About 400 “Good Trouble Lives On: John Lewis National Day of Action” protests will take place throughout the US on July 17 in demonstration against the Trump administration’s alleged threat to US civil rights.
Good Trouble Lives On is described as “a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration.” The protesters aim to remind the White House “that in America, the power lies with the people.” This will be the fifth protest conducted by the organization.
The protest is named after civil rights leader and former US Representative John Lewis, who died in 2020. Lewis had suggested his followers “get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
At least four protests are taking place in every state. Other countries such as Canada, Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom will also hold protests.
In Phoenix, Arizona, a protest directed at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will take place outside of the city’s ICE building. The title of this protest is “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Show ICE that Immigrants MAKE America.” Several protests are centered around political issues relevant to locations throughout the country, or titled specific to a certain region where they are taking place.
The protest’s website further describes its purpose and connection to John Lewis.
“Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, ‘Good Trouble’ is the action of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change.”
Good Trouble Lives On states that this year’s protests “will far surpass the event count from previous years.” Indivisible, the organization behind the June “No Kings” protests is also behind Good Trouble Lives On. Indivisible describes itself as “a grassroots movement of thousands of local… groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.”
