About 200 people attended a rally for a farm worker who was arrested by ICE. The rally was in Springfield, Massachusetts, according to a September 19 mass email from the Pioneer Valley Workers Center. The Center did not immediately reply to an email from the Valley Post asking how many people were at the rally. Jeromie Whalen was there. He is running for congress. He told the Valley Post 150 – 250 people were at the rally. The rally was on Labor Day.

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In Brattleboro on September 15 roughly 100 people were at a rally to support workers at Brattleboro Memorial hospital. Details about the struggle are at:

https://valleypost.org/2025/06/25/some-520-workers-brattleboro-memorial-...

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On August 30 a group called Southern Vermont for Palestine posted on its Instagram account at:

www.instagram.com/southernvermontforpalestine

According to the group's web site, it has weekly rallies in Brattleboro.

On September 17, Bernie Sanders, Becca Balint of Brattleboro, and the third member of Vermont's three-person congressional delegation admitted that Israel's USA-funded attack on Gaza is genocide. Groups like Jewish Voice for Peace have been saying this for a long time.

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On October 18 in Brattleboro and Northampton there will be protests against Trump. Details are at www.NoKings.org. The Brattleboro protest is a march. The Brattleboro organizers are waiting for the people who run the No Kings web site to correct errors on the Brattleboro event listing. Meanwhile, the local organizers can be contacted via the listing.