Grassroots JoeMay Day 2025 For the Workers Not the Billionaires protest rally, Philadelphia PA from news helicopter.
SpudHead@joeinwynnewood read this as “Jerkintown” and was about to ask for a one-way plane ticket :(
Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor@joeinwynnewood I was there, with the same view of Bernie, lol. You were probably 10 or 20 feet ahead of me:
I wish it were me. The picture was taken by one of the members of our local Indivisible group that I heip lead and posted to our Slack workspace.
I'm a bit more than a month past lower back surgery and still many weeks from being able to make it to a protest rally.
@joeinwynnewood Oh man, I’m sorry to hear that! I hope your recovery is swift.
Out of curiosity, is that Cooper River Indivisible you are referring to?
Thanks Pam, appreciate it.
We're out in Lower Merion. One of almost 2 dozen local Indivisible groups in the SE PA leaders' caucus.
acm@joeinwynnewood so glad! couldn't make this one, but continued strong turnouts seem key to letting our reps know we're not "getting over" this disaster!!!
Phillyinflorida@joeinwynnewood Yo Philly - Good job!
Sean Riley@joeinwynnewood
Philadelphia is a great town. Gritty even.
Philadelphia is a great town. Gritty even.
Die Mad 🇨🇦@joeinwynnewood All good. But none of these nation-wide protests have moved even 1 Republican to stand up to Trump, let alone rein in Trump & his crazies. Maybe a national, stay-home general strike, not just for a day but until Congress has impeached Trump and Vance, will do it. But don’t wait. Once he brings the army into play, you are fucked. And he is going to do that.
PS. It has be a stay-home stike. If you take that to the street he will have you shot.
PS. It has be a stay-home stike. If you take that to the street he will have you shot.
That's not the goal of these protests. There are other actions happening in red districts with that goal, empty chair town halls, events at their offices and flooding their offices with angry calls and emails are for that.
And if we're going to have a general strike we first have to normalize protesting and build the solidarity required for it to work. That's what the protests are building towards, building towards hitting the 3.5% mark.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
@joeinwynnewood I truly hope it works. Obviously I think it will take something bigger and sooner. But I have always been a pessimist…
JD
SearingTruth"There are far more who embrace humanity than those who disavow it."
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Bill Zaumen@joeinwynnewood I saw a protest today at an upscale shopping center (lots of customers driving by and indicating support). Actually, we went there to replace a toaster oven - the 'convention bake' fan had started making really loud noises & I was worried about an imminent failure as it was already over 17 years old. Given the tariff turmoil, if the supply chain breaks, it might be hard to get a replacement. We got a small Breville oven. One really nice "feature": no clock, just timers.
@joeinwynnewood To add more, in case anyone asks why "no clock" is a desirable feature, I have an Atomic (brand name) clock in the kitchen for reliable time - it syncs to radio broadcasts giving the current time. But my stove insists on having a clock, a microwave oven insists on having a clock, and twice a year plus some additional instances when the power goes out, I have to reset all but one, which is a pain in the neck
Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹@joeinwynnewood oh no, not the roads
anyway
anyway
The_Caretaker@joeinwynnewood If a protest doesn't at least disrupt car traffic, can it even really be called a protest? "We want to be heard as long as none of the people polluting the air are inconvenienced by it."
You are confusing a protest rally with civil disobedience.
We're not in opposition to the local or state government nor the people of any locality where over 1000 events were held. We're in opposition to the federal regime being run by the criminal in the White House.
Our purpose is to grow the opposition to the regime that's hurting everyone. To get to 3.5%. Then perhaps we'll see a general strike and that may look much different.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world