Huge crowds gather in 'Hands Off' rallies nationwide in protest of Trump administration
Huge crowds gather in 'Hands Off' rallies nationwide in protest of Trump administration
Tens of thousands of protesters mustered in cities and towns across the country on Saturday to sound off against the Trump administration.
Just left the one in Denver. I think I heard 11,000 people from one person but I don’t know. It was a lot, I know that for sure.
Edit: My Aunt just sent me pics of the protest she was at in West Virginia of all places. That never happened when I lived there. Keep it up!
Wasn't it awesome! There were SO MANY PEOPLE, it was awesome to see. The march next to stopped traffic with most of the cars honking and cheering us on WHILE THEY ARE STUCK IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF US was amazing. People are PISSED.
I get 3-4 emails daily from the DNC asking for money and nothing about this.
Hands off is the wrong message. Like a bad relationship, "It's time to clean house and get the FUCK OUT!"
"Hands Off" is the right message. It's short, direct, punchy, combative, and doesn't give way to bs attacks from conservatives the way e.g. "defund the police" did. It's also inclusive of every group (except the elites in power of course), while hitting the "no war but class war" vibe pretty well, like it's a common struggle that we're all a part of.
I have a feeling the message is intended to start as a kinda first warning. Like "we are angry". Next one "We're really angry, and in bigger numbers". Next one, "[removed by reddit]".
Angry? Trump pardoned a company, snatched citizens off the street, blew up the federal government, and is allowing the spread of multiple viruses. Banned from reddit comments should be the first response.
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5224229-trump-makes-history-by-pardoning-a-corporation/
“[removed by reddit]”.
😂😂
Tens of thousands estimates from organizers are that it's a hell of a lot larger than that.
I’ll admit this is an unconfirmed claim, but one of the organizers at Boston’s protest said it reached 100,000 people. The entire city hall plaza as well as the whole street going to the commons was packed.
Omaha showed up in force today! Thousands of people!
That pic from New York! 😍
Here's a clip of the crowd: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIFCEYDhUdy/
Thank you!
There were no reports of any major disturbances or arrests at any of the rallies.
No chuds showed up anywhere? That surprising but worrying, what are they planning...
I think all but the most stupid and brainwashed realize Trump has really fucked the entire country. They'll never admit it or turn on him, but the silence is deafening.
There was a single MAGA with a trump flag at a protest I attended. But the worst that happened was everyone booed them and then a small group followed her around.
In new York I saw a single counter protestor. A black woman, oddly. She seemed a little mentally unwell based on the weird stuff she said (other than just the trump support)
I saw a handful of cops, but they were just watching passively.
When a firetruck had to go down the road, everyone surprisingly quickly cleared the way for it.
At least where I am in Oregon the worst were just lifted trucks driven by snowflakes coal rolling.
I think everyone else was just being a keyboard warrior.
and of course, oregonians being oregonians. they just let these lifted trucks coal roll them without so much as a molotov cocktail in response.
At our DSA rally, one one Zionist showed up to stir up some shit, but he left pretty quickly
Not just nationwide either. Absolutely beautiful. Solidarity from Canada <3
Maybe OT, but there's comfort knowing most online accounts minimizing irl resistance (saying this is nothing, or not enough, or they're not doing it right, or I can do 6-7pm on Wednesday lmk, omg people have jobs, why aren't they angry at this other thing, and on and on) are working overtime.
Remember learning about the work that went into de-legitimizing the Women's Marches?
More than 4,000 miles away, organizations linked to the Russian government had assigned teams to the Women’s March. At desks in bland offices in St. Petersburg, using models derived from advertising and public relations, copywriters were testing out social media messages critical of the Women’s March movement, adopting the personas of fictional Americans.
They posted as Black women critical of white feminism, conservative women who felt excluded, and men who mocked participants as hairy-legged whiners. - NYT, Sept 22
The day after the World Said No to War, news article after article sold the story back to us that we didn't really DO anything because the USA was still bombing people. But everyone who was there remembers looking around and realizing no matter what the news tells us about our activism, we still care enough to show up for each other, and We Are Everywhere. With oppositional media framing everything as hopeless, depressing, alienating, etc, physically being with other people who give a fuck is not just good for politics, it's good for our mental health (or soul, if you're into that).
The Berkeley hippies were out! Made all the faces Vance with advanceblur.com 😂I wish I could still pretend that any of these protests mattered. At the end of the day everyone's going to vote Democrat and Republican again and none of it will matter, because both parties are beholden to the ultra-wealthy and rule as conservatives.
Why not keep your defeatism to yourself? Be part of the solution or stfu.
Because my parents are literally one flat tire away from homelessness, and the same people out here pretending to oppose oligarchy were perfectly content to have this country be pillaged when a Democrat was doing it.
But, fair enough. I'll leave my objections where they are and let you have your moment.
Fighting for your rights is sadly a constant battle. While these protests may not have an immediate impact, they show Trump and Republicans that there is growing discontent/anger.
There are already articles of RFJ Jr arguing Doge cut too many jobs, there are many Republicans afraid of the tariffs, Republicans are avoiding town halls, etc.
All of this is about public sentiment. While we may not all agree on everything, if enough of us agree Republicans are fucking up, they'll notice.
media coverage of protests is a positive step. Did not call anyone there antifa scum is another step.
