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Monday 30 January 2017

This is what democracy looks like (On our way to the airport ball)

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Inside of a derelict warehouse used as a makeshift shelter near Belgrade's main railway station By  @iandrej #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 27 January 2017

01-29-17 Protest at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport - Muslim Ban | by STLResist

Anti-Trump Protest against the Trump Executive Order issuing a ban on certain Muslim nations at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on January 29, 2017: photo by STL Resist, 29 January 2017

01-29-17 Protest at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport - Muslim Ban | by STLResist

Anti-Trump Protest against the Trump Executive Order issuing a ban on certain Muslim nations at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on January 29, 2017: photo by STL Resist, 29 January 2017

DC_20170129_06 | by Tracy Lee

No Muslim ban / Peace for Iran - protest and march from the White House to the US Capitol, January 29, 2017: photo by Tracy Lee, 29 January 2017

01-29-17 Protest at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport - Muslim Ban | by STLResist

Anti-Trump Protest aagainst the Trump Executive Order issuing a ban on certain Muslim nations at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on January 29, 2017: photo by STL Resist, 29 January 2017

01-29-17 Protest at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport - Muslim Ban | by STLResist

Anti-Trump Protest against the Trump Executive Order issuing a ban on certain Muslim nations at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on January 29, 2017: photo by STL Resist, 29 January 2017

01-29-17 Protest at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport - Muslim Ban | by STLResist 
Anti-Trump Protest against the Trump Executive Order issuing a ban on certain Muslim nations at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on January 29, 2017: photo by STL Resist, 29 January 2017
  
01-29-17 Protest at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport - Muslim Ban | by STLResist

Anti-Trump Protest against the Trump Executive Order issuing a ban on certain Muslim nations at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on January 29, 2017: photo by STL Resist, 29 January 2017

01-29-17 Protest at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport - Muslim Ban | by STLResist

 Anti-Trump Protest against the Trump Executive Order issuing a ban on certain Muslim nations at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on January 29, 2017: photo by STL Resist, 29 January 2017

01-29-17 Protest at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport - Muslim Ban | by STLResist 

Anti-Trump Protest against the Trump Executive Order issuing a ban on certain Muslim nations at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on January 29, 2017: photo by STL Resist, 29 January 2017

Anti-Trump Protest at MSP Airport | by koni-omegaman

Anti-Trump Protest at Minneapolis St. Paul airport. A protest against the ban on Muslims travelling legally in the United States and discrimination on the basis of religion at Minneapolis St. Paul International airport.: photo by koni-omegaman, 29 January 2017

Anti-Trump Protest at MSP Airport | by koni-omegaman

Anti-Trump Protest at Minneapolis St. Paul airport. A protest against the ban on Muslims travelling legally in the United States and discrimination on the basis of religion at Minneapolis St. Paul International airport.: photo by koni-omegaman, 29 January 2017


Protest ongoing. #NoBanNoWall #dtw: image via Matthew Desmond @matthewfdesmond, 29 January 2017


This is the protest right now at #DTW. It is 29 degrees and snowing - we will stand TOGETHER #MuslimBan #NoBanNoWall #TheResistance: image via Sarah @sjyuk3, 29 January 2017
 

2 comments:

Nora said...

I was at the airport on Saturday, and when folks started singing "This Land is Your Land," it was all that I could do to keep from crying.

Also, this made me cry. I'm like a water balloon these days.

TC said...


Nora,

That diptych's so apt. It's been getting about. It was in the two-thirds of this post that disappeared when the confused old person was looking away.

The tears, yes, who can stop them.

Iranian-American @LAX in tears over his brother's deportation after Trump's travel ban