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‘A trickle to a tidal wave’: behind the Trump protest movement that launched on Reddit (www.theguardian.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29240602

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29240317

Rachel Leingang
Sun 27 Apr 2025 10.00 EDT

"A 50501 subreddit remains an active organizing space, where people discuss ideas for local protests, messages they should put on posters, strategies for getting more people involved. The movement is active on nearly all social media channels, and local offshoots have their own pages as well.

The group is planning its next day of mass protest on 1 May, which will be focused on workers’ rights and immigrant rights. 50501 is far from the only group organizing around May Day, a frequent day of action for labor groups around the world."

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

50501 is pro-nato, pro-war, and anti-Palestine. Participants are reporting issues with harassment and doxxing by some leaders, especially towards trans activist, with retaliation for those who speak up about their concerns.

This group is a psyop. Don’t fall for it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

we're using the movement to try to recruit for DSA. These big mainstream movements are always a psyop, but there's opportunity to spread the word and get people asking the hard questions.

https://lemmy.ml/post/29240317/18272245

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

PSL is doing the same. I don’t like it. Partnering with genocide supporters is over the line for me.