Anti-fascism protests 2025

Demonstrations against the fascist takeover in America in 2025.
Wednesday 2025-02-05. Arrived shortly after noon, Lincoln was just getting blocked off.
A big crowd, big enough that there were several discrete areas around different speakers.
A nice day, perhaps a bit unseasonably warm for February.
"What God Asks: Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly. (Micah 6:8)"
People inside the capitol building would peer down from the balconies and windows. Hard to say whether in sympathy or against.
I went with two long marches on this day. This is walking west along 13th Avenue, underneath the art museum bridge.
Coming back on 14th Avenue, the rear of the City and County building.
Broadway devoid of traffic for blocks around.
Here the actual jackboots made their appearance. This is on Colfax near I-25. Imagine: you're a baby, you grow up in love and wonder, you learn your ABCs, you take lessons from your teachers, you have all manner of experiences, and you do nothing more with your precious life than become one of these pieces of shit. A waste of human spirit.
Auraria cops in on it as well. The North American porker is known to rub its nipples when agitated.
You want to know who wants a riot, look for who came dressed for a riot.
Speer devoid of traffic.
"My grandparents met as codebreakers in WWII. Anti-fascism is in my blood!"
Facing east in the golden hour near sunset.
Saturday 2025-02-08, rally and march against deportations.
Lincoln again blocked off. Surprisingly a bit less of a crowd than Wednesday.
"What you do to others you do also to me. Mt 25:40."
After the march, sun going down behind the Ponti building.
"Free Luigi."
"Es mejor morir de pie que vivir de rodillas."
Monday 2025-02-17, Not-My-Presidents Day. Cold today!
Foggy and with some light snow flurries.
Flag collection.
Turned around at Curtis, by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Marching along 15th Street, light snow falling.
After the march ended, the crowd started to thin out pretty fast. State Trooper CSP-278 tried to force some people on Lincoln to leave the street, but had to give up the attempt.
Eat the rich❣
Tuesday 2025-03-04. Thie one more lightly attended than the earlier ones.
Tак ми можем / Si se puede. There are some orthographic errors, but your heart's in the right place.
There were enough people for a short march. Nice lettering on the "betrayal" sign.
Went up 15th to California and turned around.
Light rail car got caught up in the march.
That's Denver all right.
An unusually high number of unmarked police cars, I thought.
This fire department van right in front of the City and County building seems to be where they were controlling a surveillance drone, which was also visible flying overhead, over Civic Center park. The same van and drone had been at at least one prior march.
On the screen inside the van you can see the drone's view of the march. Don't know why the fire department is doing surveillance like this.
The two drone surveillance support vehicles, both marked fire department.
Back at the capitol, Lincoln still briefly closed down.
Show of force with flashing lights to open the street back up. This march had clearly been done in consultation with the cops, opening speakers even obsequiously thanking them, a bit alienating.
The tiny speck in the lower right marked by an arrow is the flying surveillance drone. The larger speck in the upper right is someone's balloon in the shape of a baby Trump wearing a diaper flying away.
Flag with the logo of the Polish trade union Solidarność.
This unmarked police car, CO GXQ-207, had been parked in this turn lane with a view of the capitol lawn the whole time. It had lights flashing when it initially pulled in, pretty obvious.
"All American presidents are fascist murderers & thieves"
New alley art.
2025-03-07, Stand Up for Science rally.
"I'd rather be peer reviewing."
Report Card.
"The only orange muppet I trust to tell me about science."
The vibes are off (pp < 0.05).
Saturday 2025-04-05.
Flyer against Palantir, first of those I've seen.
It was a bit cold, had been snowing in the morning. This march was called "Hands Off".
Heading out on the march. There were a few thousand people easily.
Canada flag and pink "Resist" flag.
Lightposts iconic of Denver.
Nice flowering trees at 15th and California.
D&F tower. Turned at Arapahoe onto Speer southbound.
