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emeritrix<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PDX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PDX</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/114298796364300282" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/114298796364300282</a>

emeritrixI don't always agree with Sherry Wolf (or with anyone always, of course) but the comments below seem to me about right. In Portland, there were, by at least one count, 50,000 (so, proportionately a better turnout than NYC). Many were masked, and I appreciate all those protecting everyone's health in the crowd.I've heard that there are nationwide calls for further marches April 19 & May 1, but have not seen anything definite for PDX. There is, however, an upcoming meeting April 12 dedicated to building long-term alliances--not just mobilizing people to protest but organizing to gain positive changes. Portland Rising: The Power of Coalition from Jobs with Justice & others: Saturday, April 12, 2025 10:00 AM-12:00PM at P.A.T. Hall, 345 NE 8th Ave., Portland, OR 97232. Wheelchair accessible; Masks required and provided. <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/portland-rising-the-power-of-coalition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://actionnetwork.org/events/portland-rising-the-power-of-coalition</a>Important to remember also that in discussing 'nonviolent' protests, the violence generally comes from the police, so the peacefulness, some have suggested, comes from police having underestimated turnout (and thus being unprepared for encountering the crowd) or indifference to the actions of old white people likely to go home after the march. Sherry Wolf posts: 5 takeaways from April 5th in NYC: - 100,000 came out—mostly as individuals and not organized in groups, folks who don’t usually or ever protest on a day the city’s far left leadership was in DC for the massive Palestine protest there. Notably, thousands in NYC wore keffiyehs & carried signs about Gaza, it’s too intertwined with our national disaster to be scrubbed from an NYC protest - Multigenerational, but skewed whiter and a bit older than NYC overall, indicating both the silos we’re in and that it was disproportionately citizens who don’t fear deportation but loss of careers, social security, Medicare, etc. these were downwardly mobile middle- and working-class people with something to lose - The politically broad but hollow call to action—“Hands Off”— meant that the momentary vacuum could be filled by individuals or small groups putting forward chants and slogans for others, which is what I did on the march from the subway and later with union comrades for more than an hour outside the library raising explicitly anti-fascist, pro-trans and immigrant and unite and fight type chants and got tens of thousands to vigorously take them up while marching past; others did this along the way, too! - Leftists need to learn what a united front means in practice—the denunciations online of the vacuousness of a “Hands Off” call are unhelpful; possibly 1 million people nationally turned out because they’re scared and want to find a way to fight—we need to put forward and fight for political positions inside these formations, not denounce them - Mass actions raise the prospect of mass strikes; union leaders need to start organizing strike calls with Black, queer and immigrant groups—days of action, walk-ins, walkouts, rolling strikes—which can’t be summoned the same way as a call to action in a moment of extreme fear rage.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandOr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PortlandOr</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PDX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PDX</a>

Voting is Your POWERANONYMOUS Speaks on the Protests <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anonymous</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/april5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#april5th</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1jst1uc/comment/mlp0e68/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1jst1uc/comment/mlp0e68/</a>

Jude JacksonProtesters denounced Trump’s fascist attacks on workers, immigrants, social benefits, and democratic rights.The political meaning of the April 5 mass protests against Trump - World Socialist Web Site<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5th</a><a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/07/fpwl-a07.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/07/fpwl-a07.html</a>

50501 - The People’s MovementOn April 5, 5.2 million people across the country stood up to say HANDS OFF our democracy.We are committed to building our peaceful People’s Movement and achieving 3.5% participation. History shows that when just 3.5% of the population engages in sustained, peaceful resistance—transformative change is inevitable.Follow to join our Movement, and save the date for our next national day of action on April 19th. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/50501movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#50501movement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeoplesMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeoplesMovement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FiftyFiftyOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FiftyFiftyOne</a> #50501 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a>

nanowizI'm reading an estimated 5 million people showed up to protest the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/mumpregime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mumpregime</a>To the 20 million Americans who voted in 2020 but didn't vote in 2024, you actually did vote. You're non-vote was a vote for this crap!Lest you want to wake up in the New North Korea, your presence is requested in the streets! sustained protest by 3 to 4% of this country stops this Shite<a href="https://bigthink.com/the-present/the-3-5-percent-solution/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bigthink.com/the-present/the-3-5-percent-solution/</a><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsoff</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/april5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#april5</a>

nanowizso much creativity - I love it That's how we Do! That's American. Expressing ourselveskind of felt like yesterday was a mental health day! a lot of people voiced that openly! not those exact words but ... <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsoff</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/handsoffprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsoffprotests</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/april5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#april5</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/create" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#create</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/protestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protestart</a>

