My friends and I are all going to peaceful protests for the first time in our lives on June 14. We all between 75-82. Care enough to show up. I am afraid of kick back but I am going. We are in a reddish county. Mighty Meidas unite!
My friends and I are all going to peaceful protests for the first time in our lives on June 14. We all between 75-82. Care enough to show up. I am afraid of kick back but I am going. We are in a reddish county. Mighty Meidas unite!
Yay! It feels really good to go out and stand up for what you believe. I am in the same age group and we all go to local protests. You will find many like-minded people.
Glad to hear you're getting involved. I was a rabble rouser in the 70s...against Vietnam and for abortion rights...when Roe v Wade was passed I was graduating college...and emerged into a world that had no need for a new college grad... I lost interest in attending grad school on my summer drive from. Illinois to the west coast... I ended up in Oregon and mispent the rest of the 70s and early 80s trying to find myself... I never seemed to get excited about politics until now...it's just so screwed up that it's impossible to "ostrich". So maybe I'll see you at a protest...hope they don't come at us with Billy clubs. I know I won't be able to endure that this time. I'm pist enuf to not care tho. I've been taunting ICE to come "dissappear me", but so far...they're ignoring my requests.
Stay safe.. don't engage..sit down. Sit ins were very successful in the 70s! If they attack someone who is peacefully sitting, that reflects horribly on them!
I said this because it has been warned that disrupters are going to infiltrate peaceful protests & cause damage & possible injury & the only way to separate the good from the bad, for the cops to see who to arrest.
We must, must be careful in what we say. I will always check a source. There are also provocateurs writing things. Please check with the organizers, such Indivisible, on protest rules.
Never too late. I'm a tad older, come from a very activist family. My mom was marching to ban the bomb in the 1950s. 1968 destroyed politics for me. While my sister was hanging with the SDS and talking revolution, I looked at the Eugene McCarthy campaign and the sexist white Gene Bros and opted out. (People forget that he was the Bernie Sanders of 1968 and Robert F. Kennedy was their reviled Hillary, the "corporate" "establishment" candidate.) What brought me back тАФ three decades later тАФ was Florida 2000. The first demonstration I ever went to was a "count all the votes in Florida" protest.
OMG. Maybe you passed by my sister. She dropped out of college (Barnard) for a semester in the late 60 (1968? 69?) to travel with her SDS Weatherman boyfriend to Madison to set up Revolutionary Headquarters for the Midwest. The goal was to travel to colleges in places like Iowa and Nebraska to set up revolutionary cells there. My sister came home for Christmas and told our parents she thought she wanted to go back to school the next semester. My parents asked what happened with the revolution. She said she didn't understand what was wrong with those kids in the midwest тАФ it was all a bunch of agriculture majors and sorority girls who scratched their heads when you talked about the revolution. Probably a vulture shock тАФ two upper-middle class Jewish kids from the big city talking to some kids fresh off the farm in Boone, Iowa!
OMG yes this was exactly the time I was there. We were passionate but also politically naive. I remember the weather underground and SDS activities, and later in 1970 the bombing of Sterling Hall. I probably did pass her by. We were teargassed, I remember the strong police presence.
On 4/5, my (honorary) grandson & I drove to a nearby & slightly larger city to join in the HANDS OFF demonstration. His first experience. He was deeply affected. Surprised at how many "older" people were there.
Signs & posters supporting everything from saving Social Security, Medicaid, Veteran's rights, to BRING KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA HOME.
My grandson's first protest.
Not my first.
But it had been many decades.
We will join the peaceful civil action in our own city on 6/14.
We didn't have a sign made for the April event.
Last week, when Mark came over (he has had his own key to our house for a couple of years), he brought a giant poster board & a new thick black marker!
We, the people, fight peacefully, LOUDLY, and continuously.
