What could make Speakers’ Corners powerful would be their sheer number, their ubiquity. Imagine, every week, from now until we regain a shot at pluralistic constitutional democracy, millions of Americans reading out the First Amendment or the Fourteenth Amendment or their own state constitutional provisions protecting free speech or due process and equal protection of the law. Every week, across the country. 6/
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I watched footage of ICE agents assaulting protesting Chicagoans, throwing people to the ground, tear-gassing them. 2/
It brought home to me how important it was to stand up and speak out about the Trump regime’s lawless violence against Americans and others today in my city where we are not under the sort of siege I see in Chicago and Los Angeles. Today I had the privilege of exercising my free speech rights without being menaced by Trump’s goons. I may not always be so lucky. 3/
Many of us across the country are still able to grab a stepstool and make a Speakers’ Corner sign and raise our voices in favor of pluralistic constitutional democracy, demanding a government that serves the general welfare. 4/
Imagine if, every Saturday morning, there were tens of thousands of us, even millions of us, doing this. Really, imagine it. It isn’t expensive, it doesn’t require technical knowledge. It doesn’t take too long — ours runs for just an hour. 5/
What could make Speakers’ Corners powerful would be their sheer number, their ubiquity. Imagine, every week, from now until we regain a shot at pluralistic constitutional democracy, millions of Americans reading out the First Amendment or the Fourteenth Amendment or their own state constitutional provisions protecting free speech or due process and equal protection of the law. Every week, across the country. 6/
If you have just one person to go with you, set up a Speakers’ Corner. One of you speaks, the other one takes some photos or a video and then you switch. You may well be pleasantly surprised, as we were in today in Santa Fe — many people paused and listened for a while, and a few took a turn speaking. Share your photos and videos here and elsewhere. Tag them #SpeakersCorner. 7/
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