Two days before the swearing-in ceremony of America’s newly elected President Donald Trump, thousands of people gathered in the capital Washington DC and protested against his policies. Trump will take oath on January 20.
A group of non-profit bodies, including Sakhi for South Asian Survivors, protested against Trump’s policies here under the banner of ‘People’s March’. Showing anti-Trump (78) posts, the protesters raised slogans against the next President and his close supporters, including Tesla owner Elon Musk.
A similar protest took place during Trump’s inauguration ceremony in January 2017. The protest marches, which began in three different parks, ended near the Lincoln Memorial.
“Mass protests are the most effective way to show our communities that we are not already capitulating or succumbing to fascism,” the People’s March said. We invite them to do the same.”
The group’s members include Abortion Action Now, Time to Act, SisterSong, Women’s March, Popular Democracy in Action, Harriet’s Wildest Dreams, the Feminist Front, NOW, Planned Parenthood, National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, Sierra Club, and Frontline.
“We really support women, equality, immigration, everything that we feel like we don’t have much to say about right now,” Brittany Martinez, a protester, told USA TODAY.
