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Plus- what have protests actually changed?
By themselves? Probably only calling public attention to an issue. Circa 1970, the protests were HUGE. You couldn't ignore them. They were all over the news all the time. Probably not enough to move people to vote against the war (i.e. politicians supporting the war). However, coupled with the grim images on peoples' televisions, I think it did have an effect and got us out a bit earlier than we otherwise would have.
I think Occupy Wall Street suffered from a lack of objective. Lots of people, lots of news coverage, but they didn't really have a stated agenda that I can remember.
I do agree that supporting the ACLU (for example) is probably more productive in that they actually do stuff.
Demonstrations when the convict abandons Ukraine (which I expect he will do) can only call attention to the situation. Ultimately, no amount of activism can change that decision. Otherwise, I would say people should work on educating voters, and getting out the vote to defeat the regressive agenda that is looming. It will be easier when a few atrocities are on the record, of course. Which shouldn't be long after MAGA seizes government in January.
