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ROME RESISTS DONALD TRUMP

 
On Tuesday, May 23
rd, 2017, a few USC4P&J members participated in the “Rome Resists (Trump)” event organized by AEPC, Women's March and Democrats Abroad, on the occasion of Donald Trump's first trip abroad and first visit to Italy.

 
Here is the newspaper
Repubblica's account of Tuesday's event,
(Click
twice on the article to enlarge it.)

 

 
As can be seen
from this video, Tuesday's (authorized) demo was lively and tranquil:


 

 
The next day, a handful of Rete NoWar-Roma activists attempted an unauthorized protest, displaying signs, critical of Trump, along the path of his motorcade. They were blocked by the police and two activists were hauled off to the local police station, where one of them, Marinella, was
banned from Rome for one year, with a “foglio di via. The activist doing the shouting, Marco, was threatened with a similar fate.

The name that Marco calls out repeatedly, in this video, is Aldo Capitini, a man often compared to Gandhi since he founded and theorized “non violent resistance” in Italy.
See  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Capitini
 


 


 
Photos of the May 23rd evening protest, courtesy of Gene Rizzo (thanks, Gene!).
Just click on any of them
to enlarge it!
Then click again to enlarge it even more!*

*Pinpoint, with your cursor, the specific area to enlarge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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