The Anti-Trump ‘Resistance' Turns a Year Old — and Grows Up
This weekend, the anniversary of Trump's inauguration and the massive Women's March that followed, there will be more marches
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The pink "pussy hat" is in a museum collection, protesters have left the airports and George Orwell's "1984" has fallen back off the best-seller list.
But the energy behind the anti-Donald Trump protests that exploded a year ago, which turned everything from T-shirts to yoga into a form of political "resistance," has started to shape into a surprisingly sophisticated political force ahead of November's midterm elections, NBC News reported.
"Last year we marched and we resisted and we organized and now we're going to bring that collective power to the polls," said Bob Bland, co-chair of the Women's March. "Moving into 2018, we need to look beyond just 'resistance.'"
This weekend, the anniversary of Trump's inauguration and the massive Women's March that followed, there will be more marches — 389 are planned around the world. But organizers this year are more focused on a new political effort dubbed PowerToThePolls, which aims to register 1 million voters and will kick off Sunday in Las Vegas.
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Protesters make their way through the streets of London during the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017 in London, England.
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Demonstrators make their way through the streets of London during the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017 in London, England.
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Some 30 people joined the global Women's March from Antarctica. Linda Zunas tweeted photos of the march from the seventh continent, with demonstrators holding signs reading "Penguins March for Peace" from Paradise Bay, Antarctica, on Jan. 21, 2016.
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Demonstrators carrying banners and placards take part in a Women's March rally next to the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Demonstrators make their way during the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Thousands of people march on 42nd street during the Women's March on January 21, 2017 in New York City. The Midtown Manhattan event was one of many nationwide that came a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
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Activists hold a banner that reads "Women's March against Fascism" during the Women's March rally in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Thousands of people march up Queen Street on Jan. 21, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. The marches in New Zealand were organized to show solidarity with those marching on Washington D.C. and around the world.
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A demonstrator participates in a Women's March Saturday Jan. 21, 2017 in Philadelphia.
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Activists participate in the Women's March rally in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside the U.S. embassy in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv against President Donald Trump, mirroring worldwide demonstrations to mark his first full day in office, on Jan. 21, 2017.
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Demonstrators chant as they arrive in Trafalgar Square during the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017 in London, England.
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Demonstrators fill the streets of downtown Los Angeles as they gather for the Women's March Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Demonstrators take part in the Melbourne women's rights rally on Jan. 21, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Demonstrators make their way from the iamsterdam statue in front of the Rijksmuseum towards US Consulate during the Women's March held at Museumplein on Jan. 21, 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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A marcher holds a sign during the women's march rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Crowds gather for The Women's March on Main covered by The IMDb Studio during The 2017 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 21, 2017 in Park City, Utah.
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A woman wearing a USA flag as her headscarf attends a rally for women's rights and freedom in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington in front of Brandenburger Tor on Jan. 21, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
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TV and radio host Alison Mau joins thousands of people marching up Queen Street on Jan. 21, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. The marches in New Zealand were organized to show solidarity with those marching on Washington D.C. and around the world in defense of women's rights and human rights.
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A young girl holds a "women's rights are human rights" sign at Roadhouse BBQ restaurant where many of the Bangkok Women's March participants gathered on Jan. 21, 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Demonstrators take part in the Melbourne rally to protest against the Trump Inauguration on Jan. 21, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. The marches in Australia were organized to show solidarity with those marching on Washington D.C. and around the world.
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Demonstrators participate in the March In Defense Of Women's Rights outside of the Music Farm on Jan. 21, 2017, in Columbia, South Carolina. The event was one of hundreds of rallies and marches in more than 20 different countries inspired by the Women's March in the nation's capital.
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Demonstrators join the march for women's rights in Brussels, Belgium.
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Hundreds of thousands of people assemble on the National Mall during the Women's March on Washington Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
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Kate Weigel, right, of Brewer, Massachusetts, cheers as participants start marching during a women's march in New York, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Jennifer Beals, Chelsea Handler and Charlize Theron participates in the Women's March on Main Street Park City on Jan. 21, 2017 in Park City, Utah.
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Cher arrives for the Women's March on Washington on Independence Ave. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington.
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Demonstrators gathered in Des Moines, Iowa, in solidarity with the hundreds of sister marches happening across the United States on Jan. 21, 2017.
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Women march from Syntagma Square to the U.S. embassy in Athens, Greece, during the Women's March against the new U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greece, Jan. 21, 2017.
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Demonstrators gather on Boston Common during the Boston Women's March for America on Jan. 21, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Protesters listen to speeches in Trafalgar Square, London, after taking part in a march to promote women's rights in the wake of the US election result on Jan. 21, 2017.
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Protesters cheer at the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. embassy on Jan. 21, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. Simultaneous demonstrations were staged, mainly by women, in many different countries.
