is it well known and do people talk about it … like in the mainstream media ?

[solved] in the media :
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300
( thanks to irelephant )

What To Know
The movement has a website at 50501movement.carrd.co and is active on Instagram, Reddit, Bluesky, Discord and Signal.

[caution]

https://bsky.app/profile/ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
(see comment below by @[email protected] )

Listen,
for folks who don’t know, I was a part of a small organizing team that led to a mass mobilization in 813 cities worldwide in 2019.

I am not talking out of my ass.

You should be VERY VERY VERY careful in this environment about sharing flyers for events that identify NO organizer

See also :
GeneralStrikeUS.com
proposed by : @[email protected]

[solved] by : @[email protected]

Click to show start times

Start times:

Start Times By State (current as of 1/31/2025):

Alabama: No information
Alaska: 12:00 noon
Arizona: 12:00 noon
Arkansas: 12:00 noon
California: 12:00 noon
Colorado: 12:00 noon
Connecticut: 12:00 noon
Delaware: 12:00 noon
Florida: 12:00 noon
Georgia: 11:00 AM
Hawaii: 12:00 noon
Idaho: 12:00 noon
Illinois: 12:00 noon
Indiana: 12:00 noon
Iowa: 12:00 noon
Kansas: 12:00 noon
Kentucky: 12:00 noon
Louisiana: 12:00 noon
Maine: 12:00 noon
Maryland: 12:00 noon
Massachusetts: 12:00 noon
Michigan: 12:00 noon
Minnesota: 12:00 noon
Mississippi: 12:00 noon
Missouri: 12:00 noon
Montana: 12:00 noon
Nebraska: 12:00 noon
Nevada: 12:00 noon
New Hampshire: 12:00 noon
New Jersey: 12:00 noon
New Mexico: 12:00 noon
New York: 12:00 noon
North Carolina: 1:00 PM
North Dakota: 12:00 noon
Ohio: 12:00 noon
Oklahoma: 12:00 noon - 4:00 PM
Oregon: 12:00 noon
Pennsylvania: 12:00 noon
Rhode Island: 12:00 noon
South Carolina: 12:00 noon
South Dakota: 12:00 noon
Tennessee: 1:30
Texas: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Utah: 12:00 noon
Vermont: 12:00 noon
Virginia: 11:30 AM
Washington: 12:00 noon - 2PM
Washington DC: 12:00 noon
West Viriginia: 12:00 noon
Wisconsin: 12:00 noon
Wyoming: 12:00 noon
https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/50501/comments/1ifb26m/start_times/

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    711·
    20 days ago

    Don’t start protesting on a week day. Protest on the weekend to get a show of force. If demands are not met, follow it up with a general strike for your next protest.

    People will be more willing to join in strike action if they know they are not alone.

  • GraniteM@lemmy.world
    68·
    20 days ago

    I only just learned about it today, myself. I work that day, but I might be able to shift things around.

    I really wish that these protests were more widely shared in advance. I want to be involved, but only getting a couple of days advance warning makes it really hard. I know that sometimes you have to act fast, but if you want your movement to succeed then you’ve got to try to consider the real lives of all of the people who want to help, but are also really limited in their time. Plan protests on weekends, and if you’ve got to protest on a weekday, then plan it way ahead of time and give everyone a chance to plan to be there. I’m sure it looks better to have one big protest with 10X people there than ten protests with 1X people attending.

    • A_A@lemmy.worldOP
      201·
      20 days ago

      i don’t know who organized this and just made this post to have some answers. Thankfully, some users are coming up with answers … so i have updated the header of this post.

  • SolidShake@lemmy.world
    392·
    20 days ago

    Why on such a weird day? I can just take off work this week and drive 3 hours to Madison lol. Can I digitally be there. Although I’m expecting an very poor turnout in every state tbh.

    • SuspiciousUser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      242·
      20 days ago

      because in the middle of the week in the middle of the day is when it causes the most disruption to literally everything and everybody. Government officials won’t even be there on the weekend. May as well decide to do it in the middle of a huge field out in the country.

