No Kings 2 is being organized by a big tent of grassroots and advocacy organizations. One of the most prominent players is Indivisible, the activist group that sprang to life in the early days of the first Trump administration, and which now counts 2,500 distributed, local chapters nationwide.

Rolling Stone spoke to Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin last week, in advance of No Kings 2 unveiling today. The protest is planned for Oct. 18 — in the aftermath of an unpredictable showdown over government funding that could lead to a partial government shutdown by the end of the month.

I expect No Kings 2 to be the largest protest of the year. We had 5 to 6 million people across 2,169 communities turn out for No Kings 1. It was wildly successful. People who might have been on the sidelines for No Kings 1 probably had some FOMO. And the good news is: We’re doing it again. We’re going to pull out even more people.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (12 children)

Do not split and no cracks. You don't have to agree with how they are fighting the system, but keep your thoughts private and instead, explain how your system is awesome.

But what is happening in Hong Kong is they come up with a slogan, which is translated as Do Not Split, which is, we know that some people are willing to be confrontational with riot police.

And when they are, that’s going to cost the state in terms of not only resources, but it’s going to cost the state in terms of political capital and support. And we know that there are some people who are not willing to do that. And we are going to abide by the protocol of Do Not Split, which means that we’re not going to criticize them openly, and they’re not going to criticize us openly.

If we’re the pacifists, we’re not going to have them criticize us for being sort of like, I don’t know, limpid or flaccid or not courageous or whatever. And we’re not going to criticize them for being more confrontational. And the thing is that the support is also tacit.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/42969194

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    I’m sorry, but I cannot take political advice based on tactics that have failed in China.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    So, if the LA protestors has gotten violent with the national guard, what do you think would have happened?

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I don’t think they should get violent with the police (or national guard), so I won’t even entertain that concept.

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  • [–] [S, M] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    So what are your thoughts on how all of this should be handled? You're responding to me saying to OP to incite violence instead of peaceful protest. I'm getting sick of trolls, and it seems like you're trolling.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I’m not trying to troll you at all, but I believe that you are trying to get me to break the rules so that you can ban me. You aren’t interested in what I think, you are interested in a justified ban.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Dude, you don't have to do anything else to ban you. I'm just curious if you had anything to say before I do it.

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