https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEX_f4_5Yio

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Some good coverage of the #50501Movement protest in #AugustaMaine from #MainePublic -- you know, one of those "Radical" news outlets #Trump wants to defund!

Hundreds protest President Trump's agenda in Augusta during national day of action

Maine Public | By Kevin Miller
Published February 5, 2025

"Despite freezing temperatures, several hundred people gathered outside of the Maine State House on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration's chaotic, first two weeks in office.

"The event was part of a national day of protest in state capitals. But #Maine's rally also highlighted the growing frustrations among some #Democrats and #progressives about what they say is a weak response from #DemocraticLeaders.

"This movement is for the people and by the people. We do not need a party," said #NicholasJackson [my hero!] of Hallowell, who obtained a permit for the event after the local Democratic committee canceled a rally over fears of 'infiltrators.'"

Read more:
https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2025-02-05/hundreds-protest-president-trumps-agenda-in-augusta-during-national-day-of-action
#PeopleHaveThePower #50501Protests #AntiTrumpDemonstrations #ResistFascism #Resist #Resistance

#Serbia’s prime minister resigns as #AntiCorruption #protests sparked by deadly collapse swell

By JOVANA GEC
Updated 3:12 PM EST, January 28, 2025

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — "Serbia’s populist prime minister, #MilosVucevic, resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions stoked by weeks of massive anti-corruption protests that started after the deadly collapse of a concrete overhang at a recently renovated train station.

"The November collapse at the central station in Novi Sad, one of Serbia’s largest cities, killed 15 people and happened months after it reopened, fueling accusations that the construction was unsafe. The tragedy has become a flashpoint for broader dissatisfaction with Serbia’s #AuthoritarianRule and has led to growing public demands for transparency in the #Graft-plagued country that has carried out a quick series of large infrastructure projects, mostly with Chinese companies.

"'It is my appeal for everyone to calm down the passions and return to dialogue,' Vucevic said at a news conference announcing his resignation, which was followed hours later by Novi Sad’s mayor stepping down.

"The #protests, including one Tuesday evening in Novi Sad that drew thousands of people, have spread to streets and university campuses throughout the country of roughly 6.6 million people, as citizens from all walks of life, including actors, farmers, lawyers and judges, have thrown their support behind the student movement that has rattled the country’s most powerful figure, President #AleksandarVucic."

https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protests-vucevic-resigns-b71e3a0aacf5d0368b2bd1f4500170f5
#PeopleHaveThePower #ResistTyranny #Resistance

#Serbian farmers join #striking university #students’ 24-hour traffic #blockade in #Belgrade

January 28, 2025

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — "Serbia’s striking university students on Monday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital, Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a deadly canopy collapse in November that killed 15 people.

"Serbian farmers on tractors and thousands of citizens joined the blockade that followed weeks of protests demanding accountability of the deadly accident in the northern city of Novi Sad that critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.

"A campaign of street demonstrations has posed the biggest challenge in years to the populist government’s firm grip on power in Serbia.

"Serbia’s President #AleksandarVucic, at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Milos Vucevic and Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic, later on Monday urged dialogue with the students, saying that “we need to lower the tensions and start talking to each other.”
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"Students in the past have refused to meet with #Vucic, saying the president is not entitled by the constitution to hold talks with them.

"'Any kind of a crisis poses a serious problem for our economy,' said Vucic. 'Such a situation in society is not good for anyone.'"

https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protest-blockade-roof-collapse-cbb0998288519e0e64b5c2306e11ff0d
#PeopleHaveThePower #ResistTyranny #Resistance #Resist

One of my favorite #PowerPunk / PowerPop songs! Fun fact: I was voted most likely to become #PattiSmith in my high school yearbook. I think they meant it as an insult, but I took it as a compliment!

#PeopleHaveThePower!

"I was dreaming in my dreaming
Of an aspect bright and fair
And my sleeping, it was broken
But my dream, it lingered near

In the form of shining valleys
Where the pure air recognized
And my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry

"That the people have the power
To redeem the work of fools
Upon the meek the graces shower
It's decreed: the people rule

People have the power
People have the power
People have the power
People have the power!"

- Patti Smith, 1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPR-HyGj2d0
#80sMusic #FridayNightMusic #FridayNightMusicVideos #PunkPoet

#PeopleHaveThePower #PattiSmith

As seen earlier in concert this afternoon with her son on guitar at #HardlyStrictly #HSBG 2024 in #GoldenGatePark