Dear Pam, I just wanted to thank you for sharing your grandsonтАЩs reaction, and your commitment to exposing him and inspiring him to the importance of public involvement and community we all especially need now. I think there is alot of criticism of this z generation but I think they are starving for inspiration and encouragement. IтАЩm hopeful and appreciative of people like you. Thank you again.
Be strong! I am 82 , use a walker and am going to all the protests! Once you get there you will find тАЬyour peopleтАЭ who are very solicitous about how you are doing, clear paths for you and are just an overall great bunch of people to be among! Very telling that they care a lot for our country and what it has stood for the last 245 years!
I encourage you to join as many of us "old folks" have already done. I protested as a young one about Vietnam but was never involved in any violence or felt threatened. I then protested in some animal rights issues in the late 80s and early 90s. Now I do every protest I can to call attention to 47s death agenda. It is so good to be around so many people with the same concerns.
Thank you Gadget! 76 here and yes we are! I hope you will be safe in numbers!! Thank you for showing up. I'm in blue CA, but my neighbors are maga. I wish I had a group of us older women to go with, but we will be there in force!
My friends and I are all going to peaceful protests for the first time in our lives on June 14. We all between 75-82. Care enough to show up. I am afraid of kick back but I am going. We are in a reddish county. Mighty Meidas unite!
Yay! It feels really good to go out and stand up for what you believe. I am in the same age group and we all go to local protests. You will find many like-minded people.
Yes Gayle me too!
Glad to hear you're getting involved. I was a rabble rouser in the 70s...against Vietnam and for abortion rights...when Roe v Wade was passed I was graduating college...and emerged into a world that had no need for a new college grad... I lost interest in attending grad school on my summer drive from. Illinois to the west coast... I ended up in Oregon and mispent the rest of the 70s and early 80s trying to find myself... I never seemed to get excited about politics until now...it's just so screwed up that it's impossible to "ostrich". So maybe I'll see you at a protest...hope they don't come at us with Billy clubs. I know I won't be able to endure that this time. I'm pist enuf to not care tho. I've been taunting ICE to come "dissappear me", but so far...they're ignoring my requests.
Stay safe.. don't engage..sit down. Sit ins were very successful in the 70s! If they attack someone who is peacefully sitting, that reflects horribly on them!
Excellent advice, and these days we can make sure someone is videoing everything so there are very clear accounts of what happens.
https://indivisiblesf.org/blog/2025/2/4/protest-safety-tips#:~:text=GAZA-,Protest%20safety%20tips,-As%20we%20resist
It is bad bad bad advice. This is escalating. We do not escalate to civil disobedience. March, sing, carry signs. Do not provoke violence from them
Do not sit down! This is escalating up to civil disobedience. You will be dragged off. Sit ins were bloody in the 70's.
This is the absolute wrong advice. They are just itching for a reason to start shooting. They are just waiting to declare the Insurrection Act.
Do. Not. sit. Down.
March, Sing, Carry signs.
Be smart.
I said this because it has been warned that disrupters are going to infiltrate peaceful protests & cause damage & possible injury & the only way to separate the good from the bad, for the cops to see who to arrest.
We must, must be careful in what we say. I will always check a source. There are also provocateurs writing things. Please check with the organizers, such Indivisible, on protest rules.
Never too late. I'm a tad older, come from a very activist family. My mom was marching to ban the bomb in the 1950s. 1968 destroyed politics for me. While my sister was hanging with the SDS and talking revolution, I looked at the Eugene McCarthy campaign and the sexist white Gene Bros and opted out. (People forget that he was the Bernie Sanders of 1968 and Robert F. Kennedy was their reviled Hillary, the "corporate" "establishment" candidate.) What brought me back тАФ three decades later тАФ was Florida 2000. The first demonstration I ever went to was a "count all the votes in Florida" protest.
we had SDS at UW Madison in the late 60s, almost shut down the campus & graduation. Thank you for staying engaged. We must!
