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Millions protest across the U.S. against Trump’s efforts to establish a fascist dictatorship

Originally published: World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) on April 6, 2025 by WSWS Staff (more by World Socialist Web Site (WSWS))  | (Posted Apr 07, 2025)
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Anti-Trump protests in cities, suburbs and towns throughout U.S.

On Saturday millions of people across the United States protested against the fascistic policies of the Trump administration and the rule of the oligarchy.

Reflecting the mass anger felt among millions of workers, students and professionals, it appears the turnout was more widespread and larger than predicted by organizers, with over 1,400 demonstrations occurring in the U.S., including up to 100,000 people descending on Washington D.C. alone.

Major protests drawing at least 10,000 people took place in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Boston, Denver and Atlanta. Many metropolitan areas saw a half dozen or more protests, each numbering thousands, as in Houston, the Bay Area, St. Louis and south Florida. In cities across Michigan, including Detroit suburbs Ferndale and Dearborn and the state capital, Lansing, several thousand people participated in demonstrations. The main focus was on the largest cities and on state capitals, but hundreds protested in smaller cities, such as Davenport, Iowa—the most since the anti-police violence uprisings following the police murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.

International protests denouncing Trump and his accomplice, the fascist billionaire Elon Musk, were also held in Lisbon, Portugal; London, United Kingdom; Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany; and Paris, France.

The protests are part of a growing international movement in the working class against daily assaults on their democratic rights, social conditions and living standards. Millions of people are outraged over attacks on immigrants, federal workers, due process and science, as well as the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Trump’s ushering in of a global trade war and the rule of the oligarchy in general. There is a growing sense among millions that mass action is needed to stop the drive towards dictatorship and global war.

A quilt at the anti Trump rally at the Detroit Institute of Art on April 5 2025 reads Some of those who hold office are the same that burn crosses

A quilt at the anti-Trump rally at the Detroit Institute of Art on April 5, 2025 reads: “Some of those who hold office are the same that burn crosses.”

Most of the rallies held on Saturday were held under the banner “Hands Off!” a constellation of groups near, or directly integrated into the Democratic Party. At the largest rally in D.C., featured speakers included Democratic Representatives Jaime Raskin (Maryland) and Eric Swalwell (California). The Democrats praised the police and gave lip-service to constitutional and democratic rights, while proposing no concrete solutions besides electing the same Democrats who continue to “reach across the aisle” and enable Trump’s fascist agenda.

Similar proposals were advanced by rally organizers and Democratic Party-approved speakers at other events who sought to reduce the global crisis of world capitalism to the individual Trump, with a few insults leveled at Musk. The genocide in Gaza was ignored by these Democratic Party operatives, who limited their appeals to calling Congress and voting for Democrats in the next election.

Over 10,000 protest in Detroit

Over 10,000 people marched in Detroit against the Trump administration’s attack on the social and democratic rights of the working class and its genocide in Gaza. The crowd included autoworkers, educators, librarians and healthcare workers. The rally in Detroit snaked for nearly two miles from the Detroit Institute of Arts, home to Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry murals, to Grand Circus Park, downtown.

Significantly, at the Detroit protest, leading members of the Socialist Equality Party (U.S.), including Joseph Kishore, Jerry White, and Andre Damon, addressed the crowd. SEP (U.S.) National Secretary Joseph Kishore stated, “This ruling class will not be opposed and defeated outside of a movement of the working class, the great majority of the population, in a fight for socialism.”

Many protesters who spoke to reporters for the World Socialist Web Site at the various rallies also expressed an understanding that the problem went beyond Trump and that new organizations were needed to protect democratic rights and advance equality.

At the Detroit protest, one young worker told the WSWS, “I think we’re lying to ourselves if we say that the Holocaust isn’t here again, because we have camps, we have people disappearing, we have people dying, and we’re sending more people to Guantanamo Bay than we plan to keep alive there. No one should be going there in the first place.” She added, “I feel like capitalism has failed us and so have our politicians.”

As thousands protest in Los Angeles, 50501 organizers threaten to call police on socialists

Protesters in Los Angeles hold signs in opposition to the Gaza genocide April 5 2025

Protesters in Los Angeles hold signs in opposition to the Gaza genocide, April 5, 2025.

