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Newsletter: The Inauguration Of Protest

January 21, 2017 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org , , , , , , , ,
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. The last few days have seen a series of mass protests against President Trump and his incoming administration. This should be the inauguration of persistent protests, not just against the Trump administration but the system that has consistently put in place governments that represent big business interests and militarism while most people in the US face economic insecurity, and people around the world face US bombings. President Obama broke George W. Bush’s record for bombs deployed creating further hatred for the United States, insecurity and chaos. Trump is a symptom of a failed political system that does not represent the interests of the people or planet. Protests were varied from Black Bloc to the massive Women’s March

Trump’s Inauguration: Boycotts, Protests And Fake Entrance

January 21, 2017 Bill Hughes, www.baltimorepostexaminer.com , ,
By Bill Hughes for the Baltimore Post Examiner. WASHINGTON, DC - I knew that President-elect Donald Trump was going to have his smiley face on at his inauguration as soon as I stepped into Baltimore’s Penn’s Station early on Friday morning, January 20, 2017. It was packed with Trump true believers carrying all kinds of signs and wearing red baseball caps that barked: “Make American Great Again.” There were only a few anti-Trump activists in sight. Trump supporters at Penn Station Trump supporters at Penn Station Well, the 8:30 am MARC train out of Penn Station had eight cars. I asked the conductor how many empty seats he had. He said it was only filled to “about one-third of its capacity.”Washington D.C. and federal officials were expecting close to 1,000,000 visitors for the weekend. I don’t think they even came close to making that number. The MARC line prepared for a huge turnout for the event, too, the 45th in our country’s history. It had ordered out more trains than usual for the occasion.

Climate Activists Blockade Inauguration

January 21, 2017 Matt Maiorana, www.popularresistance , ,
By Matt Maiorana for Disrupt J20. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a group of over 400 climate justice activists physically blocked a security checkpoint entrance to the Presidential Inauguration for four hours as part of the distributed #DisruptJ20 protests happening in D.C. and around the country. The climate demonstrators peacefully spread out and linked arms across the security checkpoint at 3rd and D streets NW, and refused to move, physically blocking the entrance and denying access to the inauguration grounds. The protest caused a massive disruption of the checkpoint, making the line extend for a half-mile. Once Donald Trump was inaugurated, protesters chose to peacefully disperse, having accomplished their goals. The protesters held signs and large banners reading “Resist Trump: Climate Justice Now” and “Deny Trump, Not Climate.”

DC Streets Quiet Following Un-peaceful Transition

January 21, 2017 John Zangas, www.popularresistance.org ,
By John Zangas of DC Media Group (on Facebook). Washington, DC - It's quiet in DC now after a day of protests, unrest, and property damage along K Street and in some streets just North of there. Scenes of carnage were evident here and there. The burned vehicles were removed. Hundreds were arrested. Things got bad today but not so bad as things have gotten in places like Cairo, Gezi Park or Taksim Square, during changes of government abroad. Tonight there were some more of the same protests that occurred today with police and protesters clashing-the streets were still littered with debris, trash and remnants of flash bangs-their tell tale white residue from the loud explosions. Most protesters had gone home by 10:00 pm but a few remained in Franklin Square with a few police watching nearby.

Student Strikes Planned To Protest Inauguration

January 8, 2017 Jack Smith IV, www.mic.com , ,
By Jack Smith IV for News.Mic. College students across the country in cities like Los Angeles and Chicago are planning walkouts and marches, taking the Inauguration Day protests to the campuses where they live and work. Leftist groups like Students for a Democratic Society and the student arm of Socialist Alternative are coordinating across chapters of the University of Houston, University of Minnesota, University of Cincinnati, University of California — Berkeley and Los Angeles — various schools in Seattle and Philadelphia, and more schools as Inauguration Day approaches. And the organizers insist these protests are only the beginning of a broader resistance movement.
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