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Protesters across America are planning to take a stand against the Trump Administration on Labor Day, with an emphasis on supporting the “workers” of the nation and resisting the “billionaire takeover.”
In what has become somewhat of a trend on U.S. public holidays this year—thousands of protesters attended demonstrations on Independence Day—activists are set to take to the streets in their respective cities.
President Donald Trump has previously taken a strong stance against people protesting him and his Administration. On June 14, as the President held a national military parade in Washington, D.C., people gathered for counter-action, attending “No Kings” protests to “reject authoritarianism.” Ahead of the demonstrations in D.C., Trump had warned “people that want to protest will be met with big force,” saying participants are “people that hate our country.”
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But the warning has seemingly done little to deter people from exercising their right to protest, as a series of events are planned for Labor Day, which falls on Sept. 1 this year.
Here’s what to know:
“Workers Over Billionaires” demonstrations
The action network May Day Strong is continuing the movement it launched in May by organizing Workers Over Billionaires protests for Sept. 1, in an effort to “stop the billionaire takeover.”
The group describes itself as a network of “working people rising up to stop the billionaire takeover–not just through the ballot box or the courts, but through building a bigger and stronger movement.”
May Day Strong has dozens of partners to help initiate its call, with protests planned among “thousands of communities across the country.”
One such partner is the grassroots movement 50501, which stands for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 day.” 50501 held its first demonstrations in February, in response to what the group claims are “anti-democratic and illegal
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