Above: Trump inauguration protest Dublin, Ireland
Protest banners were dropped over bridges on Inauguration Day.
#BridgesNotWalls
As Donald Trump’s inauguration got underway in Washington DC, people around the world were reacting to the next president by displaying banners across landmark bridges.
The President-elect, who took the place of Barack Obama in the White House on Friday 20 January, is renowned for pledging to build an “impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall” between the US and Mexico.
A key part of his immigration rhetoric during the presidential race, Trump also insisted Mexico would pay for the border wall “100%”.
The protest project, called Bridges Not Walls, has been organised by grassroots activists and campaigners in reaction to Trump’s election victory and his inauguration. The demonstration has spread as far as Australia, the US and Norway.
Nona Hurkmans, Bridges not Walls spokesperson said:
“On Trump’s inauguration day we’re taking action to show our support for groups under attack – here in the UK, across Europe and in the USA – and to reject the rise of a dangerous and divisive far-right politics. We won’t let the politics of hate peddled by the likes of Donald Trump take hold. What happens next is up to us and by standing together we can show that the rhetoric of fear and hate have no place in our society.”
We have more in common than that which divides us. We are the 99% #bridgesnotwalls #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/OYKg524yNr
— UK Uncut (@UKuncut) January 20, 2017
Waterloo Bridge (the Ladies Bridge), built by women in 1944.
Wonderful protest. #bridgesnotwalls pic.twitter.com/469omQejDN— Jon Wilks (@JonWilksMusic) January 20, 2017
Southwark Bridge banner drop says “Unite Against Islamophobia” as part of the amazing #bridgesnotwalls pic.twitter.com/XVFfWuhGSe
— Matt (@revoltmatt) January 20, 2017
Just now on North Bridge, Edinburgh: love trumps hate, one world many cultures, there is no planet B, the future is ours! #BridgesNotWalls pic.twitter.com/VTUQQwmmoW
— Ric Lander (@ricjl) January 20, 2017
#bridgesnotwalls Berlin on the Oberbaum Brücke previously east/west border. #warning pic.twitter.com/AWJ1lQS1SJ
— Izzy Choksey (@IzzyChoksey) January 20, 2017
Paris & @greenpeacefr joins #BridgesNotWalls! Let’s challenge Islamophobia, racism, homophobia, & sexism everywhere! https://t.co/UNT2n2ayCW pic.twitter.com/WiF8jdv0RO
— Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) January 19, 2017
#Dubai says #bridgesnotwalls ! pic.twitter.com/OcpettneYZ
— Bridges Not Walls (@Bridgesnotwallz) January 20, 2017
Proud of you York! #bridgesnotwalls pic.twitter.com/3LRNPpIXIc
— Philip Hodgson (@bpusability) January 20, 2017
On Waterloo Bridge #bridgesnotwalls @Bridgesnotwallz pic.twitter.com/b5XQDVPnEF
— CONCRETE HISTORY (@theladiesbridge) January 20, 2017
A rainbow of smoke across vauxhall bridge in solidarity with people affected by rising far right #bridgesnotwalls #TrumpInauguration pic.twitter.com/B6qqOfuuhs
— LGSMigrants (@lgsmigrants) January 20, 2017
#Dublin, you beauty #BridgesNotWalls. Solidarity! photo: Rory O’Neill pic.twitter.com/nfyroAaxIA
— Anti Racism Network (@ARNirl) January 20, 2017
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