Please bring supplies: How US protests are coordinated online


Demonstrators march through Brooklyn on June 4. Street protests raging across the United States are often being organised and coordinated online by young people. — AFP

WASHINGTON: Dinanda Pramesti, a 26-year-old communications worker, dropped off bags of food and supplies for protestors at a demonstration in Washington this week, heeding an urgent call made through a social media group.

It was one small example of how street protests raging across the United States are often being organised and coordinated online by young people.

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