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Reflections on DC: Promises and Pitfalls in the Anti-Trump Uprising
Dimaggio, Anthony
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/24/reflections-on-dc-promises-and-pitfalls-in-the-anti-trump-uprising/Date Written: 2017-01-24 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20334 The first mass protests of President Donald Trump represent a historic moment – one worth reflecting on so we can understand where we are and where we're going as a nation. Abstract: - Excerpt: I’ve heard some left dissidents criticize anti-Trump protesters for refusing to engage in radical disobedience via shutting down major traffic arteries in cities, and preferring instead to simply demonstrate and march along pre-planned routes. I completely understand the sentiment that civil disobedience is preferred to pre-planned "safe" marches, but this criticism largely misunderstands just how massive the DC protest was. Even if most demonstrators traveled to DC without the intent to block traffic and shut the city down, these outcomes were achieved nonetheless, simply due to the massive number of people saturating the downtown and the spillover outside the planned march route into adjacent streets. Subject Headings |