The “Hands Off!” demonstration in downtown Los Angeles saw thousands of protesters flood the streets in a powerful show of defiance against Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda.

The marchers voiced overwhelming opposition to Trump’s renewed assault on democratic rights, the ruthless dismantling of social programs, and the escalating attacks on public health and living standards. From students and workers to healthcare advocates and retirees, the crowd expressed deep anger at the bipartisan degradation of life for working-class people and the dangerous consolidation of power under Trump’s increasingly dictatorial leadership.

Despite the scale and political intensity of the protest, the “50501” organizers showed their true colors by targeting members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), who had come to distribute leaflets and literature to engage with demonstrators. Under the flimsy pretext that the SEP had not been “vetted beforehand,” organizers threatened to call the police and forced the group to move their table not once, but twice—effectively harassing them and stifling free political discussion.

This shameful behavior exposed the organizers’ hostility to genuine socialism and stood in sharp contrast with the broad and positive reception of protesters to the SEP’s socialist strategy.

While socialists were harassed and threatened with police violence by protest organizers, trade union bureaucrats and promoters of identity politics were provided an open microphone to speak at the rally. These included Christian Smalls of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU); Sanding Reding, president of the California Nurses Association (CNA); and former running mate of Cornel West, Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter.

The promotion of identity politics and the trade union bureaucracy by the Democratic Party-aligned organizers is aimed at blunting a class-based movement against oligarchy and diverting it towards “safer” channels, namely the Democratic Party and electoral politics.

Defying attempts to stifle discussion, members of the SEP distributed hundreds of leaflets and held dozens of discussions with participants which lasted for hours.

Protesters at the Los Angeles rally hold signs in defense of immigrants and democratic rights April 5 2025

Protesters at the Los Angeles rally hold signs in defense of immigrants and democratic rights, April 5, 2025.

Alexa, a hospice care nurse, and Luisa, a mental health worker in Los Angeles and member of SEIU, spoke to WSWS reporters about the recent collapse in the stock market following Trump’s tariff announcement. Alexa said:

Well, that’s a really scary thing for me because right now it’s very hard to even save money. And then you have your 401K (employee-funded retirement fund), and now the stock market is crashing. And then what? What’s going to happen to all the workers who have literally been working their entire lives? And us, as part of that group, we’ll literally have nothing. We’re going to have to work the rest of our lives. That’s really concerning, and it’s scary.

Luisa added:

It’s Los Angeles. We’re already underserved. It’s a vicious cycle, and it’s being worsened. It’s already affecting people diagnosed with mental illnesses that live in the streets. This is going to perpetuate that cycle.

A section of the protest in front of Los Angeles City Hall April 5 2025

A section of the protest in front of Los Angeles City Hall, April 5, 2025.

A WSWS reporter pointed out that the Democratic mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, recently cut millions from homeless programs. Luisa replied:

Exactly. We already have such a big need, and now we are going to have less resources by cutting the funding for healthcare and research and all of that. It’s like what do we do now? Where do we go from here? We want to live in a world where our sick are taken care of. Our resources are dwindling, and yet there’s plenty of money.

Alexia rejected the trade war measures announced by Trump on Thursday, stating, “The tariffs are a stupid idea. The things are American made with international parts.”

A man who works in marketing said:

My immediate concern is the tariffs. It is going to have an impact on Main Street. It’s terrible we are electing demagogues on the promise of “lower costs” only for them to cause an economic catastrophe for the people who need it most and, on the other hand, cutting benefits for the people who are most at risk at this particular juncture.

A worker in marketing talks to the WSWS at the Los Angeles protest April 5 2025

A worker in marketing talks to the WSWS at the Los Angeles protest, April 5, 2025.

A math teacher who instructs at the University of California-Los Angeles told the WSWS she came to the rally “to protect science, and to protect democracy from a takeover by the wealthy and by a president who thinks he is a king.”

She added, “There is so much going on, censorship of scientific research, the crackdowns on immigrants and transgender people.”

A young person named Kim said she came to the rally to “fight for basic human rights” and to protect social programs that help people in poverty.

Kim

Kim

She explained that her family immigrated to the U.S. from Cambodia, “which suffered a genocide under the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, which was not that long ago.” She added that she wanted “hands off Palestine, which is also experiencing a genocide.”

