Dan, how about writing a "10 points" about public street marches and demonstrations?
Ideas to work with. Corrections invited:
1) Large public demonstrations are NOT AN END IN THEMSELVES. They can only ever be the BEGINNING OF A PROCESS.
2) Corporate-owned mass media is now about 90% of all media. Since early 2025, all reporting and photos of US and world mass street marches have been banned. Almost the only place to find photos and coverage of US demonstrations is now European media and AlJazeeera.com
Corporate-owned mass media treats our valid protests as demonSTRACTIONS.
3) If after participating in a street march, you do not also do something more effective; then, there is the sad chance you are merely "virtue signaling" not participating in democracy.
4) Prof. Jen Mercieca is correct, "[If you are reading this] You are America. The government and policies you want are American. The Right has been distorting who or what "America" is for generations. Do not let them. Ceding the definitional battle cedes them the nation."
5) Jon Cooper is correct, "I don’t want a revolution of violence. I want a revolution of responsibility-one where we take care of each other, where people can raise a family without choosing between groceries and medicine."
6) The minimum you can do after a street march is to "Find the others" who believe in Team Human (see Douglas Rushkoff) like you do. Educate yourself on local issues, to threats to voting in your locality.
7) Remember the Serenity Prayer, “To know what’s mine to change, what’s not mine to change—and—wisdom to know the difference.” Ask yourself, "Around me today, what's mine to change for the better?"
8) more items from Dan or readers of Heads Up News!
Dan, how about writing a "10 points" about public street marches and demonstrations?
Ideas to work with. Corrections invited:
1) Large public demonstrations are NOT AN END IN THEMSELVES. They can only ever be the BEGINNING OF A PROCESS.
2) Corporate-owned mass media is now about 90% of all media. Since early 2025, all reporting and photos of US and world mass street marches have been banned. Almost the only place to find photos and coverage of US demonstrations is now European media and AlJazeeera.com
Corporate-owned mass media treats our valid protests as demonSTRACTIONS.
3) If after participating in a street march, you do not also do something more effective; then, there is the sad chance you are merely "virtue signaling" not participating in democracy.
4) Prof. Jen Mercieca is correct, "[If you are reading this] You are America. The government and policies you want are American. The Right has been distorting who or what "America" is for generations. Do not let them. Ceding the definitional battle cedes them the nation."
5) Jon Cooper is correct, "I don’t want a revolution of violence. I want a revolution of responsibility-one where we take care of each other, where people can raise a family without choosing between groceries and medicine."
6) The minimum you can do after a street march is to "Find the others" who believe in Team Human (see Douglas Rushkoff) like you do. Educate yourself on local issues, to threats to voting in your locality.
7) Remember the Serenity Prayer, “To know what’s mine to change, what’s not mine to change—and—wisdom to know the difference.” Ask yourself, "Around me today, what's mine to change for the better?"
8) more items from Dan or readers of Heads Up News!