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From the organizers:

On Saturday, May 3, 2025, hundreds of Vermont lawyers will take to the streets of Burlington to deliver a clear and resounding message: Our fundamental freedoms rely on the rule of law.

The Rally for the Rule of Law will begin at noon at the Vermont Superior Court in Burlington, where attorneys from every corner of the state will gather in unity. From there, they will march along Church Street to Rally at the federal courthouse on Elmwood Avenue — a symbolic route that underscores a powerful truth: the survival of American democracy depends on all branches and agents of government following the rule of law.

Over 300 Vermont lawyers have signed a statement condemning the federal administration’s blatant violations of constitutional protections — a growing chorus of legal professionals speaking out against the erosion of civil liberties, due process, and the system of checks and balances at the heart of our democracy.

All members of the public are invited to join in the march and rally at the federal courthouse featuring speakers committed to restoring integrity, accountability, and justice.

The May 3 Rally is not just a legal event — it’s a call to conscience and a declaration: Vermont’s legal community will not stay silent while the rule of law is ignored, institutions are undermined, and federal power is wielded without accountability. Speakers will share accounts of unlawful actions by federal agents: employees wrongfully terminated, departments dismantled without authority, and defiance of court orders — all in violation of constitutional and statutory mandates. These abuses are harming real Vermonters, right now.

Speakers include:

• Harry Stark, ACLU
• David Silver, Criminal Defense Attorney
• Charity Clark, Vermont Attorney General
• Dawn Seibert, Immigration Attorney
• Elizabeth Shackelford, columnist and former Foreign Service Career Diplomat

Lawyers will march — shoulder to shoulder with other Vermonters — and rally to defend the Constitution, to uphold federal law, and to stand with those who have been harmed by unchecked and unlawful government actions.

For more information visit: https://vermontlawyersmarch.com/

From the organizers:

The Trump administration has launched a war on working people. Trump, Musk, and their fellow oligarchs are ripping up union contracts, denying workers rights to collective bargaining, laying off thousands, and slashing social programs. To get away with this all-out assault, they are trying to divide and conquer us, scapegoating migrants, people of color, trans people, and Palestine solidarity activists. But the labor movement will unite, resist the Trump administration, defend everyone under attack. We know that an injury to one is an injury to all!

This May Day we will rally and march in Williston, Vermont in solidarity with Migrant Justice’s day-long picket at Hannaford Supermarkets. They are demanding that Hannaford join Milk with Dignity and pay farm workers fair wages and benefits. We will assemble, march past the ICE Data facility, which centralizes and distributes information to immigration authorities and law enforcement throughout the country to arrest and deport migrants, and end with a rally at Hannaford with Migrant Justice.

We call on all unions, faith groups, and organizations to endorse and mobilize for May Day in Williston. We do so in solidarity with all other May Day actions throughout the state from Montpelier to every other town and city. Now more than ever we must revive the tradition of solidarity forged on the first May Day in 1886 that united all workers–migrants and citizens–in a strike for an 8-hour workday. Today, as the rights and living standards of all workers and oppressed groups hang in the balance, we must unite and fight for our collective liberation. Join us!

Endorsers: AFSCME Local 1674, Cooperation Vermont, Free Her, Green Mountain Democratic Socialists of America, Green Mountain Labor Council, Migrant Justice, PPNEUnited, Party for Socialism and LIberation, Tempest Collective, Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation

For more information visit: https://actionnetwork.org/events/may-day-2025-2/

From Migrant Justice:

Rally organized by Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based, grassroots human rights organization founded and led by immigrant farmworkers.

Community supporters will march to call for the release of eight farmworkers detained Monday night in Franklin County, Vermont by U.S. Border Patrol agents. The arrest of workers on the dairy farm where they live and work has sparked condemnation and widespread national coverage. Supporters launched a petition Wednesday urging immigration court to release the detainees.

On the evening of April 21st, armed Border Patrol agents entered a Vermont dairy farm and detained eight farmworkers. This is the largest single immigration arrest of farmworkers – and one of the largest worksite arrests – in recent Vermont history. The eight workers are now held in detention and at risk of deportation.

Jesús, Juan, Luis, Urillas, Max, Adrian, José, and Dani are all dairy workers living and working in Franklin County, Vermont. Ranging from 22 to 41 years old, they came to Vermont to work on a dairy farm, searching for a better life for themselves and their families. For this, they are now being held behind bars.

Head to the link in our bio to sign the petition. And come out TOMORROW 4/24 AT 6PM for an emergency rally and march at Burlington City Hall.

For more information visit: https://migrantjustice.net/

From Northwest Access TV:

Video from the protest to free Mohsen Mahdawi at Northwest State Correctional Facility (NWSCF), recorded on April 16, 2025. #Activism