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An Estimated 100 000 People Showed Up In DC Alone Today For the Nationwide 50501 Protest (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/washingtondc@lemmy.world

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now these are proper numbers

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 47 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Then you'll really like knowing that some groups are estimating that over 5 million protested across the US in around 1400 locations

The >100,000 in DC was just one of 1400 hundred protests

https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3lm42rcsxus2q

[–] WuceBrillis@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, i really really like that. I know we can't assume that all 5mil will be up for a general strike, but i bet a lot of them will.

It is estimated that 10mil is needed for a general strike to have effect, so this is clearly well on its way.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

It's so encouraging to see the momentum growing