On the eve of Trump's inauguration, thousands rally in Washington against his policies
Thousands took part in the “People’s March” in protest of the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington on Saturday. The march included members of civil rights and social justice groups who campaign on issues like abortion access, climate change, the need for better protections against gun violence and immigrant rights.
Issued on: 18/01/2025 -
Thousands took part in the “People’s March” in protest of the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington on Saturday. The march included members of civil rights and social justice groups who campaign on issues like abortion access, climate change, the need for better protections against gun violence and immigrant rights.
Issued on: 18/01/2025 -
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Protestors rallying in opposition to the incoming Trump administration's policy objectives attend the "People's March on Washington" on January 18, 2025.
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Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Washington on Saturday in protest at the policies of Donald Trump and his Republican Party, two days before the billionaire reclaims the Oval Office.
The “People’s March” has been organized by a collective of civil rights and social justice groups, including the team behind the Women’s March, which drew hundreds of thousands of people to the US capital in the wake of Trump’s first inauguration in 2017.
Participants are highlighting a range of issues which they say are under attack from Trump and his party’s leaders, including abortion access, climate change, the need for better protections against gun violence, and immigrant rights.
Colorful signs and plenty of pink pussy hats—a throwback to the 2017 event—dotted the crowd in downtown Washington, which gathered at three parks before converging for a march to the Lincoln Memorial for a rally.
“These laws endanger our lives. Women are dying,” said demonstrator Aisha Becker-Burrowes, who was barely audible over the crowd’s chants of “My body, my choice.”
Susan Dutwells, a 60-year-old who came from Florida with her daughter to protest, said she was “scared” and “angry” about Trump’s return to office.
“So many people are voting against their own interests. I don’t understand it,” Dutwells told AFP.
Another protester, Carine—a 40-year-old who came from Arizona and declined to give her last name—said she was afraid of what might happen during Trump’s second term but was committed to remaining engaged.
“I’m trying to remain hopeful. It feels very good to be surrounded with so many people. I’ll continue the fight back home,” she told AFP, adding that it was her first time protesting in the US capital.
Sarah Kong, a 31-year-old psychiatrist who came from Colorado with her mother to participate, echoed Carine’s nervous optimism.
“This is my first time marching. And I want to do this again. I feel motivated, stimulated by all these people. I have faith in the future, even though I’m scared,” Kong said.
“These are important times.”
Sister marches were planned nationwide, including in New York.
The catch-all march was unfolding after Trump’s incoming “border czar” Tom Homan told Fox News that a “big raid” would be carried out across the country shortly after Trump takes the oath of office on Monday.
Trump, who defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election, is returning to the White House for a second term. He has vowed swift action to deport millions of undocumented migrants upon taking office.
(AFP)
Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Washington on Saturday in protest at the policies of Donald Trump and his Republican Party, two days before the billionaire reclaims the Oval Office.
The “People’s March” has been organized by a collective of civil rights and social justice groups, including the team behind the Women’s March, which drew hundreds of thousands of people to the US capital in the wake of Trump’s first inauguration in 2017.
Participants are highlighting a range of issues which they say are under attack from Trump and his party’s leaders, including abortion access, climate change, the need for better protections against gun violence, and immigrant rights.
Colorful signs and plenty of pink pussy hats—a throwback to the 2017 event—dotted the crowd in downtown Washington, which gathered at three parks before converging for a march to the Lincoln Memorial for a rally.
“These laws endanger our lives. Women are dying,” said demonstrator Aisha Becker-Burrowes, who was barely audible over the crowd’s chants of “My body, my choice.”
Susan Dutwells, a 60-year-old who came from Florida with her daughter to protest, said she was “scared” and “angry” about Trump’s return to office.
“So many people are voting against their own interests. I don’t understand it,” Dutwells told AFP.
Another protester, Carine—a 40-year-old who came from Arizona and declined to give her last name—said she was afraid of what might happen during Trump’s second term but was committed to remaining engaged.
“I’m trying to remain hopeful. It feels very good to be surrounded with so many people. I’ll continue the fight back home,” she told AFP, adding that it was her first time protesting in the US capital.
Sarah Kong, a 31-year-old psychiatrist who came from Colorado with her mother to participate, echoed Carine’s nervous optimism.
“This is my first time marching. And I want to do this again. I feel motivated, stimulated by all these people. I have faith in the future, even though I’m scared,” Kong said.
“These are important times.”
Sister marches were planned nationwide, including in New York.
The catch-all march was unfolding after Trump’s incoming “border czar” Tom Homan told Fox News that a “big raid” would be carried out across the country shortly after Trump takes the oath of office on Monday.
Trump, who defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election, is returning to the White House for a second term. He has vowed swift action to deport millions of undocumented migrants upon taking office.
(AFP)
January 18, 2025
People attend the “People’s March on Washington” ahead of the presidential inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, US, Jan 18. — Reuters
Several thousand people, mostly women, gathered in Washington on Saturday to protest US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, with some wearing the pink hats that marked the much larger protest against his first inauguration in 2017.
In Franklin Park, one of three kickoff locations for the “People’s March” that will wind through downtown, protesters gathered in light rain to rally for gender justice and bodily autonomy.
Other protesters gathered at two other parks near the White House, with one group focused on democracy and immigration and another on local Washington issues, before heading toward the march’s final gathering at the Lincoln Memorial. Police cars, with sirens on, drove between the kickoff locations.
Protests against Trump’s inauguration are much smaller than in 2017, in part because the US women’s rights movement fractured after Trump defeated US Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
Vendors hawked buttons that said “#MeToo” and “Love trumps Hate”, and sold People’s March flags for $10. Demonstrators carried posters that read “Feminists v Fascists” and “People over Politics”.
“It’s really healing to be here with all of you today in solidarity and togetherness, in the face of what’s going to be some really horrible extremism,” Mini Timmaraju, the head of advocacy group Reproductive Freedom for All, told the crowd as events kicked off.
She said the good news was that abortion rights remain popular despite Trump’s win, leading a chant of “We are the majority!”
Reproductive groups joined civil rights, environment and other women’s groups in organising the march against Trump and his agenda as he prepares to take office on Monday.
Trump won all seven battleground states and the popular vote in November’s election
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