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Wilson, who had attended political demonstrations in the past but had never been involved in organizations, joined the group’s Discord channel to help plan.
“Even in my wildest dreams, I thought that my first protest that I organized with another Pennsylvanian group would have 200 people,” Wilson told Wired. “Then, the next one, I think we had 300 or 400, so I’m optimistic at the moment. The trick will be to maintain this energy. ”
Like Wilson, many of the 311,000 subscribers in the sub-series and the 17,000 members of the group discord have no experience in the organization of demonstrations. However, they felt that they had to do it.
“Democracy must be defended, and it is up to us as members of the community to get up and do this work, because no one else will do it for us,” explains Wilson.
The 50501 group also uses a wide variety of other online platforms to coordinate their efforts, including encrypted messaging applications such as signal and matrix, which smaller subgroups use for sensitive conversations. Platforms like Mobilize.us Allow participants to share information on future demonstrations, while groups at the state level offer ideas for panels and songs on shared Google documents.
“Everyone uses different strategies to communicate in a way, so it’s everywhere,” said TJ Demetriou, public affairs officer for a 50501 subgroup for veterans. “If you are involved in a few different groups, it can be confusing.”
Discord is the main platform to plan and assign volunteer positions within local groups, but it also serves as a place for the community to be able to evacuate. Following the group’s demonstrations on March 4, many members gathered on the group’s discord server to watch Trump’s address to a joint session of the congress.
The chain of “general cat” was quickly filled with anger, not to what Trump said but to the response of the Democrats in the Chamber, who had decided that the best way to confront Trump was Wearing pink blouses And Hold the tiny signs that no one could see.
“I do not make fun of you, they hold signs instead of huer,” wrote an incredulous member. “Fuck bump without spin,” added another, after no other Democrat came to the defense of the representative of Texas, who was withdrawn from the room for Trump shahut.
“Well, I’m glad you all protested because shit which was a low performance of DEMS with their slut = ass [sic] Pagaies and pink shirts and blue ties, ”wrote another member.
Although the group was very successful, some intestine struggles have unfortunately become a distraction.
In April, the person who published the original 50501 position, known online under the name of advanced mushrooms, completely locked the Sanderddit, saying that certain national groups sought to take control of the 50501 group for their own ends. According to an article deleted from Reddit, mushrooms thought that someone had sought to submit brand requests for the name 50501. A member of the 50501 leadership Group then said in a Reddit article that there was a brand brand attempt and to create a 501C4 entity, but that this was done by “a separate and independent group of three fully unconnected groups.
