DoomsdaysCW<p>Some scenes from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AugustaME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AugustaME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> rally (not my images -- from the Kennebec Journal) </p><p>by Hannah Kaufman, Kennebec Journal</p><p>AUGUSTA — "By about 2:20 p.m., the protest in Augusta had effectively ended, but for a smaller group, the march continued, with some making their third and fourth laps around the block.<br>Organizers had intended the march to take place on the sidewalk, but the width of Capitol Street was filled with a throng of protesters shortly before 2 p.m.</p><p>"Vivian Myers-Jones, a protester from New Brunswick, Canada, said an organizer estimated 3,000 people were at the protest during its peak.</p><p>"Several students from Bates College in Lewiston said they came to Augusta to protest in support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>. One student, Dylan, said action on the Israel-Hamas war is overdue.</p><p>"'We’ve been seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes for years now, and it’s overdue that people are doing something,' he said. 'We’ve been trying to make change, and I think some people are being shocked into action now, which is good to see.'</p><p>"Another student, Robert, said it’s important to exercise the right to protest.<br>'We’re fighting to continue fighting — about Palestine, about everything that’s going on in this country,' he said. <br>It’s important that we come together now.'"</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/live-updates-mainers-rally-throughout-the-state-to-protest-trump-policies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2025/04/05/liv</span><span class="invisible">e-updates-mainers-rally-throughout-the-state-to-protest-trump-policies/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.md/k03Q5#selection-2017.0-2018.1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.md/k03Q5#selection-201</span><span class="invisible">7.0-2018.1</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatElon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOffOurRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffOurRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FASCISTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FASCISTS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoTaxBreaksForTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoTaxBreaksForTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberBarons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeportOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeportOligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachImperialImbeciles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachImperialImbeciles</span></a></p>