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No Kings – #Resist – on Saturday, June 14, 2025

12 Thursday Jun 2025

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On Saturday hundreds of thousands of Americans will take to the streets across the country to protest the travesty which is the second Trump Administration. You can find a location near you via No Kings. At last word there were close to 2000 scheduled events.

Another protest sign:

“Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars”
(2025)
Posterboard. Permanent marker, acrylic. 22 x 28.

In Missouri there are scheduled events in Maryville, St. Joseph, Kirksville, Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Marshall, Boonville, Fayette, Columbia, St. Peters, Warrensburg, Jefferson City, Hermann, Union, Franklin County, St. Louis [4], Clinton, Rolla, St. Francois County, Joplin, Springfield, West Plains, Poplar Bluff, and Cape Girardeau. The No Kings site has a map with times and specific locations for each scheduled event.

#resist

Previously:

Practical Dissent: testing, testing… (November 28, 2024)

You are here

24 Thursday Apr 2025

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“Resist Now. Because it is easier than hiding a family in your attic later.”
(2025)
Posterboard. Permanent marker, 22 x 28.

…There comes a time when the price of inaction outweighs the price of action. There comes a time when the cost of living with your failure to do something outstrips the cost of doing something and paying the price. What [….] talking about is integrity — integrating your thoughts and your words with your actions. Anything less is a betrayal of your soul, and on some level you know it. That’s why committing to the fight against oppression feels so freeing. It’s not because you’re now in less danger, quite the opposite. It’s because it makes you feel like a whole human, maybe for the first time ever. [….] What you do with it next is up to you.

– Sean T. Collins – 4/23/25 – Review of Andor – on Decider

The third rail

31 Monday Mar 2025

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At the march and rally in Warrensburg, Missouri on Saturday, March 29th protesting the continuing shitshow which is the second Trump Administration.

“Hands off Social Security”

I listened to a talking head conversation on a so-called liberal cable network morning show. Somehow the protests are all about a wealthy Nazi’s car dealerships. Yeah, no.

“Big mistake. Big. Huge…”

Previously:

March and Rally – Warrensburg, Missouri – March 29, 2025 (March 29, 2025)

Practical Dissent: Just Do It

19 Tuesday Nov 2024

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“Do Not Obey in Advance.” (2024)

Today, again, I stood silently for an hour and a half in front of the flagpole (with a bronze First Amendment plaque at the base) on the quad on our campus. I held my newest posterboard sign and alternated with an older sign – (in four-inch high Cyrillic letters) “Сделаем Америку великой снова” [Make America Great Again].

I got more positive reactions – probably because the sign I held for most of period was in English, possibly because some people are starting to come out of their initial shock and disbelief.

Today more students stopped in the distance to read the signs.

A few faculty called out in support or stopped to chat as they passed by. A student stopped out of curiosity and ended up staying for a long conversation. An alumna and her spouse, visiting campus from out-of-state, also stopped for a lengthy conversation. They were happy to see me out there. We spoke about our shared horror and their possible options for resistance.

They were all glad to know that they weren’t alone in their opposition to what is about to happen.

We have two months, then the Fascist and his enablers take power.

#resist

“Make America Great Again” – in Russian.

Previously:

Sanewashing on the road to normalcy (November 8, 2024)

Practical Dissent: Protest Signs (November 17, 2024)