10 ‘Good Trouble’ Alabama protests planned against Trump immigration policies, health care cuts
Ten communities throughout the state of Alabama are joining a nationwide protest effort on July 17 in response to recent ICE raids and health care cuts carried out by the Trump administration.
The event has been dubbed the “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action in honor of civil rights leader and Alabama native Congressman John Lewis, who coined the phrase and used it frequently throughout the Civil Rights Movement.
According to the protest website, Good Trouble refers to “the action of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change.”
“We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations,” the site reads.
“Whether you’re outraged by attacks on voting rights, the gutting of essential services, disappearances of our neighbors, or the assault on free speech and our right to protest- this movement is for you.”
Over 1,600 communities across the U.S. have organized protests for Thursday.
So far, the cities of Birmingham, Center Point, Cullman, Fort Payne, Montgomery, Dothan, Mobile, Fairhope, Anniston, and Auburn have scheduled July 17 protests in Alabama.
Those interested in RSVP’ing for a Good Trouble protest near them have been encouraged to visit the site’s map to sign up.
On Thursday, people will take to the streets to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown, which has led to the deportation of over 100,000 individuals.
“We are navigating one of the most terrifying moments in our nation’s history,” Public Citizen co-president Lisa Gilbert said during an online news conference Tuesday.
“We are all grappling with a rise of authoritarianism and lawlessness within our administration … as the rights, freedoms and expectations of our very democracy are being challenged.”
Public Citizen, a group partnering with Good Trouble for Thursday’s protest, is a nonprofit dedicated to taking on corporate power, according to its website.
Protestors are also coming out against the Trump administration’s recent decision to slash $600 billion in Medicaid funding under his “big, beautiful bill.”
Opponents of the bill say it could leave millions of Americans without healthcare and further burden the nation’s struggling rural hospital systems.
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