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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang, Dharna Noor and Adria R Walker

As Trump is inaugurated, activists ask: is there any point in mass protest?

row of people hold up cameras against giant blimp of orange cartoon man with yellow hair
A cartoon baby blimp of Donald Trump is flown in protest against his visit, in London, England, in 2018. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Prominent leftwing activists across the US say a second Trump administration demands new tactics to achieve their goals, amid expectations the huge protests that marked both the Biden and first Trump presidencies won’t materialize in the same way.

As many as 4.6 million people attended Women’s Day marches in the US the day after Donald Trump’s first inauguration. The Saturday before Trump was inaugurated for a second time, thousands turned out in Washington DC and in cities around the country as part of the People’s March, this year’s version of the Women’s March – though the turnout was much smaller than in 2017.

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