This one is the 50501 labeled one….
Another grassroots, widespread action against the Trump administration is planned nationwide on Saturday.
Why it matters: The 50501 Movement takes momentum from recent protests to encourage Americans to become each other’s “social support web” as the administration’s policies target marginalized communities.
- The 50501 Movement, meaning 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement, is pushing back against what it called executive overreach from the Trump administration. Its organizing started on Reddit.
- “Our movement shows the world that the American working class will not sit idly by as plutocrats rip apart their democratic institutions and civil liberties while undermining the rule of law,” the movement’s website said.
Driving the news: More than 400 events are scheduled nationwide for April 19, including rallies, protests, nature cleanups and food drives.
Zoom in: Saturday’s mobilizing could include protests, organizers said, but it could also include community actions like donation drives, clothing swaps or meeting to discuss future action.
- “We need to think about the America we want to see, where we have empathy and help each other, and just become that,” organizers wrote. “That’s just as important as protesting.”
Context: The first 50501 protests were on Feb. 5, “a decentralized rapid response to the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration and its plutocratic allies,” its website said….
Do NOT expect a large Black turnout at the enes mass protest evens….
Nearly five years after fueling the largest protest movement in American history, Black activism stands at a generational, emotional and strategic crossroads.
Why it matters: Many of the Black Americans who flooded the streets in 2020 have stepped back from the renewed anti-Trump protests — torn between the urgency of the moment and the spiritual toll of relentless, often fruitless resistance.
- The stakes are huge: President Trump’s second-term agenda is openly hostile to DEI, police reform, and the civil rights protections that have underpinned racial progress for the last half-century.
- But prominent Black activists tell Axios that rest does not equal retreat, and that the movement is evolving — in leadership, tone and tactics — for the long fight ahead.
Driving the news: Photos from last weekend’s “Hands Off!” demonstrations— where millions protested DOGE cuts, immigration raids and mass federal layoffs — show a striking shift from 2020.
- Most participants were older and white, as seen at rallies across the country and confirmed to Axios — a stark contrast to the multiracial, Black-led protests launched in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
- Campus protests over Trump’s immigration crackdown have drawn primarily white, Latino, and Asian American students, with Black participants largely absent from the front lines.
- In Washington, D.C., Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House was quietly dismantled last month after funding threats from Republicans — a symbolic setback in what once was the epicenter of 2020’s racial reckoning….
Nationwide ‘50501’ protests to rally against Trump administration’s policies
More than 700 rallies and community events are slated to take place Saturday as part of a national “day of action” protesting President Donald Trump’s policies.
The events fall under the umbrella of the “50501” movement — a decentralized campaign that began on Reddit and got its name from a Feb. 5 push for “50 protests in 50 states on 1 day.” That effort led to anti-Trump protests at state capitol buildings across the nation.
Hunter Dunn, a spokesperson for 50501, described the group as a “pro-democracy, pro-Constitution, anti-executive overreach, nonviolence grassroots movement.”
The demonstrations seek to capitalize on the momentum of the April 5 “Hands Off” rallies, which drew millions across the country in the largest single-day protest of Trump’s second term. Rather than a day of protest, Saturday will be a day of action. Planned events range from food banks to community cleanups, marches to boycotts….
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