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"A flurry of protests at Tesla dealerships across the United States erupted
over the weekend as part of a wider “Tesla Takedown” movement, rallying against
billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his controversial efforts to slash
government spending through the so-called department of government efficiency
(DOGE).
CNN reports that demonstrators gathered at more than 50 Tesla showrooms
across the country, while the movement’s own Bluesky social media account
claimed over 100 events had been organised for Sunday.
Protests have also sprung up overseas, with reports of protests in Barcelona,
London, Lisbon, and Reykjavik.
The protests are aiming to inspire people and businesses to take action against
Tesla, encouraging people to “sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the
picket lines.”
Among those involved in organising the protests is Alex Winter, a Los
Angeles-based actor and filmmaker, most well-known as playing Bill S. Preston
Esq. in the 1989 film
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and its sequels.
“Creating a vote of no confidence in [Elon Musk] from the shareholders, that
would be the ultimate goal,” Winter told
CNN.
“Detaching Musk from Tesla would be a meaningful blow against this
administration and its prerogatives, because it would be a strike against what
they hold most dear: money and power,” Winter wrote in a recent article for
Rolling Stone."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
