The other major element a protest movement needs is some type of novelty. When we return to the same streets with the same chant formulas we’ve used for decades, it doesn’t catch attention or momentum the same way that something different does. New messaging, new tactics, something new blended in with the old makes a difference.

BRAVISSIMO @tS!

Articles like this
are Precisely what
it's gonna Take to De-
rail the Unconstitutional
far 'right' Radical Exremists

currently shredding our little
'Experiment in Democracy.'

Expect Pushback,
Stranger from the
Radical Extremists.*

also: "We know that nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed than violent ones (and to be clear, property damage does not count as violence)."

leave it to Agents
Provocateur or to dis-
gruntled Po-po to instigate
Breaking Glass and/or the Violence
that attracts the teevee cameras necessary
to suade Public Opinion AGAINST PEACEFUL
Protests, so they can come in with their billy clubs,

Teargas, Riot Gear, the Whole Nine Yards.

protesters
must somehow
Quell these counter-
protesters's typically-Effective
means of Derailing fucking Peaceful Protests.

*not only from thedjt
maladministration but
Also from tS's very own
right wing commentariat:

"but
'protests'
never Work!"
they'll shriek
attempting to
Disuade the as-
yet-Uncommitted.

BRAVO, Stranger!

more, please!

@1 bingo.

burning
cardboard
Muxmobile
Swastikartruks

isn't as-yet-'Terrorism'
but's visually pretty
pleasing. just make
CERTAIN to have
Fire Extinuishers
Close At Hand
and f. VISIBLE.

marshmallows
and weiners're
a Nice touch too

Not mentioned in all of this are last year's Pro-Palestinian protests, even though the Stranger strongly supported them. It appears those failed three of the four "WUNC" criteria: Worthiness (protestors attacked Jewish students on campus; assaulting an historically-disfavored minority shows un-Worthiness, big-time); Numbers were small (e.g. hundreds at most on the main UW campus, against tens of thousands of students there); and the protestors' Commitment fizzled after a handful of weak promises from schools' administrators, and the dispersal of students for Summer break.

This past weekend was not the first time Washington state has seen the "Hands Off!" message. Back in the '90s, it was the rallying cry of local opposition to anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. In response to announcements of intent to expand into Washington state from anti-LGBTQ+ bigots in Oregon and Colorado, we did exactly what his article recommends: we built a statewide organization, which we named Washington Citizens for Fairness. Our rallying cry was "Hands Off Washington!" We warned everyone of the approaching danger, organizing LGBTQ+ persons and allies to present a united front against anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry. We completely stymied all efforts by bigots, local and outsider, to establish an anti-LGBTQ+ movement in Washington state. The bigots responded with mounting frustration, as all of their expected avenues of action, especially local churches, rejected their message of hate and bigotry. We hung the scarlet letter of "D" for "Discrimination" around their necks, to the point where even they had to admit they were trying to discriminate. After several humiliating failures to collect enough signatures for their anti-LGBTQ+ laws, they faded away, and the path was clear for full civil rights.

If nothing else, sometimes it's good to have a pictorial reminder that not everyone is batshit crazy and there are a ton of people who realize that everything is falling apart.

"We know that nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed than violent ones (and to be clear, property damage does not count as violence)."

Non violence goes a long way toward convincing people that you are not insane and perhaps worthy of consideration. But depending on how you define "success", property crime might just be encouraging people on the fence to put your banner in their business window. To keep them from being broken. And to avoid having to find out just how insane your supporters are.

@4: were there physical "attacks" on Jewish students at UW? I thought it was Jewish (and Muslim) staff or students "feeling unwelcome". Cauce lost her job because she couldn't protect emotions.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/uw-finds-students-staff-experience-hostile-antisemitism-islamophobia/

@4: Physical assaults upon Jewish students happened at UCLA. UW had lower-level harassments, due to the protestors’ stridently anti-Israel messaging. (Anything involving Israel tends to bring out the local anti-Jewish cranks.)

In these times, a weekly listing of scheduled rallies and protests, online and in your paper, would be a great public service!

Team Reach app lists all of the rallies and protests going on my area and also nationwide. Download the Team Reach app for free and ask someone who is not a republican for the group code for your locale. It is not a secure app, you can use a false name or initials, it will have a calendar of activities and more.

"This isn't the kind of fight you win, it's the kind of fight you fight."
Cory Doctorow

Interesting.
Saying something like, there are only two genders is considered violence, but setting fire to someone’s car or business isn’t.
I’m curious as to who gets to make these decisions.