{"id":144,"date":"2025-01-15T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2025-01-16T01:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T06:55:56","slug":"activism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I think the consolidation of wealth and consequent iron grip on every legislative and cultural lever of power is the issue of our time. I&#8217;ve made a number of videos in support of the movement to loosen that grip. They&#8217;ve had the effect one would expect a YouTube video to have against an iron grip on power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Statement After Disrupting the US Supreme Court\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NjnIajVvWDQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is a video from my sentencing hearing for disrupting the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Democracy Spring March, Philadelphia to D.C.\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iGuLorAZ3Qk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some friends and I took a long walk from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"I Joined The Obama Campaign For The Extra-Judicial Assassinations\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_iBXcJ51zs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Good luck finding a major party candidate who doesn&#8217;t support drone warfare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Oakland Policeman Throws Flash Grenade Into Crowd Trying To Help Injured Protester\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OZLyUK0t0vQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This video helped veteran Scott Olson get a $4.5 million settlement from the city of Oakland, CA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think the consolidation of wealth and consequent iron grip on every legislative and cultural lever of power is the issue of our time. I&#8217;ve made a number of videos in support of the movement to loosen that grip. They&#8217;ve had the effect one would expect a YouTube video to have against an iron grip &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/activism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Activism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattkresling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}