Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Saturday, March 29, against Tesla, and their efforts with the Dodge to eliminate humanitarian aid, close federal agencies and fire government workers. It was almost two months of stable, almost daily demonstrations, aimed at damaging Tesla’s sales – and eventually the smile itself. Today, hundreds of Tesla sites in the United States, Canada and Europe were called as a “World Day action”.
Stuffy Wanted to test the temperature and wanted to see how these protesters were thinking about the current moment, and did they realize that their boycott was having an impact on it. Tesla’s sales have declined significantly since the protests began, and its stock has eliminated its highest price. But there is no sign of the removal of musk, as it has promoted its threats to the government to threaten the SIC on the anti -Tesla forces.
So we also talked around the world, from London to New York to Washington, DC, Los Angeles – and Paramas, NJ and Akran, Ohio – to observe this movement and to spend a good part of the signs of the waves of the afternoon and to spend a good part of the waves. Even we saw several anti -protesters who came out to support Musk and Tesla.
London’s Tesla talk down protest was a small case, with 50 strange protesters, a dinosaur, and an inflatable alon. They Greet everyone outside a Tesla showroom in Park Royal, a palace that dominates Big Box retailers, self -storing units and past kitchen. According to Organizer John Governor Field, this has been a long journey since its humble start six weeks ago, when only two protesters were removed from the Westfield shopping mall by security, “according to Organizer John Governor Field.
The Gorean Field is from a California, but this protest was English, which was a mistake: humble, peaceful and a little calm. There was no police presence, nor was anyone needed. Even Tesla was not worried than a crowd. Fortunately, the passing drivers were there to provide noise – a “hink if you hate Elon” mark respondents, trucks and at least a city bus curriculum. The people of London may not be implemented, but it is quite clear where the city’s sympathy is.
On a busy shopping street in George Town, DC, protesters are dancing from “hot” to “pressure” outside a showroom in Tesla, from viral tricky’s enemy takeover songs. They are wearing a mixture of shiny kisses, boat captain hats and flower shirts. Loose boat -based dance party cars are attracting a steady series of laughter, and many pedestrians are keeping pictures of them happily taking pictures. Another symbol says “Nazi cars were sold here,” says a symbol, “Porsche = fast, ferry = fast, Tesla = fascist,” says another.
“Part of how fascism runs is that they want people to be scared,” Sarah Stephens, a part of a team that dances against the Dodge. Stephens scolded a floral organization and a captain’s hat, which he says is a sign of how people are in charge of their destiny rather than Trump and musk. “The thugs go on fear and they want us to be afraid of them … so it’s like a full force.”
The mixture of participants appears to be many ages, and is the third act of the groups that are prepared to add older generations. Mark, a third act, who refused to say his last name, said that the protest must be in the protest “because someone is two grandchildren, trying to do something so that they can grow in a place that is safe.”
Cruise Route 17 in North New Jersey and you will see a ton of car dealerships. But for the past few weeks, no one has seen as much action as Tesla dealership near Paramas. Each weekend, protesters of all ages are taking signs in the highway, and encouraging drivers to sell their Tesla, throw their stock and fight against fascism. Today, the Veb is a bit different.
The supporters are also here-and the lines are clearly designed.
“Last week, we were here,” says Ethan. Super Mario Bruce Louogie cap and a symbol in which “cyber -focused” is read. “Now all these Trump boys are here, walking around, doing what they want.”
Ethan, who refused to say his last name, says he was suffering from Trump and Kasturi supporters. They have called it a silver, throwing water on it, and before a fellow protesters tried to catch the mark before calming the situation. He says a supporter of Trump told him that his luggage cap was unpleasant to the Italian Americans. When I ask Ethan why he is here today, he says “Because I hate Elon Kasturi.” Then after thinking a little, he added, “We are a kind of bad. It can’t be too much, but I want to say at least something and be heard by someone.”
On the other hand, the Trump camp is not so worried about stopping symbols. They are more milling, grouping in mini -clusters. (However, they have many symbols that read “Thanks Elon” and “Trump won”.) When I ask to talk to the administrator, I instruct John Tabako – who wears a light blue bliss with President Trump’s face prints.
“We need to show that Elon Musk and Dodge are supporting what Elon is doing,” says Tabaku. When I presented a supporter of Trump as a response, he also raises the issue. “This is a rally for us. An auxiliary rally for Trump, Dodge, and America’s first policies. And I understand these people,” he pointed to the Anti -Tesla group, “They showed today as an anti -protester.”
