I’m trying to think about what protests were like 25-30 years ago. I’m not certain that’s actually worse than what we have now. We haven’t necessarily progressed in protest freedom.
Initially I thought he was going to have the national guard start shooting people, but turns out the 70s aren’t 30 years ago like they’ve seemed my entire life.
My curiosity led to some research and… I couldn’t find any major student protests in the 1990s. Which I guess is the end goal. I did join protests in 2002, and I remember not having an ounce of fear that there would be pro-war nuts driving through them or that the police would show up with surplus military equipment to wage war on people for shouting things in a place others would prefer they didn’t.
There were major protests, though. I participated in ACT UP, and the WTO protest n Seattle. There were anti-Gulf War protests, protests over US actions in Central and South America, and many campus-closing protests. I even took part in one, where we occupied the admin building and shut it down over tuition hike plans.
I’m trying to think about what protests were like 25-30 years ago. I’m not certain that’s actually worse than what we have now. We haven’t necessarily progressed in protest freedom.
Initially I thought he was going to have the national guard start shooting people, but turns out the 70s aren’t 30 years ago like they’ve seemed my entire life.
I suspect that’s what he’s thinking of.
My curiosity led to some research and… I couldn’t find any major student protests in the 1990s. Which I guess is the end goal. I did join protests in 2002, and I remember not having an ounce of fear that there would be pro-war nuts driving through them or that the police would show up with surplus military equipment to wage war on people for shouting things in a place others would prefer they didn’t.
There were major protests, though. I participated in ACT UP, and the WTO protest n Seattle. There were anti-Gulf War protests, protests over US actions in Central and South America, and many campus-closing protests. I even took part in one, where we occupied the admin building and shut it down over tuition hike plans.
Those Seattle WTO protests did change the game
China still made it into the WTO
Actually the 70s are 46 years away. Disco’s making a comeback, baybeeeeeeee…for like 3 years.
Late 90s was the era of ecoterrorists, wto protests, and “make total destroy”