A massive protest formed in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday in response to President Trump’s crackdown on immigration and emphasis on deportations, where protestors were on and off the 101 Fre…
I would have gone, but the first I heard of this was after the fact, right here on this post. You’re right, it honestly surprises me that we aren’t taking to the streets more though.
Personally I believe part of the problem is that corporate capture of our social interactions has effectively meant folks can’t get the word out and (sadly) they don’t realize it? Trying to organize on Facebook? That’s a mistake.
I’m not saying it’s what happened here but there’s a possibility it’s what’s going on more broadly. And by design.
Personally I’ve started building a tool (for the fediverse) to help make civil participation free of corporate interest. I’m sick of my town and local municipal services (and volunteer organizations) only posting to Facebook (and I’m not in the US!)
Existing tools are, in my opinion, not widely used and too clunky to appeal to those who’ve been lulled into using big-tech solutions.
I would have gone, but the first I heard of this was after the fact, right here on this post. You’re right, it honestly surprises me that we aren’t taking to the streets more though.
Personally I believe part of the problem is that corporate capture of our social interactions has effectively meant folks can’t get the word out and (sadly) they don’t realize it? Trying to organize on Facebook? That’s a mistake.
I’m not saying it’s what happened here but there’s a possibility it’s what’s going on more broadly. And by design.
Personally I’ve started building a tool (for the fediverse) to help make civil participation free of corporate interest. I’m sick of my town and local municipal services (and volunteer organizations) only posting to Facebook (and I’m not in the US!)
Existing tools are, in my opinion, not widely used and too clunky to appeal to those who’ve been lulled into using big-tech solutions.