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usonian

(23,340 posts)
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 04:00 PM 23 hrs ago

Merry Activist Christmas. The Guardian asked: "How effective is protesting? .... Answer: Very!"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/protests-effective-history-impact

Trump’s first and second terms have been marked by huge protests, from the 2017 Women’s March to the protests for racial justice after George Floyd’s murder, to this year’s No Kings demonstrations. But how effective is this type of collective action?

According to historians and political scientists who study protest: very. From emancipation to women’s suffrage, from civil rights to Black Lives Matter, mass movement has shaped the arc of American history. Protest has led to the passage of legislation that gave women the right to vote, banned segregation and legalized same-sex marriage. It has also sparked cultural shifts in how Americans perceive things like bodily autonomy, economic inequality and racial bias.

But as with any tool, there are ways to sharpen and blunt a protest’s impact. Here’s what decades of research tells us about what protest can and can’t do.


READ ON.

And check out all the events listed by Indivisible!

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
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Merry Activist Christmas. The Guardian asked: "How effective is protesting? .... Answer: Very!" (Original Post) usonian 23 hrs ago OP
I hope so! I attended 3 protests this year BlueWaveNeverEnd 22 hrs ago #1
I think we saw the effect already, and TONS more to come. usonian 21 hrs ago #2

usonian

(23,340 posts)
2. I think we saw the effect already, and TONS more to come.
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 05:47 PM
21 hrs ago

The No Kings protests gave some spine to Democrats, and the resistance slowed down the assault long enough for cracks to form in the opposing armor, and to build demand for the “promised” Epstein material.

He was bluffing and got called.


Movie: “House of Games”. It’s a WATER PISTOL.



Regardless of whatever DOJ has or does, the money trail is being opened up, and the downfall begun. It may not look promising, but remember, the Epstein Event Horizon is right here, and he’s starting a “Wag the Dog” war to distract from it.

He is failing.

If we hand’t had those protests, none of this would have occurred, IMNSHO.

Ya done real good!!!
Thanks

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