Three Stories of Everyday People Taking a Stand
Three stories of hope from the picket lines this week
Before we hop into the story of hope, this week, there are 1700+ protests. 1187 of these will take place on July 17—Good Trouble Lives On.
Find a protest below or read more about July 17 HERE.
📝 LIST of protests
🗺️ MAP of protests
Also, we have good news from the courts. Today, U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera sided with the press against the LAPD’s use of force against reporters. Read more HERE.
Onto the stories and happy dissenting.
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NO KINGS—CHICAGO
Though a few weeks have passed, photographs of No Kings Day continue to stream in. These two comes from Ellen in Chicago, IL. Seventy-five thousand people gathered that day, marching past Trump Hotel & Tower.
Join us for the next national processed—Good Trouble Lives—six days away. Learn more HERE.
TRIANGLE BRIDGES TO FREEDOM
If you had driven through Durham, NC last week, you would have witnessed one of the largest overpass protests to date. Hundreds of protesters gathered on 28 bridges to take a stand. On foot bridges and overpasses, they waved flags and held banners. An estimated 4,000 plus vehicles passed during the two hour demonstration.
Bridge protests are excellent high-visibility demonstrations that can be carried out by a handful of protesters. Watch videos and read the article
or HERE.
ONLY THE PEOPLE CAN SAVE THE PEOPLE
Roving groups of ICE agents carrying M4 carbines capable of firing hundreds of rounds per minute have become common place in neighborhoods, parks, and shopping districts in California.
In response, grassroots organizations are standing with their neighbors. NorCal Resist provides groceries, brake light repair, and court accompaniment. Unión del Barrio maintains an ICE tip line as well as patrol. Their work was recently featured in the New Yorker. Outside of Alligator Auschwitz in Florida, protests persist.
These efforts are not led by politicians or celebrities, but everyday people.
SUSHI SERVED WITH A SIDE OF DISSENT
When Vice President Vance rolled into University Heights, he was met not with ginger and rice, but shouts and boos. On Monday, dozens gathered outside of a North Park sushi restaurant in San Diego, CA. Watch the video HERE.
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Hi! I appreciate your work very much. I want to ask that you not refer to the prison in Florida as "Alligator Alcatraz," but rather, by its more accurate title "the concentration camp in the Everglades." MAGA calls it Alligator Alcatraz because it somehow makes it sound like a child's toy; alligators are cute and tourist attractions; Alcatraz, too, is a tourist attraction. And when Alcatraz functioned, it was a prison for people who had been convicted of horrible crimes through some kind of due process. The concentration camp in the Everglades is a concentration camp, where people will be sent without due process, who by definition will not have committed crimes -- because in the US we are supposed to be presumed innocent unless convicted. It is a concentration camp; please call it that!
I'll be protesting in Encinitas, CA in our GOOD TROUBLE demonstration. Thanks for the reporting from elsewhere.