The Tesla Service Center here is closed on weekends. It is at a crossroads, Route 18, which serves a shopping center that has a home depot, a chic-fel-a, a local bar chain, whose name is lizard, and more. The turnout is surprising, about 40 40-50 people (and two very good dogs) stand on both sides of the streets that wave the symbols and play the coubles. There is a person with a person in which the crowd shouts, “What do we do when immigrants are invaded?” He is screaming. “Fight back!” The crowd replied.
There are many people here, including very brown and white hair using scooters and wheelchairs. In a high exhibition vest, a woman said that she and many of the old people here came from a worker group, a third act for people over 60 years of age. It is difficult to hear his voice because people constantly run their horns in support of their horns.
Arriving at 20 minutes before the event, it was calm, although organizers were expecting last week’s attendance estimated at about 1,300. They were fine. Within ten minutes, the plaza was full of participants, which included “exile Elon Musk”, “Stop attacking democracy”, “away from our social security” and there were many other indicators.
Photo Victoria Barros / The Verge photo
Although the crowd is large, the organizers emphasize their message on the speakers. This is a peaceful non -violent protest. This is the same thing that one of the organizers also told me, “Despite the administration, we are not domestic terrorists, we are completely peaceful, non -violent, we provide guidance and say that the Tesla showroom has no harassment. We just want to hear our voices.”
Photo Victoria Barros / The Verge photo
Ellis Graeme said it was about reducing the power of the billionaire. “From the point of view of Elon Musk, any dollar that does not go to him is wasted and the performance that fills his pocket is. And so Tesla, where he has mostly wealth, if he cares about this element, then Tesla’s stock is trying to reduce the stock price, which attacks Elon.”
Long Beach and Lake Wood, California:
Placing two marks at a supermarket location in Lake Wood, a woman named Nati said, “I was going to another anti -Elon protest.” “When I looked all out, I had to stay here.”
When the Tesla owners pulled in and out, about 100 people stood protesting on the sidewalk. Most of Tesla’s owners stayed in their cars or went to nearby stores, avoiding large -scale crowds, “looks like democracy,” and waving cars that are in support of the passage.
One person who asked to identify Sam set up a folding table and sold anti -Musk and Trump goods to passers -by, though most of the supermarket brought their domestic signs and wore shirts with “Gulf Mexico”, and “Biden Harris”.
“I was going to another anti -Elon protest. When I looked out, I had to stop here.”
A few miles in the Tesla dealership, in Long Beach, about 250 250 people excavated the sidewalk on both sides of the house depot and Costco, which is full on the weekend. When the drivers proceeded to the past, people honored, honored their fists with their car windows, cheering and pumping their fists.
The protests in Long Beach were peaceful, the protesters remained on public property, and rejoicing in support of the people, but a small number of Trump and Kasturi supporters demonstrated the trolley of the crowd.
At a supercompper, a family decided to engage the protesters, screaming that they were “stupid”. His young daughter, who was seen at the age of ten, shouted at the protesters. A couple of police SUVs stood across the road, in which things were monitored, and a lonely supporter of Kasturi was holding a mark thanks to Kasturi.
An anti -Tesla protesters who asked not to identify, said they were in another protest in Long Beach in late February when a truck driver wandered down his window and tried to sprinkle pepper to the protesters. No one was hurt, but the woman said she was worried about her. “You just don’t know how people will respond to the right to your free speech,” he said.
Hundreds of protesters marched in New York City’s Metapaking District and chanted slogans in front of a showroom in Tesla. The mood was flowing and enthusiastic when the protesters hoisted the signs, danced to provoking cardboard cyberic costumes, and broke the toy cars on the sidewalk with a hammer. In front of the Tesla showroom, a moment of silence was held for a large part of the crowd to lie down on the road with cardboard marks in the form of cardboard marks to stage the “dye in”.
The protest was peaceful, but there were two separate examples where protesters began screaming two people with others to hold microphones and ask questions. In the second example of this, the police, which were around the building, came to prevent one of the interviewers from engaging with the protesters. The man who left the crowd still held a microphone, smiling backwards and said “Creek Head, come here” pointing to one of the protesters for an interview.
The slogans on the indicators are different. In a symbol, Elon Musk shows Emperor Palpatin dress, written, “Hut out the Dart Catamine, Congress must !!!” Another banner, organized by a group of three protesters, reads, “Burn a Tesla Burn Democracy.”
Apart from some raised sounds, there was no violent repetition. The turnout in the protest was about three times larger than the protest at the same place a week ago. When the protest approached its end, the crowd shouted “we will return”. They were ready to return for more.
