From protests to 'pussy hats,' Trump resistance brews online

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



SUNDAY, FEB 12, 2017 10:15 AM EST

BARBARA ORTUTAY, ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) — The revolution may not be televised — but it apparently will be tweeted. And Facebooked. And Instagrammed.

Not long after President Donald Trump temporarily barred most people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S., social activist Dex Torricke-Barton took to Facebook. “I’m thinking of organizing a rally,” he posted. Within a few hours, more than 1,000 people expressed interest. The resulting protest a week later, in front of San Francisco’s City Hall, drew thousands more.

Torricke-Barton is far from alone. From organizing protests on the fly to raising money for refugee and immigrant rights groups, people have been using social media to fuel the resistance against Trump in ways their organizing predecessors from the 1960s could have hardly imagined.

ROOTS OF PROTEST

In Queens, New York, for instance, a group of 27 women met up to write postcards to their state and local representatives during a “Postcard-Writing Happy Hour” organized through Facebook.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/02/12/from-protests-to-pussy-hats-trump-resistance-brews-online/

[beachbum bob]

1. 2018 is coming and all the upset and concern means nothing if we aren;t prepared to vote

conservatives out of office

[logosoco]

2. That is true.

I am hoping all of this action is getting people's attention who normally would not even notice what is going on in politics or thought that voting did not matter. I think this presidency will do a lot to change those attitudes.
They always said the revolution would not be televised. That was before the internet!

[kimbutgar]

3. We need to start now organizing getting people Voter IDs in those voter restrictive states

Help someone get their birth certificate, get the other appropriate documents and get them to the DMV. Then get them registered and follow up in the weeks leading to the election where they can vote and if they need a ride get them a ride. We can turn them many out if we adopt a new voter and nuture them.

Adopt a voter program.

[smirkymonkey]

4. You should see all the attention my (and others) anti-Trump

boards are getting on Pinterest. It is by far the most liked and pinned board I have on there.

[crazycatlady]

5. I make pussyhats

And recently started an Etsy store. THere's so much Resistance swag out there that my like list grows by the day.

I learned to knit as a child and haven't made anything in years. I love my newly rediscovered hobby of making pussyhats.

[uriel1972]

7. Heh, my mum plans to knit one or two...:)

[raccoon]

8. Good for you! nt

[nikibatts]

6. Never give up!!

Stronger together!!!!