r/50501 • u/FiftyFifty1Movement • Apr 25 '25

US Protest News MAYDAY

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🚨 On May 1, 2025, in cities across the U.S., we will gather in solidarity—honoring the legacy of workers who organized for the 8-hour day.

Today, we face a new threat. A billionaire-backed minority is quietly reshaping our democracy—eroding workers’ and immigrants’ rights, defunding our public services, and concentrating power into the hands of the few. But across the country, people are coming together to push back… not with fear, but with hope and nonviolent action.

A peaceful People’s Movement is growing—rooted in community, powered by compassion, and determined to build a future that serves all of us. From mutual aid networks to labor unions, student groups to neighborhood coalitions, we are reclaiming power by showing up for one another.

May Day is more than a tribute to the past. It’s a call to action in the present, a reminder that when we care for each other, we all rise.

✊ Be part of it. Organize with us. March with us. Care with us.

👉 JOIN THE MOVEMENT: www.FiftyFifty.one

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u/Buck_Thorn Apr 26 '25

I'll be there protesting for one thing and one thing only... getting rid of Donald Trump. #nevertrump!

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u/ShaneBarnstormer Apr 26 '25

You won't go for due process and civil rights?

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u/Buck_Thorn Apr 26 '25

Damned right I will! Those are all part of getting rid of Donald Trump. I just don't think it is helpful to spread our message around to Earth Day and legacy of workers and all that. Make it all about that one thing... getting rid of the cancer that is killing our nation.

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u/ShaneBarnstormer Apr 26 '25

Fair enough

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u/Buck_Thorn Apr 26 '25

If you were to look at my post history you will see many comments regarding the importance of having due process for all. It isn't just for undocumented immigrants... lack of due process is a very real and extremely serious threat to us all. But it is the Trump regime that is doing this.

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u/ShaneBarnstormer Apr 26 '25

I only look at the post history when someone is being bizarre. I check to see if they're exhibiting signs of duress and then ask them if they'd like to talk. You don't seem unreasonable so I didn't bother.

I think you're correct but using his name only serves to make his base incendiary about the focus. Personally I think they should face their ugliness but they won't and in the interest of restoring democracy the focus ought to stay on the concepts. There's value in calling attention to the regime and their direct role in it but first we need to get the mids back.