Timothy Snyder on why the No Kings protests are important

Justly famed author Timothy Snyder on his participation in the upcoming US No Kings protest.

Everything is at stake.

• Prosperity. The wealth of workers is handed to oligarchs.

• The Constitution. One person seeks unrestrained power.

• Justice. The innocent are punished while the guilty believe in impunity.

• Peace. Americans kill and die in a war whose purpose is to keep us down.

• Democracy. Those in power seek to eliminate the right to vote.

It’s worth turning up. Even if each protest doesn’t immediately cause the policy it’s protesting to reverse, there are more subtle ways in which it can have a positive effect on the world.

To take the headers from his list:

• Protest changes the atmosphere.
• Protest summons more protest.
• Protest keeps us organized.
• Protest affirms freedom.
• Protest wins elections.
• Protest brings joy.
• Protest changes us.

Much more data on “does protest work?”, and what circumstances make it more likely to, can be found here