Source: TomDispatch
by Frida Berrigan
“‘It is pretty wild how you can make someone mad by just holding a sign,’ my 18-year-old Ro told me, as an irate driver peeled out of the intersection, shaking both his middle fingers at us but managing not to hit us. Phew! Ro was right. It didn’t take much to turn a perpetually busy intersection in New London, Connecticut, into a discussion forum on presidential overreach, cruelty, and immigration politics — with all the excesses, including those fingers, of the Age of Trump. In fact, all it took was four of us, four signs, and a little midday coordination. Oh, and some noise makers! Our signs said: ‘New London cares about our neighbors’ and ‘ICE Not Welcome’ and two versions of ‘Vecinos, no tienen que abrirle la puerta a ICE’ (translation: ‘Neighbors, you do not have to open the door to ICE’).” (03/10/25)