DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassiveProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassiveProtests</span></a> Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> are Just The Beginning </p><p>A co-founder of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indivisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indivisible</span></a> lays out a vision for harnessing millions of protesters into an unstoppable pro-democracy movement</p><p>by Tim Dickerson, April 8, 2025</p><p>Excerpts: "The demonstrations were organized by a broad coalition — including groups that rose to prominence in the first Trump administration, like Indivisible, upstarts like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/50501Movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501Movement</span></a>, as well as established grassroots groups like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoveOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoveOn</span></a>. The upswell of resistance surprised even seasoned organizers. Indivisible cofounder <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EzraLevin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EzraLevin</span></a> texted Rolling Stone on Friday to predict 'one of the largest single-day protests in years' adding that the public response was “kind of shocking."</p><p>[...] </p><p>"This was a Big Tent — everybody from like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSA</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MattYglesias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MattYglesias</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeverTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverTrump</span></a> Republicans were endorsing it. I had briefly gotten excited about calling this the 'Normal March.' </p><p>"Like the wacko, MAGA, right-wing crazies are not gonna be part of this. But if you’re a normal person, you would want to take part. Because obviously you oppose <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, you oppose <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> and the richest man in the world coming after your <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>. </p><p>"But I’m happy we went with '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a>.' It served as a good rallying cry, because we all come to this for different reasons. Maybe we’re concerned about the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>, maybe we’re concerned about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransKids</span></a> in our community being targeted, or the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> being disappeared, or maybe we’re concerned about Social Security. We’ve all got something to fight back on."<br> <br>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-protests-democracy-hands-off-indivisible-1235312482/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-features/trump-musk-protests-democracy-hands-off-indivisible-1235312482/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/eohLD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/eohLD</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a></p>