25,000 protest against Trump dictatorship in Seattle, Washington

A section of the Hands Off protest in Seattle Washington April 5 2025

A section of the “Hands Off!” protest in Seattle, Washington, April 5, 2025.

An estimated 25,000 protested in Seattle, according to the Democratic-Party aligned group Indivisible, the largest mass gathering in the city since the January 2017 protest following Trump’s first inauguration.

Unlike the 2017 protest, attendees at Saturday’s gathering responded well to the sharp criticism of the Democrats offered by WSWS reporters. Many expressed outrage at the total capitulation and collaboration being carried out by the nominal “opposition” party.

The WSWS spoke to hundreds of attendees about its statement on the protests published Friday, and the enormous danger posed by Trump’s efforts to establish a dictatorship. Many purchased literature from Mehring Books, especially the latest publication, The Rise of Trump and the Crisis of American Democracy.

Thousands rallied against Trump and fascism in Seattle Washington April 5 2025 The nearest sign reads Why didn't the Germans do anything? WHY DON'T YOU”

Thousands rallied against Trump and fascism in Seattle, Washington, April 5, 2025. The nearest sign reads: “Why didn’t the Germans do anything? WHY DON’T YOU”

Signs at the Seattle protest included, “No Kings, Not Ever,” “Science Will Always Rule,” “Fight Ignorance Not Immigrants,” “They Want Germany 1939, Give Them France 1789,” and numerous other sentiments expressing opposition to Trump’s policies and fascism. Some placards even explicitly noted there were too many issues to put on one poster.

Protesters in Seattle Washington April 5 2025

Protesters in Seattle, Washington, April 5, 2025.

Thousands more demonstrated against Trump in Portland, Oregon, according to the local KOIN news outlet. Three main protests were held at the Japanese American Historical Plaza on the downtown waterfront, St. Johns Plaza in North Portland and Westmoreland Park in Southeast Portland.

There were also dozens of other protests throughout the Pacific Northwest region. There were at least 1,000 protesters in Bozeman and Butte, Montana, and rallies in at least 17 other cities across the state. A nurse who was at the Bozeman protest commented, “I think the biggest issue for me is people being seized off the street by ICE. That’s terrifying. Who else are they going to come after next?”

A section of the anti Trump protest in Bozeman Montana One of the handmade signs reads More Old Faithful less old fascists

A section of the anti-Trump protest in Bozeman, Montana. One of the handmade signs reads: “More Old Faithful, less old fascists.”

There were also protests of thousands in Boise, Idaho, and Salt Lake City, Utah, while hundreds demonstrated in Cheyenne, Wyoming. All four states voted heavily in favor of Trump in the 2024 election.

Thousands protest in Grand Rapids, Michigan: “The corporations are leading us to the next war with trade wars.”

A section of the anti Trump protest in Grand Rapids Michigan April 5 2025

A section of the anti-Trump protest in Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 5, 2025.

More than 4,000 people protested in Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Many people from throughout the surrounding region prepared their own signs and came to the protest looking for a way to oppose the Trump administration.

Speakers affiliated with the Democratic Party and the trade union bureaucracy took the platform and led chants that downplayed the seriousness of the struggle that those in attendance came to take up. A worker in the Grand Rapids area said, “Yes, when I was talking to you earlier— someone wanted to hear the speeches— but what we are talking about is serious politics. These speeches were just sound bites. They had nothing to say!”

Participants in the demonstration stop by a Socialist Equality Party literature table

Participants in the demonstration stop by a Socialist Equality Party literature table.

In discussions with World Socialist Web Site reporters, workers and youth expressed their opposition to both the Democrats and Republicans and their desire to find an alternative.

A young student commented:

I came to protest because I do not like the state of this country at present. The fact that we have to live with this government at all, we’re effectively forced to vote for neoliberal capitalists and fascists. It is not a situation I want to be stuck in.

I don’t like capitalism in general, which is actively screwing over everyone who isn’t a billionaire. The only way we can do anything is through collective action. I was born when the “War on Terror” was underway. I grew up my entire life with soldiers bombing random people we have nothing to do with. People are having to die for it. Now, with the “War on Terror” over, the corporations are leading us to the next war through trade wars.

