The resistance to Donald Trump took to the streets, parks and other public spaces May Day with a display of unity, diversity and urgency that reflected the depth of the threats to social justice posed by the president’s administration.
In Chicago, for example, hundreds of people took part in the Resist Reimagine Rebuild Chicago (https://www.facebook.com/R3Coalition/) (R3) coalition rally Monday morning. R3 consists of a wide range of organizations, including the local chapters of Black Lives Matter, Fight for 15, the Arab American Action Network and Jewish Voices for Peace.
“Our first meeting was pulled together right after the election of Donald Trump,” says Adom Getachew, a member of the Black Youth Project 100, also a part of the R3 coalition. “There was a deep sense of crisis in our communities, and a sense that we’ve been fighting on parallel tracks for a long time, and that the way we’re going to make a difference was by really thinking intersectionally.”
About 10 organizations showed up at that first meeting. There are now more than 30. On the anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the group had a public teach-in and “this is our follow-up to take that message into the streets,” according to Getachew.


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