The Women's March was astounding but it was planned for two months. Tonight was a spontaneous national protest. Never seen anything like it.
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Replying to @chrislhayes
@sarahljaffe I think you guys should talk—both have opposite facts on spontaneous protests and both friends of The@thenation1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
I'm on email lists & text blasts from these groups & got early notification yesterday. then interviewed.
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yeah. I should've been clearer. But Sarah's point is crucial.
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Replying to @chrislhayes @sarahljaffe and
point was more that these groups put up the bat signal and within hours people responded
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Replying to @chrislhayes @sarahljaffe
This has been the pattern in many protests around the world for at least five years. 0-million in two days.
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A lot of us put together an infrastructure of contacts & protest support as part of that 2 mo. prep for WM
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Replying to @LeahPetersen @zeynep and
The "easy" success of the current protests is built on processes we put in place for the WM.
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I'm not taking away from the organizers but it is still much much easier compared to past.
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Only saying many of these read like "ours was better than yours" when each benefits from success of last.
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I don't mean it like that at all. I don't mean to deny the credit but being realistic about what is+
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Replying to @zeynep @LeahPetersen and
the effect of relative ease of organizing is crucial... Have seen it in so many countries; not+
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Replying to @zeynep @LeahPetersen and
understanding the fragilities that come with the strengths of this model dooms movements.
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