    • ramenshaman@lemmy.world
      10·
      20 days ago

      I’m guessing since they’re protesting project 2025 organizing the protest to happen on 2/5/25 kind of makes sense.

    • A_A@lemmy.worldOP
      81·
      20 days ago

      i was also thinking it might be better in the weekend … fortunately, people will talk and decide.
      But also it is called 50 Protests, 50 States, OneDay : February 5th

    • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      19 days ago

      Yeah February in WI is not a smart time to plan to stand outside. Same in most other northern states for at least another 2 months

    • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      196·
      20 days ago

      Call in sick. You’re not gonna get fired for missing one day.

      If you are gonna get fired for that, this is literally the protest to stop that shit.

      • remer@lemmy.world
        191·
        20 days ago

        Not everyone lives in their state capitol. It’s a 10+ hour drive for some people. Take three days off? This protest is going to be low turnout.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        81·
        20 days ago

        You’re not gonna get fired for missing one day.

        Tell me you’ve never worked for minimum wage by telling me you’ve never worked for minimum wage.

        If you are gonna get fired for that, this is literally the protest to stop that shit.

        Tell me you’ve never lived in poverty with children depending on you by telling me you’ve never lived in poverty with children depending on you.

    • Bojack411@lemmy.world
      324·
      20 days ago

      This is a white people thing. Students and min wage workers in large cities can pull this off. America is full of people with hope and a 9-5 to.oay there ridiculous rent.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        22·
        20 days ago

        Yes, all those impoverished people in cities working minimum wage jobs that rely on every cent of their paycheck just to keep a roof over their kids’ heads and food in their bellies who will get fired for missing even a day of work for any reason can totally pull this off. Totally.

    • Aaron@lemmy.nz
      1·
      19 days ago

      I was pretty sure I knew what a general strike was… wouldn’t any strike be more expensive than 2-4 hours of protest, and wouldn’t a general strike involve much more planning than a normal strike due to the scale and breadth?

      Also I was worried that generalstrikeus.com was too soon. The UAW general strike is planned for 2028 to get time to plan, because a general strike isn’t something you can just do successfully at the drop of a hat.

  • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world
    24·
    20 days ago

    What exactly counts as the mainstream media nowadays?

    Cable news?

    I haven’t had cable TV for probably 20 years now.

    Internet news?

    Which ones? There seems to be an endless number of them

  • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
    274·
    20 days ago

    Love a protest in the middle of the workday, should be easy for most people to attend, no?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      83·
      20 days ago

      I’ve already seen someone on Lemmy say that they should feed their kids out of dumpsters if they lose their job that they rely on to live paycheck-to-paycheck (like almost half of Americans) and then their home because they can’t pay rent.

      And if they lose their kids to CPS because they were made homeless and their parents were arrested during a general strike protest? Hey, they were clearly just MAGA bootlickers anyway.

      • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
        112·
        20 days ago

        You realize that there are differences in the populations working at different times, right? Or are you just happy to be seen being outraged?

        • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
          4·
          20 days ago

          Sure I realise that, but I was more pointing out that whatever time a protest is there will be people like you unhappy with it.

          I don’t know what gave you the impression I want to be seen outraged and I do hope you’re not making judgments about me over a single comment as that wouldn’t be very good.

          It would be like me labelling you for the two comments I’ve seen you post. Positive intent my friend.

    • meliaesc@lemmy.world
      1010·
      20 days ago

      If people aren’t willing to give up 1 hour of their corporate slavery to stop facism, then we are already doomed.

        • RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
          4·
          19 days ago

          Yea, I’m looking at this but thinking “that’s not happening lol” with my state. I’m in AZ and anyone outside Phoenix is probably driving at least 2 hours just to get there.

          For me: 6 hours in a car with 5000ft (1500m) drop/climb just for a protest that’s vaguely “against Project 2025”. I could never justify it.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        4·
        19 days ago

        It’s 576 miles between El Paso and Austin. Please explain how someone is going to be able to get there within an hour with time to protest.

