Free America Walkout: Group organizes protests on one-year anniversary of Trump’s return

Readers have asked if there are any local Free America Walkout events on the schedule for Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of the return of Donald Trump to the White House.

Not close by – but the website for Women’s March, which is spearheading the walkouts, has events in Virginia in Clifton Forge, Culpeper, Floyd, Richmond and Williamsburg, along with several in Northern Virginia.

All of the events are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

There are also virtual walkout events that you can join online beginning at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

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Free America Walkout

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Women’s March, you would know, was the group behind the Women’s March on Washington in 2017.

“One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: ICE raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, families torn apart, attacks on our trans siblings, mass surveillance, and terror used to keep us silent. It is time for our communities to escalate as well,” the group said in a message on its website.

“On January 20 at 2 p.m. local time, we will walk out of work, school, and commerce. We will withhold our labor, our participation, and our consent. A free America begins the moment we refuse to cooperate. This is not a request. This is a rupture. This is a protest and a promise. In the face of fascism, we will be ungovernable.”