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Arlington, VA—Mothers everywhere will be beaming with pride as their grown children return home bringing flowers for Mother’s Day weekend. Though flowers are a nice gesture, doing something with Mom like cooking dinner or taking her out is another way to say ‘I love you’ on Mother’s Day. But going to a local Tesla showroom with your children to fight fascism? Well, maybe.
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On the 8th of May, mostly well-heeled runners took to Orlando’s streets for the delayed and rain-soaked AdventHealth Corporate 5K.
As runners passed, pro-Palestine activists gave out Palestinian flags to all who would accept them. Quite a few runners took up the flags, showing their solidarity with th hard-pressed people of Palestine
In 1937, an anti-Fascist women’s march stepped off in Ybor City in Tampa’ FL. They marched to City Hall to deliver a letter to the Mayor in support of those in Spain resisting Franco and Fascism in the Spanish Civil War.
On May 6 2025, another women’s march set forth in Ybor City. One contingent reversed the original direction, marching from City Hall into Ybor City, then linking up with other marchers. The march ended at Centennial Park after stopping for a few speeches at the location the orginal march set forth from.
This time around, it’s the United States where Fascists similar to Franco and his thugs have taken power. Marchers emphasized that we were all there to resist Fascism here and today.
Arlington, VA—Word was passed among the Tesla boycotters earlier this week not to tread on the Arlington Tesla’s dirt surface because the company was laying new mulch. So on week 14 of the boycott actions the line stayed off the new mulch out of respect for the business operation. As they have done for the last 3 1/2 months, boycotters brought their hand-painted signs, many of which were new as last week’s action was soaked by a storm.
Those who think the Tesla Takedowns are just about taking down Tesla stock values and separating Elon Musk from his capital have missed the point of Tesla Takedowns. The actions themselves have become more important with each passing week because the Trump regime’s insatiable lust for power has expanded and cannot be constrained. The recent disappearance of migrants and American citizens without due process afforded under the law during a court hearing demonstrates that.
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Video-Protesters with Mayday International Workers Day banner march in the streets of Tampa’s Ybor City, and antifa videographer drives off Oath Keeper with some shaming about his not being at J6
On the 3ed of May, protesters organized by the W Central FL labor coalition took the streets and marched around Tampa’s Ybor City. Activists from 50501 also helped put this march together. Like many Mayday events in FL, this was held on Saturday to allow more people to participate. Street marches have been rare lately in FL due to extreme repressive laws that legalize drivers ramming protesters and give cops a nearly free hand.
None of this was enough to deter this powerful anti-Trump/Musk protest from taking to the streets for a march. Much of the chanting emphasized that Tampa is a union town and that union-busting bosses will NOT be tolerated.
There is a sour note in every parade, and in this case it was a single Oath Keeper showing up. He turned out to be a cosplaying wannabe and bailed out after I shamed him for sitting out J6 and not getting his ass in the grass with his crew.
UPDATE: it turns out MAGA agitator Kaitlyn Bennet is a PAID agitator, makes all her money on clickbait Youtube videos.
On the 1st of May, multiple groups in Polk County, FL came together in Lakeland for the “Mayday Strong” pro-labor and anti-Trump protest. A surprisingly strong crowd turned out.
Unfortunately, serial MAGA agitator Kaitlyn Bennett also showed up, using tactics similar to those of Jack Posobiec. She attempted to pose as a protester, but had signs that revealed her intent: to discredit anti-Trump protesters. One sign said “legalize MS-13,” another claimed that being trans is a choice like choosing a snack. She baited and harassed protesters almost constantly.
At some point she put down her signs, probably to set a deliberate trap. Signs abandoned on public property are by law considered abandoned property but this law was ignored: Kaitlyn whined to the cops about the signs as soon as someone picked them up, triggering an arrest that took place so fast as to suggest prearrangement.
The person taken hostage by the police is out of jail, but this incident ratchets up tension with the big 50501 protests on Sat, May 3 still to come
Below is a photo of Kaitlyn Bennet with her “Legalize MS-13” sign:
On the 30th of April, a half dozen groups deployed into early AM rush hour traffic for multiple roving blockades. Back on July 24 2024, monitoring police radio showed that police were incapable of countering multiple small marches that also set up mobile blockades.
On the last day of April 2025, this tactic was used again. It appears that each affinity group targetted a specific area, with Jews Against Fascism targetting the area around ICE.
It appears cops kept traffic far away, transforming each march into a multiple-block wide mobile blockade. The cops thus effectively allowed themselves to be used as a force multiplier by the marchers themselves.
It appears cops kept traffic far away, transforming each march into a multiple-block wide mobile blockade. The cops thus effectively allowed themselves to be used as a force multiplier by the marchers themselves
On the last day of April, protesters including SDS members showed up outside the courthouse in Orlando, FL to demand that charges against UCF student and pro-Palestine protester Chris Gibson be dropped. Protesters emphasized that protesting is not a crime whatever Trump and Netanyahu may think.
Back in October, UCF student Chris Gibson was ambushed by police and arrested at a pro-Palestine protest at Orlando City Hall. Both the cops and university authorities have played dirty with the case from day one. The University should have accepted they lack any jurisdiction over off campus/non school related events. Cops played dirty not only with this ambush arrest but also by sitting on a highly dubious charge and filing it at the last possible moment.
Chris’s ambush arrest was the 3ed major attack by Orlando Police Department on Palestine protesters in less than a year.
