MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
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Almost 600 arrested at Washington protest over Trump immigration policy
By artappraiser on Fri, 06/29/2018 - 2:50am |By Ed Pilkington @ TheGuardian.com, June 28 with videos & photos
Nearly 600 protesters, mostly women, were arrested on Thursday after they staged a non-violent action in the heart of a US Senate office building in Washington against Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy towards immigrants and separation of families at the border.
The mass protest was one of several demonstrations that erupted across the country, providing a taste of what are expected to be much larger demonstrations on Saturday called by the Women’s March and the Center for Popular Democracy Action. The rallies are likely to get a further boost as a result of the announcement on Wednesday by Anthony Kennedy that he is retiring from the US supreme court, providing Trump with the chance to make a second ultra-conservative appointment to the nation’s highest court and prompting fears of a rollback of liberal protections [....]
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/28/us-immigration-protest-trump-washington-senate
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