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Related: About this forumThis might be taking protest a little too far.
Hey I'm at the top of the Frederick Douglass bridge in Washington DC right now & want to know why YOU aren't in the streets nonviolently shutting down the gov day after day after day till Congress protects abortion rights? Rise Up my Friends!
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This might be taking protest a little too far. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2022
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Guido, still on top of the arch over the Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge, releases green smoke
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2022
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mahatmakanejeeves
(61,661 posts)2. A few days ago:
I can't sit by while my daughter's rights are stripped away. I am calling for 300 fathers to join me in an act of mass civil disobedience to put national attention on the call for Americans to rise in nonviolent resistance to end the attack on abortion rights. DM me to join.
VIDEO THREAD: This morning, environmental & abortion access supporting activist Guido Reichstadter hopped over the barricades outside the Supreme Court and used a chain and bike lock around his neck to attach himself to the unscalable fence.
"Abolish Roe?" he chanted. "Hell no!"
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"Abolish Roe?" he chanted. "Hell no!"
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mahatmakanejeeves
(61,661 posts)3. Guido, still on top of the arch over the Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge, releases green smoke
Guido, still on top of the arch over the Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge, releases a green smoke bomb or something similar.
In an interview with me a couple weeks ago, he described how the color green signifies abortion rights in South American protest movements.
In an interview with me a couple weeks ago, he described how the color green signifies abortion rights in South American protest movements.
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mahatmakanejeeves
(61,661 posts)4. "don't tread on my uterus" flag
Still on bridge, helicopter overhead https://popville.com/2022/06/protesting-the-us-supreme-court-overturning-roe-v-wade/
dont tread on my uterus flag https://popville.com/2022/06/protesting-the-us-supreme-court-overturning-roe-v-wade/
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elleng
(136,880 posts)5. It surely is.
Please pardon me if this disturbs anyone, but imo it's foolish to engage in such.