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mary guard's avatar

Post discussion - to invoke the reality of the 4 block area, and to get the message out to remain peaceful at all demonstrations, I can't think of a better spokesman than Gavin Newsom to speak the truth. He has given good updates.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

Protests Here and In Russia

Over at Gary Kasparov’s Substack channel Next Move Gary shares his past experiences with what he learned in doing peaceful Mahatma Ghandhi/MLK like protests in Putin’s Russia He briefly points out the guardrails that one needs to follow individually but puts a spin on how the Democratic Party needs to step up as an institution to combat the Orange Cheeto’s Nazi party takeover of the country Gary Kasparov the Russian chess player now living in the US has a Substack channel He was one of many leading the Putin resistance movement and has great advice about peaceful protests and what role the Democratic party should play https://bit.ly/45nGSo9

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Maxine Hunter's avatar

Look forward to the discussion. Indeed, a great line-up.

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Marie's avatar

Wow! What a lineup. You people are crazy great! I can’t wait for this show. Good on you. Thank you. As Joyce says: We ARE in this together. March we must.

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Donald Sinclair Richardson's avatar

Awesome.

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Luciana Polney's avatar

Journalists should be allowed to cover any news from all sides of the story. Arresting CNN news personnel in Los Angeles is a violation of Federal law particularly as no crime was committed. Asking a reporter to move “out of harm’s way,” is different from blocking access to news. Due process was not followed.

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Luciana Polney's avatar

Covering conflictual communities in Middle America helps in understanding the importance of risk assessment when it comes to whether one intends to participate in a demonstration. Saturday leaves out a sizable number of Americans who attend Jewish service as part of the “gorgeous mosaic” that the late New York City mayor David Dinkins what very much included Jewish New Yorkers.

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Luciana Polney's avatar

“NYC will always be a place to peacefully protest, but we will not allow violence and lawlessness,” Adams said alongside NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch during the press conference streamed from City Hall. “The escalation of protests in Los Angeles over the last couple of days is unacceptable, and will not be tolerated if attempted in our city.”

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