On March 8, 2025, global protests dubbed "Tesla Takedown" erupted in over 200 locations, with tens of thousands participating. The movement, motivated by outrage at Elon Musk's roles in the Trump administration, notably in dismantling government bureaucracy, gathered momentum across multiple continents, starting in Australia and New Zealand and spreading through Europe and nearly every U.S. state. Organizers urged actions against Tesla and called for mass divestment from the company. Protesters voiced their concerns over Musk's influence on democracy, highlighting a sentiment of urgency and the need for collective action against perceived threats to democratic institutions.
Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup.
It's too overwhelming to do nothing. There is real solace in coming together like this. Everyone has to do something.
We haven't got a big strategy besides just standing on the side of the street, holding signs and screaming.
Since Musk began dismantling the federal bureaucracy as chief of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), critics have protested at Tesla facilities.
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