us/tennessee-democrats-office-removal-vote/index.html

#Justin Jones #Justin Pearson #racism #gun violence #mass shootings #protests

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langernameohnebedeutung · 2 years

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He really thought he could use the clout of this interview as a leverage to instrumentalise her against the people and especially women in his own country. He wanted to pit her against the women in Iran protesting for their freedom - and conceal the international solidarity from them. He wanted to show off his power and she said no.

#iran #protests #headlines

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thoughtportal · 1 year

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#tiktok #protests #protesters #protest #collective power #be water #collective action #online privacy #online security #security

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girlactionfigure · 2 days

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#USA #Protests #Road Blocks

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nappingpaperclip · 4 months

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PLEASE REPOST

MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR GAZA

1:00PM Saturday January 13th, 2024 @ The National Mall 1600 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC

Please wear a KN-95 mask, and wear layered nondescript clothing and COVER YOUR FACE, HAIR, AND ANY IDENTIFYING FEATURES. I have seen many people use keffiyehs for this. Dress for cold weather but know marching warms you up quickly, so dress in layers you can remove and carry without uncovering your face and hair. Ideally you should bring a backpack to carry food, water, first aid, ID, etc. It may be good to bring multiple or removable parts of your outfit if you plan on walking from your residence or car.

If you bring a phone, turn off your Face/Touch ID, location services, and data.

Have your emergency contacts written on your body. Don’t record peoples faces. Stick with a group.

Bigotry & hatred will not be tolerated.

Even if you are unable to attend or are not USAmerican, please reblog and repost this to other social medias. You may have a follower or friend who can attend.

If you live within a couple of hours of DC, or even if you live further: talk to your local organizations! It is possible they may be able to organize transportation to this event. Most likely you will have to pay a fee, but it is likely going to be cheaper and safer than driving to DC and parking in their $40-$50/hour parking garages. Also look into Amtrak, Greyhound buses, or other means of transportation.

EDIT: fixed some info, also here is the HD graphic that includes the website

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incognitopolls · 14 days

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This includes protests you have attended or helped organize. A protest here is defined as an event where people physically gather in a location to demonstrate disagreement with a cause, decision, or political situation.

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We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

#polls #incognito polls #anonymous #tumblr polls #tumblr users #questions #polls about ethics #submitted dec 10 #protests #activism

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workersolidarity · 1 month

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THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HIT THE STREETS IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS UNDER SIEGE IN THE GAZA STRIP

📹 Scenes of thousands of protesters hitting the streets of San Francisco in the U.S. to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people under blockade, siege and bombardment in the Gaza Strip.

More than 31'553 Palestinian civilians have been killed as a result of Israel's ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, more than 25'000 of which are assessed to be women and children according to the United States Pentagon, with an additional 73'546 Palestinians wounded since the beginning of the current round of Israeli aggression beginning on October 7th, 2023.

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