• AviAdi@lemmy.worldOP
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      We target all federal employees? The easiest targets are FAA air traffic control towers/centers. If we keep them from accessing their jobs the air space shuts down. This would be a huge blow to trump. These locations are also easy to find on Google. Imagine people not being able to travel because a few protesters block employees from accessing their work places? Then we escalate as needed…

      Since this is getting traction let me explore how we organize these protests. The beauty is most of these employees are sick of going to work because they HATE TRUMP! They just need to see the public is on their side and we need to give them a reason to not show up for work! Air traffic controllers think their duty is to go to work and pretend everything is normal, if we protest right in front of them they will know the public wants them to act!

      We will also not hurt the individual. The air traffic centers where there is a higher volume of controllers are paid very well. They also have great union benefits. Including leave pay called “weather leave”, which is usually time paid for absence from work due to adverse conditions. Well protests right outside their workplace is an adverse condition and the union will make sure the federal government pays the individual if they can’t make it to work!

      So how do we organize this. I think we should target the air traffic centers “ARTCC”. These are large radar facilities where 100+ employees work every day. They have one gate access point. You can start off small, just on the sidewalk with signage expressing that serving Trump is shitting on the Constitution (this is a common debate between federal employees now) This can be as small as 1 person just out there on the sidewalk peacefully holding up a sign. Totally legal.

      Now if we have enough numbers we can start “crossing the street” protests. Pedestrians legally are allowed to cross the street in front of the entrances to these centers and we can utilize slow walking speeds to delay entry to employees. Usually this should be done between 6-9am and 2-6pm and those are shift change hours.

      Finally a lot of controllers may find other reasons to not show up to work. Emotional distress, lack of sleep, or fatigue are all Union protected reasons controllers could get PAID time off while we the people protest against the trump regime. Once the administration is deposed the worker individual can return to work normally with little impact to their financial situation!

      So now the locations of the centers:

      This is the issue, they are typically located outside city areas. So I don’t expect huge numbers of people showing up but like I said, 1 or 2 people protesting is still worth it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._Air_Route_Traffic_Control_Centers?wprov=sfla1

      So this is my protest idea. It’s one way to affect Trump adversely, a lot of federal employees are sick of this shit, THEY JUST NEED A REASON SO LET’S SHOW THEM WE WANT THEM TO FUCK TRUMP OVER

      So you read all this and you’re still thinking “oh well nothing near me and I can’t do much” Well you probably do have a FAA airport near you with a control tower, you can protest there, or many other agencies that are run by the federal government. Finally you can copy this and spread it. You can edit it if you need to but just spread this idea.

      Life in the USA cannot continue to go on as if this is all normal, something has to break! It’s Labor day weekend as I write this, let’s demonstrate labor still has the fucking power!

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        And if you get pushed away from the airports, blockade railways. And if you’re pushed away from there, shut down ports and shipping. Then back to the airports.

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          Let me know where you plan to block the railway.

          I want to take a pic of the red stain on the tracks that used to be you when you tried to stop a train.

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            Yes, block the train with your own body instead of, you know, some rocks or something.

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              I bet you’re talking to one of the “if you don’t have anything to hide then what’s your problem with showing your papers to an armed robot dog” people.

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      Wtf do you mean “if anything goes down” its been going down before your very eyes for a fucking decade now. The thing you are waiting for is the signal that it’s already to late

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        Friend, I agree with you that most Americans will just take it up the ass. You are preaching to the choir here and it is exhausting not having a coalition willing to fight against these fucks. Just don’t forget the ones that are trying to fight but get everything taken away from them. It’s hard for people to lose their money, security and possessions in a place like USA. People stop talking to you, they don’t want to help you when the government puts a target on your back. The biggest terrorist organization is the federal government of the United States, they make their citizens live in fear. So many just don’t question it anymore