Ep 942: What Is Effective Protest (No Kings Edition)

Find your No Kings Protest March/Rally at https://www.nokings.org/ 

This week, we're asking the only question that matters: Will what we do actually help?

What does it mean to be "effective" in the fight to save democracy? Did throwing pies at Bill Kristol, Rupert Murdoch, or Newt Gingrich ever change anything? And why should we always ask ourselves the Bridge of Spies question: "Would it help?"

We'll explore how the Irish Grapefruit Ladies fought apartheid and won, and why the Civil Rights movement succeeded—not just because of peaceful discipline, but because national media attention forced the federal government to act. What happens when the entire dynamic reverses and the racist thug is in the White House instead of standing in the schoolhouse door?

This a voter problem—a "Vox Populi" problem—not just a Trump problem.

The word of the day is "effective." Let's figure out what that means.

Photo from Charlottesville protest by Ted Eytan via https://inkstickmedia.com/ (Creative Commons). 

Not safe for work. Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance.

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