OMG. Maybe you passed by my sister. She dropped out of college (Barnard) for a semester in the late 60 (1968? 69?) to travel with her SDS Weatherman boyfriend to Madison to set up Revolutionary Headquarters for the Midwest. The goal was to travel to colleges in places like Iowa and Nebraska to set up revolutionary cells there. My sister came home for Christmas and told our parents she thought she wanted to go back to school the next semester. My parents asked what happened with the revolution. She said she didn't understand what was wrong with those kids in the midwest тАФ it was all a bunch of agriculture majors and sorority girls who scratched their heads when you talked about the revolution. Probably a vulture shock тАФ two upper-middle class Jewish kids from the big city talking to some kids fresh off the farm in Boone, Iowa!
OMG yes this was exactly the time I was there. We were passionate but also politically naive. I remember the weather underground and SDS activities, and later in 1970 the bombing of Sterling Hall. I probably did pass her by. We were teargassed, I remember the strong police presence.
And here we go again.
Keep up the rabble rousing!
Likewise here -- VN, Kent State, Cambodia, MLK ... I was in Madison. Strength in numbers! Wish Mighty Meidas could form groups to attend in.
Beautiful!
I will turn 70 next year & I am disabled.
On 4/5, my (honorary) grandson & I drove to a nearby & slightly larger city to join in the HANDS OFF demonstration. His first experience. He was deeply affected. Surprised at how many "older" people were there.
Signs & posters supporting everything from saving Social Security, Medicaid, Veteran's rights, to BRING KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA HOME.
My grandson's first protest.
Not my first.
But it had been many decades.
We will join the peaceful civil action in our own city on 6/14.
We didn't have a sign made for the April event.
Last week, when Mark came over (he has had his own key to our house for a couple of years), he brought a giant poster board & a new thick black marker!
We, the people, fight peacefully, LOUDLY, and continuously.
We shall prevail.
There is no other option.
The Fourth Reich must be stopped.
We are the majority.
Keep your courage, friends.
Blessings.
Dear Pam, I just wanted to thank you for sharing your grandsonтАЩs reaction, and your commitment to exposing him and inspiring him to the importance of public involvement and community we all especially need now. I think there is alot of criticism of this z generation but I think they are starving for inspiration and encouragement. IтАЩm hopeful and appreciative of people like you. Thank you again.
Bless you Pam! Wish I could go with you! Stay safe.
I think it's going to be epic!
Be strong! I am 82 , use a walker and am going to all the protests! Once you get there you will find тАЬyour peopleтАЭ who are very solicitous about how you are doing, clear paths for you and are just an overall great bunch of people to be among! Very telling that they care a lot for our country and what it has stood for the last 245 years!
I encourage you to join as many of us "old folks" have already done. I protested as a young one about Vietnam but was never involved in any violence or felt threatened. I then protested in some animal rights issues in the late 80s and early 90s. Now I do every protest I can to call attention to 47s death agenda. It is so good to be around so many people with the same concerns.
Post like yours and the responses give me more hope than just about anything else. Stay strong and let us know how it goes on the 14th!
Please stay safe! If trouble makers show up. . sit down, so the bad can be seen & removed!
And video everything.
Do not sit down. Stop saying this!
Leave quietly and quickly.
The organizers of these protests know what they are doing. Follow their rules.
Look up Indivisible.
"Kick back" What the fuck do you think you are doing... You assoles act like this is Turkey!!!
Your hate has shriveled your soul into a dry husk.
I swear this idiot above has Tourettes Syndrome. And has a serious obsession with Ben.
The best thing you can do with peter tucker is report him. And do not engage with him.
I blocked you, collapsed your comment and will delete any future comments without reading. You have no voice.
Given that your democracy is being throttled, why be so insulting?
I don't think he knows what that means.
Thank you Gadget! 76 here and yes we are! I hope you will be safe in numbers!! Thank you for showing up. I'm in blue CA, but my neighbors are maga. I wish I had a group of us older women to go with, but we will be there in force!