On July 17, to protest Trump, about 300 people marched, sang, and played New Orleans-style marching music in Brattleboro. The same day, in Northampton, about 300 people rallied and in Greenfield about 175 people were at a rally.

In Brattleboro, starting at 5:40 p.m., people marched through a working class neighborhood on Flat and Elliot streets where residents sat on their front porches, before the marchers went down Main Street. The marchers sang songs from the Civil Rights movement, accompanied by live drums and horns playing New Orleans-style marching music. A NOAA-predicted thunderstorm that likely reduced turnout held off until just after the march ended. The Valley Post was there.

Debbie Klemer is a member of the Northampton city council. On July 18, she told the Valley Post that about 300 people were at the July 17 rally in Northampton to protest Trump.

David Greenberg is part of a Greenfield-based group hat has a web site at:

https://fccpr.us

On July 17, he told the Valley Post that about 175 people were at the protest in Greenfield.

The organizers of all three protests have a web site at:

https://GoodTroubleLivesOn.org.

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In Amherst on July 16, despite extreme heat, about 150 UMass workers and their supporters held a noon rally. The result was the signing of a good union contract on the same day, a spokesperson for the workers told the Valley Post. The workers have a web site at:

https://UniversityStaffAssociation.org.

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On July 16 in the Pioneer Valley town of Easthampton, about 60 people were at a rally for tenants' rights, one of the organizers told the Valley Post. The organizers have a web site at:

https://SpringfieldNoOneLeaves.org

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A July 18 mass email from a group that has a web site at www.AmericaWalks.org says, “Keene (New Hampshire, near Brattleboro, Vermont) is getting a new crosswalk on Tiffin Street near the Timken plant, where about 250 employees cross the street daily to get to work.”