I’m sure you’ve seen the local news coverage, social media posts about the massively successful April 5 #handsoff protests around Iowa, the country and even other countries. Here is a look at the crowd in Iowa City. First video is a view of the crowd. 2nd video speaker from Food and Water Watch, Jennifer Breon calling out IA-01 Representative Millelr-Meeks and getting the crowd involved. The following four videos are of Democratic Senate Leader Janice Weiner’s inspiring remarks.
If you didn’t get out, there is another mass action planned for April 19.
See you on April 19!
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Thank you. I enjoyed these photos of #Handsoff signs at Iowa protests. However, in all Iowa #Handsoff coverage I’ve seen, I didn’t see signs about what Trump and Musk are doing to the environment. I really hope future Iowa protests will have such signs. Trump and Musk are waging a major campaign against water, air, soil, biodiversity, and planetary life support systems in general, and I suspect many Iowans have no idea how much destruction is being unleashed.
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There were a few. And Food and Water Watch gave remarks. But you’re right, almost all of the signs were about other issues. Next national protest is April 19. Come along, invite friends and bring “Trump and Musk are hurting our environment” signs!
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I spent quite a bit of my adult life working on environmental issues. I was at one protest and I agree few, if any, signs on environment, climate, clean water, etc. I was on a Substack where there was disagreement about whether there should be an agreement on 3 or 5 issues that should be emphasized at the April 19 protests. I wanted to encourage sustained, expanded, long-term protests, rather than making sure every issue was represented.
In a way. Let the marketplace of protests proceed. If the signs reflect what is closest to their hearts and on top of their minds, the most important fact is…they protested.
I want to encourage people to conserve natural resources. for protests, I want people to conserve energy. We will have 3 and 1/2 years of protests; maybe 18 months of more intensive. Most important than making sure every issue is covered, is the sustainability of protests.
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Agree.
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Per the last two comments, that’s very fair. My real concern is that in the huge avalanche of Trump awfulness, many Iowans aren’t even aware of what is being done to the environment because that is getting far less coverage (from stressed and shrinking news media) than other issues. Thank you for clarifying (I think) that if protesters do make the effort to show up, the protesters can carry whatever anti-Trump messages we most want to convey.
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I agree about the lack of media and state legislative attention to all things environment/climate. I wish there were a group of several legislators who would create a kind of shadow govt. and weekly offer legislative proposals and critiques of Reynolds. And to respond to year round legislative problems or crises. Legislators still have megaphones, even if they are in the minority.
thanks for responding.
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