#DefendTheArts
#ArtsWorkers
#FreeExpression
#FirstAmendment
#PublicCulture
#DemocracyInPractice
#ResistAuthoritarianism
#SupportTheArts
#KennedyCenter
#DCArts
#PublicSquare
#NoActTooSmall
Memorial Circle, Arlington, VA — this morning.
The DMV turns out for No Kings III. Last year it was 1500 people at Memorial Circle. Today it was several times that number.
#NK3 #NoKings #NoActTooSmall #DemocracyInAction #DMV #ThirdAct
FLARE is back with their 24/7 encampment at the George Meade Memorial — a plucky band of angelic troublemakers with megaphones, signs, and moral clarity.
#FLARE #activism #protest #impeach #convict #remove #NoActTooSmall #Solidarity
The crowd sang spirituals and heard a moving testimony from Alex’s co-worker.
Grief, solidarity, and a demand for accountability filled the night. #AbolishICE #Accountability #StateViolence #CandlelightVigil #NoActTooSmall #DCProtest
Hold your head up, don’t give up.
They are not as strong as you might think they are, they’re not as strong as they think they are.
They are walking on a razors edge.
#Freedom #Resist #NoActTooSmall
At the Pentagon Metro, an activist hands out a simple pamphlet. No shouting. No theater. Just a reminder.
The words come from a plaque at West Point (2nd picture)
#Constitution #RuleOfLaw #FreedomOfConscience #CivicDuty #Democracy #NoActTooSmall #OttoImagery
An upside-down flag is a signal of distress, not disrespect. The Flag Code is advisory. Free speech is law. If a veteran in DC flies the flag this way, maybe ask: Why does he feel we’re in danger? This is your wakeup call.
#VeteransForDemocracy #NoActTooSmall #FlagInDistress #FreeSpeech
Charlie Pickett has lived on Dean Dr. in Manassas his entire life. Now he has a new neighbor, Jeff Bezos.
📷 New blog post →
www.ottoimagery.art/post/jeff-be...
#ColdSteelRail #NoActTooSmall #PhotoEssay #CommunityVoices #AWSDataCenter #ManassasVA
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Today, standing beside two young people pledging love and courage, I was reminded: no matter how dark things get, there will always be opportunities to find the good. Joy itself can be an essential act of resistance.
#SecularHumanism #NoActTooSmall #MoralImagination #LiveDeliberately
In juxtaposition, two photos from the same day; light, love, joy. Follow your heart toward the light. #nokings #protest #documentaryphotography #refusefascism #noacttoosmall #moralimagination
Anti-Trump regime protester holding a sign that says “Goodbye Democracy”
Goodnight, Democracy? Maybe so. But here’s why that’s not the end: nostalgia for a “normal” that never was only chains us to the past. The real work is imagining and building the world we actually want.
Get busy friends, fire up your moral imagination, look to the future.
#NoActTooSmall #Resist
Weathered but unbroken, he stands watch—
not for glory, but for conscience.
The battles may shift,
but the vow remains:
to face down tyranny,
in whatever form it takes.
#NoActTooSmall #VeteransAgainstFascism #StillStanding #fueltheflare #wearetheflood #removalcoalition #flare247dc
National Guard soldier posted outside Union Station in occupied DC
MAGA: It's no big deal, there's a crime problem.
Me: Read a fucking history book.
#FreeDC #Resistance #NoActTooSmall #homerule #OccupiedDC
From today’s #FreeDC rally at U & 14th NW. Outrage was palpable, but so was the dignity, determination & strength of community. Trump has his toys & thugged-up police. The people carry the arc of moral justice. ✊
#Resistance #NoActTooSmall #homerule
1/ Check out this must-read thread from @jennycohn.bsky.social.
It helped me make sense of a recent encounter with far-right agitator Matt “Dressed to Regress” Miller.
What looked like street theater was actually something more insidious.
#NoActTooSmall #FascismWatch
Sunset over Columbus Circle, DC.
Does it mirror the sun setting on Home Rule in DC? Has the sun already set on democracy in the US?
The real question—what will we build when the new dawn comes?
#Democracy #HomeRuleDC #NoActTooSmall #CivicAction #Photography
The haze over Shenandoah isn’t fog—it’s wildfire smoke from hundreds of miles away.
Fire seasons are longer. Land burned is growing.
This is climate change now—choking our air, reshaping our seasons.
We can’t wait.
#ClimateCrisis #WildfireSmoke #ClimateAction #NoActTooSmall #Naturephotography
New flyer drop: Rage Against the Regime edition. 🔥
From coast to coast, people are rising—marches, art, music, mutual aid. This is movement, not moment.
Find your crew. Find your cause. Let’s go.
🗺️ www.noacttoosmall.com
#RageAgainstTheRegime #FlyerDrop #NoActTooSmall #OrganizeEverywhere
What shape is your moral imagination in?
Do you have a compass pointing true while the world marches the other way?
Turn off the TV. Quit the doomscroll.
Search within.
#MoralImagination #NoActTooSmall #ResistTheDrift #StayHuman
Looking to get involved? Start here. 🚨 The #NoActTooSmall Action Hub is live with events, flyers, and ways to show up nationwide. Find your crew. Find your cause. Democracy needs you. Let’s move.
👉 www.noacttoosmall.com/blop
#ActionHub #OrganizeEverywhere #JoinTheMovement
Summer’s heating up—and so is the resistance. 🔥 New flyer drop just landed with full sized flyers and streaming music. This is the moment. Get involved and find your joy.
🗺️ noacttoosmall.com/flyerdrop
#FlyerDrop #NoActTooSmall #SummerOfResistance #OrganizeEverywhere
People ask me why I'm still protesting Musk after he "left" the government. You don’t walk away from a raging house fire just because the arsonist has left the crime scene. The damage is still real. That’s why we’re still out here. #TeslaTakedown #GetInvolved #NoActTooSmall”
Summer’s heating up—and so is the resistance. 🔥 New mini- flyer drop just landed. Come out, find your organizing home, and get involved in protecting your neighbors and our democracy. This is the moment.
#FlyerDrop #NoActTooSmall #SummerOfResistance #OrganizeEverywhere #Resist
Stop by, let yourself be uncomfortable, learn. Give whatever it is that you have to give. Let your presence be the thing you contribute. #NoActTooSmall #Activism #ResistancePhotography
I don’t always agree with every activist I meet—but I respect the moral imagination involved. They know something’s broken and have the audacity to believe ordinary people can change it. That matters. The audacity of hope, it matters.
#NoActTooSmall #MoralImagination #ChangeFromBelow
To be clear, I'm not a "member of #MaydayMovementUSA, I don't participate in planning discussions or have a vote. What I do is show up and try to connect with people through music. #NoActTooSmall I meet interesting people passing by and even more interesting people connected to the movement.
When I DJ at Columbus Circle for @maydaymovementusa.bsky.social I get to see the world up close. Faces. Moments. Dignity. Engagement begins with noticing.
As Camus said: “To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. But to be human, we must be.”
#StreetPhotography #NoActTooSmall