Black People Politics : Your guide to post-inauguration demonstrations, marches and protests - March For Our Lives

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Why the Women’s March may be the start of a serious social movement

... In other words, the Women’s March movement has something that Black Lives Matter and Occupy haven’t been able to harness (although the LGBT movement did): crosscutting mainstream appeal to the moderate and the wealthy. People who didn’t feel threatened didn’t mobilize for Black Lives Matter or Occupy, leaving those movements isolated in society at large; but those moderate and wealthy people feel threatened now, ready to go into the streets for principles they hold dear ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rious-social-movement/?utm_term=.bd9eefb7714c

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Women from Iowa City gather near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21 for the Women’s March on Washington. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post)


By Emily Kalah Gade January 30 at 8:00 AM



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Healey, other AGs condemn Trump order as ‘un-American

Attorney General Maura Healey on Sunday joined 15 other state attorneys general in condemning President Trump’s executive order on immigration as “un-American” and “unlawful.”

“As the chief legal officers for over 130 million Americans and foreign residents of our states, we condemn President Trump’s unconstitutional, un-American and unlawful executive order and will work together to ensure the federal government obeys the Constitution, respects our history as a nation of immigrants, and does not unlawfully target anyone because of their national origin or faith,” the joint statement said ...

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By Felice Belman GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 29, 2017


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Resistance Report: Wave of protests planned for Presidents’ Day and congressional recess


... PRESIDENTS’ DAY PROTESTS

Protests in New York, D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles have been called for Presidents’ Day, starting at noon Eastern time. Follow Yahoo News’ live blog for a taste of the action. These “Not My President’s Day” protests are billed as peaceful rallies, with agendas specific to their areas ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/resistan...s-day-and-congressional-recess-151630848.html

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A sign protesting “President Bannon” is seen in San Francisco. (Photo: Courtesy @BannonThe45th)





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Garance Franke-Ruta
Senior Politics Editor
Yahoo! News
February 20, 2017


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NATIONAL SCHOOL WALKOUT: Thousands of students rally in solidarity to end gun violence


EMILY SHAPIRO
Good Morning America


Thousands of high school students, many still far from voting age, are streaming out of schools across the country today to protest against gun violence in the wake of last month’s mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/students-...al-school-080304432--abc-news-topstories.html
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PHOTO: Students from Harvest Collegiate High School stand in Washington Square Park, March 14, 2018, in New York to take part in a national walkout to protest gun violence, one month after the shooting in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed. (Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

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PHOTO: Students rally in front of the White House in Washington, March 14, 2018. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

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PHOTO: Young people participate in the National School Walkout over gun violence at a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2018. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/REX/Shutterstock)



 
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These Are The Biggest Marches In U.S. History


Jenna Amatulli

HuffPost

These student survivors and others affected by gun violence have also spearheaded the “March for Our Lives,” a demonstration in Washington, D.C., to show lawmakers the sheer volume of Americans in favor of gun control. Participation in Saturday’s protest is expected to reach well into the thousands, continuing our tradition of banding together to prove a point, share our thoughts or plead a case to our government ...


https://www.yahoo.com/news/biggest-marches-u-history-210453951.html

March for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C., 1963
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(NBC via Getty Images)

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