On June 1st, 2020, following the events in Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., a group of veterans became Continue To Serve. Our oath is to the Constitution. Not to one ideal. Not to one religion. Not to one person in office.
If you are looking for inspiration, we @ContinueToServe@lemmy.world just finished a 1.5 hour session with lawyers from NLG, historians, and activists to help service members understand their rights and responsibilities when it comes to illegal orders potentially being issued by this administration.
We just uploaded it to youtube and its available here:
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I would say it laid the ground work for OccupyWallstreet, which laid the ground work for modern progressive movement.
Partially because “peaceful” and the definition of what would or would not be accepted as valid protest became co-opted by the management/ ivy league class.
Compare the Seattle WTO protests to the 2003-2005 Iraq protests.
This is a clip from a panel discussion we organized, focused on what military service members can expect under a Trump presidency, specifically addressing what trans personal can expect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgV33WPQOqA&t=40s