BongolianApril 5: Millions Take to the Streets for a National Day of Action<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/april5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#april5</a> $<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/demonstration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demonstration</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheContrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheContrarian</a> <a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/april-5-millions-take-to-the-streets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://contrarian.substack.com/p/april-5-millions-take-to-the-streets</a>

Don BurnsideGood morning. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> was a lot, but in the most spectacular ways! Y’all have no idea the power of a car horn over a group of thousands walking in the street, or the boos and middle fingers as we walked passed our local Fox affiliate. So. Great!Today is riding bikes and a few outside chores. After I hit the journal, and possibly the blog. Do the thing. Get outside. Listen. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phoenix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phoenix</a>

Petra van Cronenburg<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> in pictures: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/apr/05/anti-trump-hands-off-worldwide-protests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/apr/05/anti-trump-hands-off-worldwide-protests</a> showing the amazing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creativity</a> of the protests."When you have a popular-resistance strategy and an effective legislative strategy, it wins more than two-thirds of the time.": <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/trump-hands-off-protest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/trump-hands-off-protest</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocracyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyMatters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fightFascism</a>

DonninaPower to the people!<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vance</a>

Andy<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RMOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RMOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> More UK coverage from Sky News. At the end of this report Trump’s press secretary unsurprisingly claims Trump isn’t listening. Maybe not, but the rest of the world is. The fact Trump may attempt to modify the system in order to extend his presidential term (journalistically known as “pulling a Putin”) is a massive red flag. Consequently, these protests are very important and really do count… <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-protest-against-trump-and-musk-at-rallies-in-every-us-state-13343002" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-protest-against-trump-and-musk-at-rallies-in-every-us-state-13343002</a>

TomThe Comice pear, the oldest Gravenstein apple, an early blooming peach grown from seed, and the Harcot Apricot. I saw quite a few apricots blooming when I was out and about today. The Japanese type plum here is a couple of warm days away from starting to bloom and it doesn't look like it's died much more. It's more than 50 years old.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrowYourOwn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#orchard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FruitTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FruitTrees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apricots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apricots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pears</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apples</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarcotApricot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarcotApricot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComicePear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComicePear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GravensteinApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GravensteinApple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeachBlossom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeachBlossom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a>

David RuffnerI took part in the Hands Off march in NYC today. My favorite part was the occasional, massive cheers that swept through the crowd. <a href="https://raphus.social/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsoff</a> <a href="https://raphus.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://raphus.social/tags/april5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#april5</a> <a href="https://raphus.social/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nyc</a>

Don BurnsideLots of people out for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> protests in Phoenix, Arizona. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a>

Alexander KarnThey will minimize it. Mock it. Insist there’s no point. But we know. Next round on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/May1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#May1</a>. If everyone who protested today brings one more person…BOOM. 💥<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RMOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RMOL</a>

Andy<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/antiTrumpProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiTrumpProtest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/President" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#President</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/antitrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antitrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RMOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RMOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/handsoff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsoff2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/antitrumpprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antitrumpprotests</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> If the protesters decide to take a tour of the Capitol building and make a few interior design modifications, I’m sure Trump won’t mind. He pardoned the people that did it on January 6, 2021.<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/make-democracy-great-again-thousands-protest-against-trump-at-rallies-in-every-us-state-13343002" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.sky.com/story/make-democracy-great-again-thousands-protest-against-trump-at-rallies-in-every-us-state-13343002</a>

Alexander Karn<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Syracuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syracuse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>Photo by N. Scott Trimble.

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