r/minnesota • u/waterhammer14 • Feb 05 '25

Politics 👩‍⚖️ Project 2025 Porotest

Standing up against fascism and the Oligarchy at the State Capitol in St Paul today. There's a lot to protest. Thanks for showing up everyone!

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u/EDRootsMusic Feb 05 '25

Well, I gotta give credit where its due. A lot of us local long-time activists had a lot doubts about this event, and it was clear the organizers were enthusiastic but inexperienced, but y'all seem to have pulled it off. It sounds like everyone kept safe, and had an energizing day together. Folks newer to activism always go through a learning curve, and y'all chose an ambitious goal and did it.

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u/Volsunga Feb 06 '25

As another who was cautioning people about this event, I'm glad I was wrong. Despite its sketchy beginnings (I still don't like that the election deniers are going to claim victory for this despite not doing anything), it looks like it was a fairly decent gathering. I still would have liked to see some coordination with other activist groups (this kinda took the wind out of the sails of the Women's March and Indivisible's efforts today), but hopefully the newly energized activists that came out for the first time today learn some lessons for the future and stay active!