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Get Up!! Stand Up!!!

Posted by Maestro on 10/18/2026, 11:03 am

Marching Together: After the Guilford County Elections Board removed North Carolina A&T’s on‑campus early voting site, students responded by organizing a 45‑minute march to the nearest polling place. This act of civic engagement — walking in the heat, ensuring their voices were heard — is a powerful example of how communities can resist disenfranchisement. Kudos to every student who took part.

Re: Polling places on every college campus —

Posted by Les on 10/18/2026, 4:16 pm, in reply to "Get Up!! Stand Up!!!"

Thanks for that story, Maestro. Going forward, as a nation, we need to put polling places on every college campus.

The GOP thrusts to suppress voter turnout is despicable —

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Re: Get Up!! Stand Up!!!

Posted by gm on 10/18/2026, 5:58 pm, in reply to "Get Up!! Stand Up!!!"

"No justice, no peace."

Oh yes, I remember my days shouting out that slogan in NY City after the murder of Jusef Hawkins, Michael Griffith, and even during the Crown Heights riots, both in Brooklyn.
In hindsight, a couple of those protests were led by Rev. Al Sharpton, someone I was impressed with then. Not anymore!
My, how time flies.

What is the phrase before "shut it down!"
I can't quite make it out from the video.
But I like the energy though. lol

Get Up!! Stand Up!....btw, No King's protests mischief??

Posted by noting gm on 10/18/2026, 6:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Get Up!! Stand Up!!!"

ZUCKERBERG MESSING WITH NO KINGS?

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Meta inexplicably yanked the main Instagram accounts for the No King's Coalition in the midst of Saturday's protest across the country.
A spokesperson for No King's says the main accounts for the coalition on Instagram were frozen and pulled down, and the administrators lost access to the account at the peak of their national day of action...
[10.18]

No surprise here, plus the fact that mainstream TV gave the protests very little play, except for MSNBC.
Again, I was a fan of Mark Zuckerberg until he started cozing up to Trumpkkk & his maggots!!

Social media Meta apologies to No King's Coalition for Insta shut down. Bastards! n/t

Posted by gm on 10/19/2026, 7:35 pm, in reply to "Get Up!! Stand Up!....btw, No King's protests mischief??"

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Brazil: Meta trying to sabotage President Lula's reelection...

Posted by observing gm on 10/21/2026, 1:16 pm, in reply to "Social media Meta apologies to No King's Coalition for Insta shut down. Bastards! n/t"

Trump, Vance, META etc., have been successful in moving some Latin American countries to the right/fascistic. Now they are aiming their wickedness at President Lula of Brazil, hoping to get his rightwing reactionary opponent become president.

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In Sao Paulo, Brazil, protesters rallied outside the corporate offices of Meta on Monday, accusing the social media giant of 'electoral interference' ahead of Sunday's runoff election between incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro.
The protest came as Brazil's Electoral Court gave Meta 24 hours to prove that it guarantees equal treatment of the two candidates, as required by law....
[10.20]

FORK MARK ZUCKERBERG! And to think I was a fan of this guy early on as he was trying to nationalize something he created(Facebook) while in college. Now the dude has hooked up with Trump's MAGA cult and is helpings right wing fascists come into power in Latin America.
Last weekend Meta tried to sabotage the No Kings Protests, and now...

Lets hope President Lula holds on and wins reelection as leader of Brazil.
GO LULA, GO!!!

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