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David Smith in Washington

‘We’re still in this fight’: the resistance to Trump considers its options after bruising election defeat

Thousands of protesters fill the street in front of the US Capitol.
The Women’s March on 21 January 2017, the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated for his first term. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

LA Kauffman remembers the day hundreds of thousands of women, men and children marched in the streets of Washington. “If you’ve never been in a crowd that large, it’s hard to convey how powerful the feeling is of standing together with so many people who share your goals and that feeling of community and connection,” says the political organiser, activist and author.

The Women’s March, held the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, was the biggest single-day protest in US history until the demonstrations that erupted after the police murder of George Floyd three years later. Both were among the most spectacular examples of “the resistance” to Trump’s first term as president.

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