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Boston #TeslaTakedown on why we're still picketing outside of Tesla. Thank you to Boston for continuing to show up.

And thanks to Naomi Yang for the videography!
June 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Thank you Boston for showing up for another #TeslaTakedown! You all bring the energy, and we are winning!

And big thanks to Dissent Pins for the ten foot tall inflatable Elon making "awkward gestures" to remind everyone that supporting Tesla is supporting fascism.
May 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Hey Boston, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and DOGE continues to dismantle essential government services.

It's a beautiful day to head on down to #TeslaTakedown
TODAY Saturday May 3
12pm-2pm
888 Boylston St
Screenshot of a May 2 post from New York Times with text reading "Trump administration officials said on a join conference call that they were 'joined at the hip' with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and called the budget a 'joint project.'" Included is a photo taken through a window showing. Elon Musk and Trump talking in the Oval Office.
May 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The coupons being shared by the clowns.
A coupon advertising 90% off a new Tesler Model C for Clown Information about Tesla safety data, Elon Musk federal funding cuts, and alternatives electric vehicles.
April 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Boston #TeslaTakedown today had some wonderful clowns! Thank you to our fantastic team of musicians, clowns, and to everyone who showed up today to stand up and make our voices heard!
April 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Boston showing up for #HandsOff
A crowd of people with signs and an American flag
April 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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There were some great signs at the March 29 Boston #TeslaTakedown event. My favorite was probably the Elon Enron logo.
Protesters in front of a Tesla store. One holds a sign with an image of a human spine in rainbow colors reading “Hey politicians, WE are the backbone you’re looking for. Do your job!” Another reads “Elon Musk: America’s biggest Welfare Queen.” A third sign reads “3 Equal Branches, Checks and Balances, 8th Grade Social Studies.” A small sign with an Enron logo with the word “Elon” written alongside it is held in front of the Tesla store sign.
April 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Boston #TeslaTakedown on February 22 vs. March 29
About 15 people stand in a line in front of a Tesla Store. They are holding signs reading "No one elected Elon Musk" and "Tesla funds fascism". Several hundred people in front of a Tesla store holding signs and waving flags.
March 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Hey hey, ho ho, Elon Musk has got to go.

Thank you to over 700 Bostonians who showed up today despite the rain and cold to make our voices heard at #TeslaTakedown!
March 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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I returned to this podcast today for a reminder of why protest matters. Legal scholar Cass Sunstein explains how protest creates social proof that others feel the same way and catalyzes change. That's why authoritarians are scared of people taking to the streets. 80000hours.org/podcast/epis...
Image of text from podcast transcript reading "Cass Sunstein: The Chinese government is actually quite alert to some of this, such that the recent data with which, to its credit, the Chinese government has cooperated in the provision of, Gary King (Harvard political scientist) finds that the Chinese government on social media is not censoring disagreement and dissent. Not a lot. If you want to say negative things, that’s fine, as a first approximation. But if someone says, 'We have a protest movement that’s meeting Thursday on this street and there are a lot of people coming,' that’s not welcome and that may find itself taken down. That’s clever in terms of the prevention of social disruption, that if there’s advertisement about a large movement at a time certain, then group polarization may kick in, then preference falsification may undone and then we may have the social interaction that can get things moving."
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Hundreds of people showed up today in Boston to stand up to Elon Musk and support a government that works for the people! #TeslaTakedown
People beating drums with others holding signs saying “Resist Tyrants” and “Don’t Buy Nazi Cars” in front of a Tesla showroom. A group of protestors in front a Tesla store, one with a sign saying “Swatistcars sold here”. A crowd of protestors outside the Boston Prudential Center, one with a sign saying “Stop Elon” A crowd of protestors with signs and some playing musical instruments.
March 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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TOMORROW in Boston and all around the country join us for #TeslaTakedown to stand up to Elon Musk and his attacks on our government. In downtown Boston, we’ll be meeting at 888 Boylston St from 12-2pm, or find an event near you actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Flyer with photos of protestors with text reading “Tesla Takedown Join us this Saturday at 12-2pm, March 22 2025, Tesla Showroom, Prudential Center, 888 Boylston St Boston MA
March 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Thank you to Boston for another amazing #TeslaTakedown!! We’re there every Saturday from 12pm-2pm
March 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The Boston Tesla protests are so much fun!! Chanting, dancing, music, and supporting democracy!

Join us in downtown Boston at 888 Boylston Street every Saturday from 12pm-2pm, or find another event near you actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

#TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla
March 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Women’s March in Boston today was incredible! There must have been thousands of people marching. Heard many chants of “Elon Musk has got to go” outside the downtown Tesla store! We’ll be there again tomorrow March 9 from 12-2pm #TeslaTakedown
Crowd of protesters outside the downtown Boston Tesla Showroom with signs saying “Deport Elon” Protesters crowding the street and plaza outside the Tesla showroom in Boston with signs reading “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” Crowd of protesters on the lawn outside the Massachusetts state capitol building with Ukraine flags
March 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Elon Musk is illegally firing thousands of federal workers, including many veterans. Next he wants to cut Social Security and Medicaid. You can help stop him by protesting with us. We'll be meeting in Boston this Sunday 3/9 at 12pm. #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla actionnetwork.org/events/tesla...
March 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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So exciting to see such a crowd on the Boston Common today rallying for democracy and the constitution! #FiftyFiftyOne #50501movement #NoKings #March4thForDemocracy
Crowd of people on the Boston Common holding signs and flags.
March 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Great turnout at the Boston Tesla Takedown rally today! It was so much fun to see everyone stand up for democracy! #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla
March 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Protest in downtown Boston at the Tesla showroom at the Prudential center, this Saturday 3/1 at noon! #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla
February 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Protest today in Boston outside Tesla showroom! We will be rallying again at 888 Boylston St on March 1 at 12pm to defund Elon Musk and support government that works for the people. #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla
Protesters outside Tesla showroom holding signs opposing Elon Musk.
February 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Boston today. No Kings on President's Day. #50501
Crowd of protesters with pride flag and American flag outside of Boston federal building Crowd of protesters outside of Boston capitol building.
February 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM