50501 movement: 'A trickle to a tidal wave': behind the Trump protest movement that launched on Reddit
Source: The Guardian
‘A trickle to a tidal wave’: behind the Trump protest movement that launched on Reddit
From humble beginnings, the 50501 community is one of many coming together to resist the president and his policies
Rachel Leingang
Sun 27 Apr 2025 15.00 BST
Last modified on Sun 27 Apr 2025 15.01 BST
It started with a Reddit post.
“50 PROTESTS – 50 STATES – 1 DAY,” the user who goes by Evolved Fungi wrote, kicking off a movement that has since drawn hundreds of thousands to the streets in protests against Donald Trump across the country.
The movement – pronounced “fifty-fifty-one”, meaning 50 protests, 50 states, one movement – first called for a day of action on 5 February, a date chosen seemingly at random. Local organizers would lead protests in their cities and towns, but the movement would not have a leader, and it would not be centralized.
As Trump moved quickly to dismantle agencies, policies and norms, slashing through the federal government, people wanted to express their dismay – and they weren’t seeing it from their elected leaders.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/27/trump-protest-movement-50501