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May Day demonstrations span coast to coast in ‘50501’ anti-Trump protests
Thousands of people attended May Day protests across the country Thursday in response to the Trump administration’s controversial moves against immigrants and federal workers over its first 100 days.
Scores of people filled the streets in cities including Los Angeles, New York City, Denver, Chicago and Washington, DC, for May Day – or International Workers’ Day – to protest what they call an assault on immigrants, workers and students exercising their right to free speech.
The protests are organized under the banner of the “50501” movement – short for 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement – which states it supports “the fight to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach.”
“Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom – on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself,” the movement’s website says. “This May Day we are fighting back. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes – public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market politics.”
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There were thousands who marched in Tucson, us amongst them. I was afraid that my back wouldn't hold out. And it didn't. But I didn't let it stop me. I'd been resting up all day to save my energy for the march. I'm feeling it today. And I can rest all day today to recover, so it was a small price to pay. I have another Radiofrequency Ablation treatment on Monday.
Just being part of a huge group of sane people... American patriots who want to stop this authoritarian takeover of our country... was invigorating enough to keep me putting one foot in front of another.
This is so much different than the rallies and marches of Trump's first term, or of the Bush Gulf War. There's a feeling that these things aren't going to stop running through every crowd this time. Everyone we talk to says they are going to keep coming to these as long as they keep organizing them. There was a huge police presence. We saw their staging area and a couple dozen officers milling around with absolutely nothing to do. It was all completely peaceful.
I wonder how long before Trump's Gestapo starts yanking off the street and deporting peaceful protesters?
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