1:00PM Saturday January 13th, 2024 @ The National Mall 1600 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC
Please wear a KN-95 mask, and wear layered nondescript clothing and COVER YOUR FACE, HAIR, AND ANY IDENTIFYING FEATURES. I have seen many people use keffiyehs for this. Dress for cold weather but know marching warms you up quickly, so dress in layers you can remove and carry without uncovering your face and hair. Ideally you should bring a backpack to carry food, water, first aid, ID, etc. It may be good to bring multiple or removable parts of your outfit if you plan on walking from your residence or car.
If you bring a phone, turn off your Face/Touch ID, location services, and data.
Have your emergency contacts written on your body. Don’t record peoples faces. Stick with a group.
Bigotry & hatred will not be tolerated.
Even if you are unable to attend or are not USAmerican, please reblog and repost this to other social medias. You may have a follower or friend who can attend.
If you live within a couple of hours of DC, or even if you live further: talk to your local organizations! It is possible they may be able to organize transportation to this event. Most likely you will have to pay a fee, but it is likely going to be cheaper and safer than driving to DC and parking in their $40-$50/hour parking garages. Also look into Amtrak, Greyhound buses, or other means of transportation.
EDIT: fixed some info, also here is the HD graphic that includes the website
Okay, with the blackout happening tomorrow, I'm going to be harsh. Mutuals, if I see any of you post anything other than Palestine tomorrow, it's gonna be a block.
One day. Don't post/reblog anything unrelated for ONE DAY. Can you do that?
If not, then you don't care about Palestine. This blackout is for them, and it only works if a lot of people join. It'd REALLY work if everyone did.
Don't think that you won't make a difference. You will. But only if you participate.
March 2nd. Full blackout. Only post/reblog stuff about Palestine, or don't post at all.
We are so close to a ceasefire. Hopefully this will put it over the edge. If not, it will still get us closer and closer.
If some world-shattering news happens tomorrow during the blackout, SAVE AS A DRAFT. Reblog it the day after. I'm being so serious right now, breaking this will defeat the entire point.
Free Gaza, stand with Palestine.
March 2nd.
Feel free to reblog this if you plan on participating in the blackout, too. Reblogs are on.
EDIT: I'm realizing how many people do not know about this, so I'm gonna judge the block thing case by case. But yeah. Stand with Palestine.
Record numbers of protesters all over France today. Images from Paris, Toulouse, Grenoble, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Rennes, Lyon, Lille, Marseille.
Major highways and bridges along with train stations, ports, warehouses and refineries blocked by demonstrators and unions, many universities and high schools blocked by students, Tour Eiffel, Arc de Triomphe & Palace of Versailles closed to tourists, 25% of workers on strike in the national electricity and railway companies, 15% of all civil servants on strike. Protests were organised in every major city and many smaller ones. Could have added a lot more pics of huge crowds in Strasbourg, Nantes, Limoges, Orléans, Nancy, Annecy, Brest, Mulhouse, Pau, Montpellier, Rouen, Le Mans, Bayonne, Toulon, Tours...
And kudos to Brittany for consistently out-Brittanying itself this month, between the nurses who brought out the catapult again while playing the biniou, and the fishermen who sent a tractor to face down the police’s water cannon Transformers-style, your protests have a special place in my heart.
LGBTQ+ folks and allies, our rights are under attack. The ACLU, which tracks anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the nation, has identified over 400 bills currently making their way through state Congresses and Senates. We must stand together against these horrific policies for the good of all queer people.
On March 31st, 2023, Queer Youth Assemble is planning protests across the nation to center youth voices and allow all queer people and allies to make their displeasure known.
Join us at marches in over 30 states (with more joining up every day!) as well as Washington DC. Turn up in large enough numbers so that legislators know that we will not stand for this.
Read and sign our List of Demands!
Find a march near you! Tumblr masterpost of marches can be found here!
Donate (we are raising money for transportation, organizing expenses, free masks, and ASL interpreters!)
Follow this page for updates and to see state marches featured.
Hi tumblr.. Please pay some attention to the incident happened in my country China, city Urumqi, Xinjiang. The city was blocked for more than 100 days due to the epidemic, which seriously affected people's life. On November 24, a fire broke out in a community in Urumqi, but the firefighters were unable to put out the fire in time because of the blockade. In the end ten People died, including a 3-year-old child. Last night (11.25) the people of Urumqi finally took to the streets out of despair and anger. They went to the city hall to march and protest, and confronted the police. This was extremely brave but also very dangerous.
Chinese Internet is extremely closed, and all content posted online is subject to examination and control. We are trying our best to convey this message to more people.
I'm very sorry if I disturbed you all, but if possible, please give the people of my country a little international attention and support, thank you😢If you need more content please check this twitter account:
I am really desperate and terribly worried for people of Urumqi right now and I hope this incident could reach to more people around the world. Thank you.
i tried adding this video in a reblog on the photo of them but it was being funky, so! cute lil clip of these guys having an absolute blast and giving out hugs at the march, from DykeTV's Dyke March compilation
Gay schoolteachers wearing masks at parade, June 28, 1986
In this image, Seattle schoolteachers participating in the Gay Freedom Day parade through the Capitol Hill neighborhood hold a banner reading "Teachers with Pride Still Have to Hide," and wear masks to protest the discrimination they have felt. An estimated 10,000 people participated in the event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week.
[ 📷 Jennifer Werner-Jones / Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]