There are over 1,000 planned protests!!!

[BigmanPigman]

Last edited Mon Apr 28, 2025, 11:30 AM - Edit history (4)

***This is an updated number and it's growing rapidly. 250 more protests have been organized since last Friday (April 25). AND this is for a mid-week protest!



https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?lat=47.61397724800619&lon=-72.25118480995316&zoom=0.5559335640659921
for May Day. There are many events scheduled for May 1(Thurs), May 3 (Sat) and May 4 (Sun).

"This is a war on working people—and we will not back down. We are reclaiming our power from corporate elites, and we will not be intimidated by Trump, Musk, or their billionaire backers. They’ve ruled for too long. Their time is up. And May Day is just the beginning. We will build a world where every family has housing, healthcare, fair wages, union protection, and safety—regardless of race, zip code, or immigration status."

STOP THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER.

WE ARE THE MANY. THEY ARE THE FEW.



** I just received another great source from a DUer...CHECK IT OUT!
https://maydaystrong.org/

* I also post updates and new info (when I am able to get it) in the Activist Headquarters forum. I'm sure there will be even more events as we get closer to this date. I do not have social media accounts, unless you consider DU as one, so I have to search/Google, etc which can be a little "slow". A lot of these 50501 planned protests are being shared on Fakebook, X, whatever. If you use social media you can get your local dates/plans faster and share them with others who are resisters.

[Iamscrewed]

1. 1789

France. Failure to study history 101.

[usonian]

2. 8647!

[SheltieLover]

3. Kick

[electric_blue68]

4. Didn't know about 5/3 &5/4. Ty👍

[BigmanPigman]

6. There are large urban events and smaller, local ones.

The organizers choose dates that are important for their local area and their particular issues. In my area there are 2, one is at a hospital to support those workers and there is another one sponsored by the NEA. Some areas are having 3 or more events.

There is the NEA (National Teachers Assoc), protests at hospitals for hospital workers, etc. This is what the group who started these protests to be constant, local, ready to hit the streets with little notice. 50501 goal is to get as many people in large and small communities to gather and voice their disapproval with the zillion illegal actions that Team tRump has already committed and the many more he is planning to commit.

He IS a king after all and laws do not apply to him.

https://www.fiftyfifty.one/

[electric_blue68]

7. Got it 👍

[H2O Man]

5. Recommended.

My friends & I will be at one.

[2naSalit]

8. K&R

[Martin68]

9. Good news!

[ShazzieB]

10. Thanks for the info!

I plan to be at one; hopefully my husband will join me!

[BigmanPigman]

11. I have a dilemma since I want to go to both

in my areas. One is hosted by NEA (teachers) and the other is for the local hospital staff.

I think I may start with 1 protest and then drive to the other one while they are marching and catch up with them.

[Hekate]

12. See you on the hustings

[soldierant]

13. Here's another URL to find events, courtesy of The Labor Force (non-profit)

and the Chicago Teachers Union:

https://maydaystrong.org/

I would hope there would be a lot of overlap in the information, since we do best together, but something different might also hbe there.

[BigmanPigman]

14. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

Great link! I'll share this ASAP!!!

[Akakoji]

16. Spread this info

By any means necessary

[EuterpeThelo]

15. Thanks for the info, BigmanPigman!

There are also protests being arranged on May 1st for "Law Day," being billed as "A Nationwide Stand for the Rule of Law."

https://lawdayofaction.org/

I'm considering going to the one here in DTLA. I hope I will run into many of my current and former colleagues there!

[Timeflyer]

17. Thanks so much for posting this! Resist and raise hell now.

[mucifer]

18. Something is wrong with the website It says there are no events in Chicago May 3 or May 4 but many

in lots of small town all over the area. That can't be.

[BigmanPigman]

23. I just saw 2 in Chicago.

A fellow DUer sent me a different map link last night and I added it to my original post.
Check it out. You will need to type the name of your city.
https://maydaystrong.org/

[elocs]

19. "WE ARE THE MANY. THEY ARE THE FEW." Too bad we didn't vote that way in '24,

but too many on the Left were complacent and overconfident. Also likely there were some who could not bring themselves to vote for a mixed race woman.
I believe we have the numbers to overwhelm them at the polls, but we need to get out and vote to accomplish that.

[central scrutinizer]

20. May 1 is the real Labor Day

Honoring the martyrs of Haymarket Square. The rest of the world honors American labor heroes while we ignore them.

[wnylib]

24. It also sends the distress signal: May Day! May Day!

[NJCher]

21. As usual

I will be there with my latest sign:

[pat_k]

22. Language matters. We can stop the MAGA Murder Budget...

by calling it what it is: The MAGA Murder Budget, because people will die.

From Anat Shenker-Osorio's Freedom Over Fascism Toolkit. The absolute best guide I have seen on how, and why, we must radically change our response:

Our narrative:

Americans across races, places and parties value our freedoms – but Trump, MAGA and Musk are running a regime of the bullies, for the billionaires. While Trump raises prices and bullies us based on our races, backgrounds and genders, his shadow president Elon Musk attempts a hostile takeover of our government. Now MAGA Republicans in Congress are pushing a budget bill to finance abducting our neighbors, ***robbing patients of medications, and denying families the food, education, and services we need. Our leaders must demand an end to this assault on the resources that ‘we the people’ created to care for each other and block the billionaires who want to take our freedoms, endanger our families and control our futures. Loudly we declare, #HandsOff and #FreeAmerica and demand not one vote for this budget of destruction.

***you can instead substitute the programs relevant to your work here, observing the rule of three and avoiding a lengthy list that will overwhelm readers.

Please take time to check it out. This is so important. And if you, like me, believe we must get clear on a true, powerful narrative, and repeat it over and over and over until we are sick of saying it, and then repeat some more, please pass it on through your social networks and to any electeds and leaders in your community who oppose the regime.

BTW, Anat was on the That Trippi Show April 18th, (episode: "If you want to touch a nerve, you have to touch a nerve " ). Give it a listen. I think you'll like what you hear!