You already know, that if some Floridian Neo-Nazi group gets a van thrown at them, the tune will immediately change as if they said nothing of the sort.

There were at least face-value arguments for it before.

My toast was burnt this morning. Damn immigrants!!!1!

Well we know that any power the world gives to the United States can be used by a petulant, insecure man-baby to serve nobody’s ends but his own.

So yeah, America, if you had made better decisions, you would still be deserving of the title of the world’s reserve currency. But here we are, times are a-changing.

Our right to make the air dirtier for us and our neighbours > states’ rights.

What kind of National Guard soldier would ever want to be under the direction of Mr. WhiskeyLeaks?

If you want to talk about personal waste, the problem is two-end: reducing consumption (new stuff) and reducing disposal. Some plastic wrapping, some packaging and single use items are required in some applications (e.g. for sanitary reasons), but we can find alternatives (e.g. bamboo biodegradable cutlery) and look to use longer lasting items over single use. The second is the lack of segragation of waste streams and appropriate facilities to reclaim material from waste. Even if something is biodegradable, if it ends in a landfill it can release methane or if burned it releases CO2. Many landfills have most of their emissions coming from organic and yard waste, and diverting that to compost, mulch and natural gas digester projects.

There are a lot of problems but there are also a lot of solutions. You will have to set aside a level of waste you are willing to accept, and work towards places you can improve or propose items or support efforts that can help. Zero waste for everywhere and everything is an impossible goal that strictly pursuing that will achieve nothing but make you depressed.

For restaurants specifically, when you eat out you can go to places with washable plates and cutlery instead of paper/plastic ones, or for the cheaper end, ones that use bamboo cutlery instead of plastic.

In Canada we have this thing called “bulk barn” (a brand of bulk food stores) that you pay by weight, as much or as little as you want, but you put each item you get into its own plastic bag.

I believe that user is talking about this post (link to article). They are requesting some evidence or research that supports the contrary claim you are making.

Look at all the criticism from Lemmings and Redditors when an upper class member is trying to side with the movement by spending their money in print media to get the “No Kings” message out. That appears to be in a step in line with that second point but some that support the cause are in opposition to these actions.

The fourth element is especially important now. Don’t engage on the playing field Trump set up on what is plain to see is a setup to authorize martial law powers for himself.

But it also means don’t let government drive the conversation in media either. Keep standing up and keep the message clear that this is a stand against tyranny and let Trump and his admin flail, grasp at straws and reach for the Project2025 book of excuses. They look weak and unconvincing against the resolve of the peaceful resistance movement.

Based on the cases you have studied, what are the key elements necessary for a successful nonviolent campaign?

CHENOWETH: I think it really boils down to four different things. The first is a large and diverse participation that’s sustained.

The second thing is that [the movement] needs to elicit loyalty shifts among security forces in particular, but also other elites. Security forces are important because they ultimately are the agents of repression, and their actions largely decide how violent the confrontation with — and reaction to — the nonviolent campaign is going to be in the end. But there are other security elites, economic and business elites, state media. There are lots of different pillars that support the status quo, and if they can be disrupted or coerced into noncooperation, then that’s a decisive factor.

The third thing is that the campaigns need to be able to have more than just protests; there needs to be a lot of variation in the methods they use.

The fourth thing is that when campaigns are repressed — which is basically inevitable for those calling for major changes — they don’t either descend into chaos or opt for using violence themselves. If campaigns allow their repression to throw the movement into total disarray or they use it as a pretext to militarize their campaign, then they’re essentially co-signing what the regime wants — for the resisters to play on its own playing field. And they’re probably going to get totally crushed.

The immediate injunction was denied by the court, now waiting for the Trump admin to respond before 2PM ET today (11 Jun).

“Just show up with guns and the police will crawl away on their bellies and you’ll win” is as painfully naive as the “Just show up with flowers and the police will put down their riot gear and greet you with hugs and songs”.

Thank you, this needs to be said and highlighted. Whether violence or non-violence should be threatened depends on the context, there’s no one-size-fits-all method or easy way to success.

Well Trump or Fox’s take on the result doesn’t matter to me because Trump’s going to lie and spin things no matter what happens…

• Protests stay about the same or increase in intensity: Bringing in the Guard was the right call, look at how this is getting out of control!
• Protests get less intense: Bringing in the Guard fixed the problem!

The narrative to counter that is that the Guard didn’t actually do anything except inflame tensions.

The general description: brown

Right? It’s the cops with the guns and the gas canisters, not the protestors.

And the protests are well into the thousands, yet only a few dozen arrests, and no reports of serious police injuries or death (if anything like that had happened, news everywhere would have been plastered wall-to-wall with that story). On the other hand, plenty of reports of protestors and media being harmed by police weapons. That is less violence and injury than after a major sports game.

The Trump White House wouldn’t disagree with that…

Finally the NYT is starting to publish something that discusses labour and class solidarity, over the usual corporate interests.

All it took was a union leader being unfairly detained under a fascist usurpation of power.

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