I'm already hearing about protests and actions being planned in my area, and some talk about how this summer's reaction to it could be similar to or bigger than 2020. Personally I don't know. The 2020 uprisings were global because white supremacy and police brutality are global, but I feel like the US is so particularly backwards regarding abortion that you'd have a hard time getting protests going in other countries where the right to choose is more well-protected.

  • KollontaiWasRight [she/her,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Big demos that are just quiet, peaceful dances. Some direct action, but there is precious little direct action that actually stands to accomplish something on the matter. There's not really a way to deliver economic consequences against the boosters of the theocratic movement. We might see a few attempts to occupy state legislatures or something like that, but the libs are still creating trauma narratives for themselves about 1/6, so they'll shy away in horror to anything like that. Not that occupying a state legislature (or even the court) would attain anything.

    The best case scenario coming out of this is that we continue to use it as a way of agitating people against the structure of American government by acknowledging that under this constitution, even their flimsy idea of democracy is impossible. Maybe some unions organize specific walkouts and boycotts to pressure the government on the issue.

    • StuporTrooper [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      And labor party that could organize national strikes and boycotts could shutdown the economy enough to scare politicians. However, that does not exist.