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

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

protest sign rally politics Trump
Photo: © Hayley Rutger/stock.adobe.com

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.


Free America Walkout


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.”

Multimedia

 




Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

Latest News

college football
Football

ACC Football: Four games on Friday night slate in Week 2 action

michael vick
UVA Football

UVA Football: Tony Elliott fanboys over dogkiller Michael Vick, to his, and our, shame

The last pit bull to escape the dogfighting operation run by Michael Vick, the Virginia Tech and NFL alum who is in Year 2 as the head coach at Norfolk State, crossed over to the other side of the rainbow bridge in 2021.

usps united states post office mail carrier mailbox
Trump's America

Warner, Kaine sign on to effort to challenge USPS takeover of mail-in ballots

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have joined a large group of lawmakers in the filing of a legal brief with the Supreme Court in a case challenging the legality of a U.S. Postal Service effort to control the flow of mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterms.

school classroom
Local

Waynesboro gets small, almost nothing, grant from state for school security

beth macy ben cline
Trump's America

Ben Cline goes solo, as planned, at Salem Rotary Club event: Where’s the beef?

uva football entrance
UVA Football

UVA Football: Breakdown of the depth chart for Week 2 game with Norfolk State

Isiah D. Crawford
Local

Waynesboro: Teen held on charges related to shooting at Sunset Park