Official site: https://nationalshutdown.org/
Tryna convince the parents at my wife’s school, but they poorer than us. It’s a “lock the copy room or parents will take the paper” district which pisses me off. First, I know someone who would gladly donate like ten grand of paper if they just asked. I think they just stingy
Thanks, friend!
Anti Consumerism is the best way everyone can fight this.
Stop all subscriptions like Netflix, Disney, Hulu, Prime, cable, YouTube, Spotify, iCloud, ….
Stop buying new clothes, stop buying new shoes, stop buying new phones, new computers, new yoga pants, …
Stop consuming.
Buy the necessities only: groceries, laundry detergent, soap, toothpaste, etc.
Don’t eat out, don’t order delivery.
Stop feeding the oligarchy.
They will break quickly.
I’ve been doing all of that for years, what else you got?
Yeah me too :[ I only break that rule around Xmas. Weed and indie video games are the bulk of my spending outside of mortgage and groceries.
Idk how I can not spend money harder.
I guess the next step is growing food for yourself and your neighbors, installing solar panels (its spending money, i know, but it reduces the money continuously flowing up, so its a win if you ask me).
And for those of us that are in rental locations that cannot do this… idk. I’ve been sitting on this for a while with no good ideas.
Smash some windows in corporate HQs?
The only thing on your list that I regularly do is order take-out, from small, local, mom & pop places. I already avoid fast food and chain restaurants. But my local Chinese restaurant isn’t part of the oligarchy, and I walk there to pick up my orders, so I see no reason to avoid them.
WTF, I’ve been doing this for years. I buy a new pc every 10 years, shoes when you can see through them and clothes when mothers start covering their children’s eyes as I mow the lawn.
mothers start covering their children’s eyes as I mow the lawn
I told you Daisy Dukes and Croc’s were a terrible choice for lawn work!
They are the only choice in my household
Wall-to-wall of daisy dukes and crocs for as far as the eye can see!
It is yes.
Hopefully this one day shows what a full general shutdown can do.
I’m ready
People seem to care more when it’s white people dying. They’re missing a few names.
Ok well they’re activated now bring em in
For a long time the powers that be have played us against eachother with “them and us” tactics. When its ‘them’ dying its not a problem, they might have had it coming, its a ‘them’ thing. When they do it to ‘us’, recent converts realise one of two things ; [we were all us all along and they played me for a fool] or [they’re coming after us too].
Either way, they’re now an ally. You can preach at them when this is over, and sort the 1st and 2nd kind apart at a more convenient time. Don’t try and shame them for not coming onside sooner, it’ll only create problems.
Curse of the left, exploited by the oligarchy, infighting. Half of members join left groups to kick the other half out.
I do think it’s important that we check ourselves. Having a lot footage I think also plays a big role, George Floyd being another example.
I don’t know of footage of the other ICE deaths, but maybe that’s a bias at play.
There’s also the “one death is a tragedy, 100 deaths is a statistic” situation happening.
Another factor is that these murders are breaking through to the folks that see the violence of arrests and raids and the deaths and injury of detainees more as a necessary cost. They can’t justify these murders in their world view and they can empathize with them because they know these people did “nothing wrong” and were still killed. Maybe it could be them next?
The big difference with the two recent ICE murders is that the video evidence:
- Is graphic
- Clearly shows no wrongdoing on the part of the victims
- Shows sudden and completely unnecessary escalation to murder
And they were both US citizens, so ICE has no jurisdiction. So it doesn’t even matter if they were serial murderers—that’s a police matter, not immigration. (And, obviously, being white and valued members of their communities matters, too.)
Contrast that with:
- The Canadian who died in custody because they were denied access to necessary life-saving medications has plausible deniability.
- Many deaths by suicide in custody are “their fault” because they did it.
- ICE shootings without video evidence could plausibly be self-defense.
- Etc.
Plus, they’re (mostly) not American citizens, so ICE could have a legal reason to detain them “with force” for “resisting arrest” (or whatever they want to spin).
I guess nevermind then.
Yup, it’s why Racism is considered systemic in this country. Also they aren’t just murdering people in the streets.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/04/ice-2025-deaths-timeline
I have seen a lot of online chatter that starts with ‘but he was a white guy’. Tells you a lot about the average american’s view of the world.
There may also be a government shut down on that day, until Trump gets his way.
Another weekend protest to minimize its own effect
And yet people like you still can’t commit to such an easy ask
Perfect is the enemy of good.
The United States lacks a lot of organizing structures compared to other countries, as well as lacking the social safety nets. Let this be a stepping stone rather than a point for derision.
Perfect is the enemy of good.
and with half ass efforts you continue your slide into fascism and drag the world down with it
So what are you doing about it then?
Since I am not Murican, I am boycotting anything USA and keeping fascism out of my country
Cool, then keep your half assed opinions to yourself until you can do more too, smoothbrain.
so? you are expecting the rest of the world to solve this mess for you?
Talk about entitled Muricans
No, I’m saying that you’re saying what we are doing isn’t enough,as if you’re doing anything at all.
Talk about entitled ignants.
It’s on a Friday. Aren’t weekends Saturday and Sunday?
Not according to my Minnesota food service employer that requires that I work every weekend (Friday-Sunday) or else get fired. Also, a LOT of places here do 4x10s (or at least give you the option) so the weekend is kind of Friday-Sunday
Fair. I don’t work in an M-F 9-5 industry either. I’ve never heard of 4x10. Is that a food service thing?
No, it’s not usually a food service thing. It’s usually a manufacturing or an office thing. 4 day work week, ten hour days. 4x10s.
Right on! In nursing, some of us do 3.5 x 12 (3 shifts one week, 4 the other). I like it!