  • youvegotmoxie@lemmy.world
    191·
    20 days ago

    Good luck but I either need to fly or take a ferry to get to my state’s capitol building. Need more than a few days heads up.

  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
    18·
    20 days ago

    As an outsider I can’t see them caring about this at all… but boy I support you guys. It’s time you do something

  • Lenny@lemmy.world
    16·
    20 days ago

    Excited to see people ready to take action, but just be careful. See the thread on this profile for more info: https://bsky.app/profile/ecmclaughlin.bsky.social (this user has set her account to logged in users only).

    "Listen, for folks who don’t know, I was a part of a small organizing team that led to a mass mobilization in 813 cities worldwide in 2019.

    I am not talking out of my ass.

    You should be VERY VERY VERY careful in this environment about sharing flyers for events that identify NO organizer"

    There was also a mod thread on r/albuquerque about it.

    I am sure there will be BOTH legit protests and shitty people using this for nefarious reasons. I’m still on the fence about whether to drive 2 hours to my local one or not. I’ve already signed up for other things through mobilize.us anyway.

    • A_A@lemmy.worldOP
      31·
      20 days ago

      Hi Lenny,
      i think i will add your comment here to the header of my post. What do you think ?

      P.S. : Main warning in your comment added. Done. Also added a [caution] flare

      • Lenny@lemmy.world
        6·
        20 days ago

        Sure… I don’t wanna stop people going though. I just want people to consider what didn’t even enter my mind as someone who is new to all this. Read up, and be willing to protect yourself if you go. But I DO support people protesting if this is legit.

      • DankOfAmerica@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        20 days ago

        You should be VERY VERY VERY careful in this environment about sharing flyers for events that identify NO organizer

        Why?

        • A_A@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          20 days ago

          i don’t know if it is right or wrong. So, i simply highlighted this caution word because people should discuss it. Collectively we may find out who is organizing this and if it is legit or not.

          Please tell me what you think.

          • DankOfAmerica@reddthat.comEnglish
            2·
            20 days ago

            I’ve never been involved in organizing protests. I’ve only attended a few, so I don’t know anything about leading them. It seems like a serious warning, which made me worried and curious of what I might be missing. Sorry I can’t help :/

            • KittenBiscuits@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              19 days ago

              If no one is taking credit for it on the flyer, it might be bait to get people to come out to a fake (& unlicensed) protest to get themselves arrested.

              Edit: “unlicensed”…I meant there’s no city permit obtained for the gathering. Many cities require such permits so they have a head’s up for crowd control and first responder staffing. No permit would mean they declare it an illegal protest and that introduces potential arrests.

  • hash@slrpnk.netEnglish
    14·
    20 days ago

    Alright, I’m prepared to take some heat for this because in the context of the best organized protests I think my assumptions are incorrect. However most protests don’t rise to that level. Thing is if your protest looks for the most part like a party with some political alignments and isn’t related to some direct action in your community or actual expectations/demands of the relevant political body…

    Not to say that “performative” protests are useless. But there seems to be a distressing number of my fellow gen Z that think these sorts of protests alone will work. Like all they need to do is yell loudly into a few news network cameras on capital hill then go home.

    I’ll probably see what’s going on in my home state and hope to see some targeted action and real dialogue. I truly hope my assumptions are proven wrong.

  • Sabre363@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    197·
    20 days ago

    Protest, cool, but accomplish what exactly? None of this means a damn thing if nobody has any clue what’s going on

    • A_A@lemmy.worldOP
      68·
      20 days ago

      People will have to talk and organize … some leaders will emerge … the poster picture says :

      We the People Reject Project 2025 !

          • A_A@lemmy.worldOP
            42·
            20 days ago

            i’m not involved in this, just asking questions and trying to help with some answers. So, if what i say is not good enough, just find answers by yourself.

        • A_A@lemmy.worldOP
          22·
          20 days ago

          i am not organizing this. Just asking questions. This should be clear from the post itself. … or is it ?