Question for my American and Canadian leftist friends!

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

Here is an article and video in English with video of the protests today/tonight in Valencia.

Flash flooding has also hit parts of northeast Spain (North of Barcelona) yesterday.

Tens of thousands protest over Spanish authorities' flooding response

Protesters are calling for the resignation of Valencia's regional leader Carlos Mazón.

euronews (www.euronews.com)

#PleaseBoost #Organize #Rightwing #Leftwing #centrism #Project2025 #Valencia #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Protest #SPain #USPoli #MAGA #Trump

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@vlrny thanks. As I said to someone else today who was feeling overwhelmed, we can't all expect all of us to be 100% all the time! Everyone needs rest!

But as the banner says in the video, “Sols el poble salva al poble”
"Only the people can save the people!”

[tasket@mas.to]

@chris This is what a functioning democratic society looks like. Putting the US to shame.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@tasket Canada as well!!

[aka_quant_noir@hcommons.social]

@chris

Will we act? Probably. Will we succeed at fixing all or even anything that needs fixed, before or after? Probably not. Our government is intransigent and barely responsive to even mass media identified problems, let alone problems that are unmentionable in the corporate environment, such as ecological survival.

[slowenough@mastodon.social]

@chris @tasket Both USA & Canada have seen truly massive protests, against the invasion of Iraq, for climate action, against the overturning of Roe v Wade, this year's protests for freedom for Palestine were a bit smaller but still.

Yes, we will need responses perhaps even larger in the coming years, but we know it is possible.

Will it only happen after/at a triggering event? (Such as January 6, or the inauguration, or deportation camps opening up?) Probably.

Prepare, look for opportunities.

[diedofheartbreak@plush.city]

@jubiloMX @chris

why not abandon electoralism completely and instead build systems of resiliency so that disaster doesn't cost so much or doesn't happen in the first place?

capitalists depend on disaster happening, so they can sell the snake oil "solution" to the problems they've caused. Dawn dish soap is a great example of that. if we prevent or neutralise disaster, it takes away their power.

[diedofheartbreak@plush.city]

@aka_quant_noir @chris

the state only does anything for us when it might keep its power for just a little bit longer, or because of massive pressure from below. we can never rely on it to liberate anyone nor fix the problems it causes.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@diedofheartbreak is their power in the electorialism (do you mean democracy?) or is it the the media the perpetuated the message that we need to be solving the increasingly emergency or short term problem?

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@diedofheartbreak and that that is the only way we have to effect change in a reasonable way