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Opinion: Citizens Bank must divest from Trump’s cruelty
Sometimes it feels like we are being sprayed daily by a firehose of corruption, lies, incompetence, cruelty, rule-breaking, ignorance and delusion by President Trump and his administration. It…
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Sing in peaceful resistance: ICE out Vt. Alliance mobilizing in St. Albans on May 8
Vermonters organize a ‘Beautiful Resistance’ and invite others to join them in St. Albans on May 8. ‘We sing because song is an antidote to fear.’
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Rally sets bar high for U.S. presidents
An estimated 45 residents of Bristol and neighboring towns gathered at the Bristol Green on Presidents Day.
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Locals cited in ICE protest
Four Addison County residents were among 11 peaceful protestors arrested for criminal trespass on Monday after refusing to leave the Department of Homeland Security office building in Willison.
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Locals show solidarity with immigrant community amid ICE activity
As the number of recent arrests, detentions and acts of violence by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials climbs across the country, local citizens are joining Americans across…
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Vermonters to join a national day of protest
Vermonters are expected to show up in large numbers this Saturday to take part in “No Kings Day 2.”
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Labor Day celebration and activism join hands on Bristol Town Green
On Monday, Sept. 1, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., the Bristol Town Green will see a combination of families, activists and workers celebrating Labor Day.
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Saying it out on the street in chalk
Northeast Addison County Indivisible sponsored “Chalk the Walk” in Bristol. The group distributed sidewalk chalk and encouraged people to “express community spirit and uplift each other.”
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College faculty plan walkout amid budget cuts
Educators at Middlebury are organizing a walkout and protest slated for Thursday at 10:30 a.m. on the Old Chapel Quad to urge college officials to take responsibility for…
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Photos of protest: D.C. 1967-69
A Vermonter’s photos of protests from 1960s Washington, D.C., are on view in Montpelier through November.
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Protest playlist: 10 songs curated by Middlebury College political science professor Kemi Fuentes-George
As a bonus to our Jan. 7 story about Middlebury College professor Kemi Fuentes-George and his upcoming J-Term class on protest music, the Independent is pleased to present the…
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Music, politics collide in J-term class
MIDDLEBURY — On April 25, 2019, Ayman Mao, a Sudanese musician living in the United States, flew back to his native city of Khartoum to participate in a…
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Prepping for post-election protest
ADDISON COUNTY — Political activists, both locally and nationally, are preparing for the worst-case outcome on Election Day — an election that’s too close to call that evening…
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Protesters condemn Postal Service cuts
ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON — Anger over the precipitous decline in the quality of mail delivery from the U.S. Postal Service showed itself this past Saturday when protests…
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Hundreds gather in Bristol to denounce police killing
BRISTOL — More than 350 people attended a peaceful vigil on the Bristol town green Tuesday afternoon to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and to…
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Vermonters join in outrage over racial inequality
ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON — People started gathering in College Park, the former site of the Middlebury town offices, a little before 6 p.m. on Saturday. As the…