This past Saturday, 11 February, an estimated four thousand people gathered on Ocean Beach in San Francisco to offer a message to the world, spelled out by a crowd on the sand. The 50-metre-high letters they created formed the word ‘resist’ followed by two exclamation marks (photo below by Stefan Ruenzel). This gathering was not unusual for San Francisco, nor for the rest of the country, which in the weeks since President Trump’s election has been marked by significant amounts of public protest, both in opposition to Trump’s election, as well as to his actions since having taken office.
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