Now back towards the capitol.
In front of the City and County building. The Fire Department again had their surveillance drone in the air. I asked one of the operators why it was that they (the Fire Department) were doing surveillance. They said it was because they had a drone and the Police Department didn't.
Psalms 59:2.
Even after walking away from the assembly area, there were still people coming in from the back of the march.
Saturday, 2025-04-19.
One circling helicopter. It left before the march started.
The unicorn was holding a sign that read "Honk if you hate fascism".
"RFK Jr., go fuck yourself with your eugenics rhetoric."
At the time, this group waving Jesus flags was believed to be a counter-protest, but it was actually a church celebrating Easter.
A penguin in attendence in spite of ruinous tariffs.
"What rough beast?"
Canadian flag.
A pretty nice day for it. It had snowed the day before.
Turned at 15th and Arapahoe.
Pikachu due process.
On Speer by the Performing Arts Center.
Coming back along Colfax.
Caught up with the penguin on the march.
A six-legged cat. What are those scientists up to?
Broadway still blocked off at the end of the march.
This part of Broadway is called Black Lives Matter Blvd., didn't know that.
A replica of the Liberty Bell in the park. Lev. XXV v X. Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof.
"The dimensions and tone are identical with those of the original Liberty Bell when it rang out our independence in 1776."
"I bite Nazis"
"Kilmer should be here"
Sunday 2025-05-25. Day of action on the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, organized by the Denver–Aurora Community Action Committee.
Saturday 2025-06-14. "No Kings" day. This was the biggest one yet.
Pride flag in front of First Baptist.
This shutter on the James Merrick State Parking Facility is the one behind which were staged a bunch of riot cops on the night of Tuesday, 2025-06-10. They shot pepper balls into a crowd from behind the shutter, and then down at peoples' heads from the roof. Now, there was a crude frame with a trap preventing easy vision inside.
Lincoln already blocked off.
ICE alert flyer on its way to becoming a Toynbee tile.
Cops staging at Civic Center Station.
That's Denver all right.
I barely had time to walk around a bit and the march started.
There was a helicopter circling during the march part, more than the drone from earlier protests.
"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them." Lev. 19:33
Marching down Speer by the performing arts complex.
Cross streets blocked off on Speer.
Went right into the tunnel on Stout. Very loud and echoey.
Norma Jean.
12:55, about 35 minutes into the march.
Turning back to the north on 17th.
My King said: "whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me." Matthew 25:45
Broadway closed off.
My King said: "A new command I give you: Love one another." John 13:34
Back at Civic Center Park.
Long line of marchers still coming in. Spot the purple dinosaur!
Looking west from up by the capitol.
Wandered around for about 30 minutes, there were still people coming in from the march.
Painting a banner.
"They will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?" "He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me"
Proverbs 31:8 "Speak up and defend the rights of the poor and the needy."
Seal fountain and reflecting pool, which is not often in operation.
A bee hive in the hole in the sculpture on this side.
"God: cosmically they/them since before the Big Bang."
Later that night, about 22:40. Outside, the noise of people shouting, the sight of them fleeing, chased by billows of gas.
20+ police vehicles occupied the place on the street where people had been. Denver PD, Denver Sheriff, Denver SWAT, Araphoe County, SUVs, trucks, big armored vehicles.
Scumbag cops with their shields walking back from what must have been a chase.
People came out on both sides of the street to witness it.
Denver Police Metro SWAT, playing soldier, desperately trying to suppress the voice in their heads that calls them to virtue.
Our city's own vermin.
The police officer disengages his irony circuits and writes "Rescue" on the machine of war.
I saw one person being arrested or detained.
"Whose streets? Our streets!"
Imagine looking like this and thinking you're one of the good guys.
This blockade was around the block, but it cleared up after a few minutes.
The next morning, I found a crumpled canister in the street. It was not tear gas, evidently, but smoke.
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When shaken, a dark powder fell out of the bottom.