A lawyer in Grand Rapids stated:

I have a strong love for public policy and am horrified by Trump’s ignoring of the rule of law. I support democracy. I haven’t followed Mahmoud Khalil and Momodou Taal’s cases closely but I know of them. I support First Amendment rights and equal protection for everyone.

A Grand Rapids Community College student told the WSWS, “We need theory and that’s why I started reading Marx.” He went onto to explain the history of the unity of the ruling class in attacking the working class, commenting:

Just look at the Paris Commune. This has happened many times. Why did Prussia side with its capitalist rival France? It was because of the Paris Commune. They joined together in order to save their system.

A young worker responded to the ruling elites’ turn to fascism and the need to study history, stating, “I need to know how we got here. We need to know why we’re in this situation.”

5,000 protest Trump administration and oligarchy in Indianapolis, Indiana: “I don’t think the Democratic Party is enough”

An estimated 5,000 protesters demonstrated outside the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on Saturday. Demonstrators held signs and protested against federal budget cuts and the attacks on democratic rights being carried out by the Trump White House and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Participants spanned a wide range of occupations and demographics. Many carried handmade signs denouncing Trump’s attacks on Medicare and Social Security, the assault on the Constitution and the danger of fascism, dictatorship and the growth of wealth inequality. Protesters spoke against Trump’s attacks on free speech and the denial of due process, especially on college campuses.

A WSWS campaign team distributed leaflets at the rally and spoke with many protesters. On Trump’s tariffs a teacher said:

I’m pretty pissed off about it. They are cutting Title I and special education. The state is trying to cut budgets completely. My district is looking at losing $500,000 the first year and $2 million the second year. I teach special ed. In 2019 we had a massive rally down here with over 20,000 teachers from across the state, so I’d like to see some more big actions like that.

The teacher noted that the working class is the source of all wealth in society, commenting:

We are doing the work. You should get taxed more for money that you don’t work for. I think the rich should be taxed 30 percent. If billionaires were only taxed 2 percent on their unrealized gains, we would have enough money to pay for all of our social programs indefinitely including Social Security and Medicaid.

I don’t think the Democratic Party is enough. Socialism isn’t bad, people just don’t know that. I’m so proud of everyone here. I told my friends I rode down with, I just know thousands of people will be there. They said, this is Indiana. I said I don’t care, I have faith. Look at this, this is bigger than the last one.

In Fort Wayne, Indiana, hundreds of people protested across the Allen County Courthouse lawn. Demonstrators covered the lawn all the way back to the flowers. Protesters with signs also lined the sidewalks along the streets and around the courthouse.

A section of the protest in Fort Wayne Indiana April 5 2025

A section of the protest in Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 5, 2025.

Many carried handmade signs denouncing Trump as a dictator and opposing the attacks on immigrant workers.

One protester told WANE15, “We are very passionate about advocating for the people. And that’s kind of our message. We don’t want a fascist government. We don’t want a king.”

Members of the United Auto Workers who participated expressed their opposition to UAW President Shawn Fain, who has endorsed Trump’s tariffs. Workers also denounced the refusal of the unions to take any strike action against the Trump administration.

Thousands protested against oligarchy and fascism in Oakland California April 5 2025

Thousands protested against oligarchy and fascism in Oakland, California, April 5, 2025.

Thousands protest Gaza genocide, Trump administration in Oakland, California

The “Hands Off!” rally in downtown Oakland, California, attracted thousands of participants. A WSWS reporting team intervened at the rally to advance a socialist solution to the crisis of capitalism by turning to the working class and building a leadership aimed at ending the source of oligarchy. Many at the rally expressed outrage at the resurgence and promotion of fascism by the U.S. ruling class. Members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) spoke to dozens of rally attendees, distributed hundreds of leaflets and sold large amounts of literature.

Rally attendees of all ages carried signs and other slogan-bearing items expressing bitter, intransigent opposition to the Trump administration and its efforts to establish a fascist dictatorship. Significantly, many went much further to denounce capitalism and the Democratic Party as well. The presence of the slogan “Genocide Joe” and others served as clear reminders that the deeply criminal policies of the current government did not begin with the second inauguration of Donald Trump.

Despite the efforts of pseudo-left organizations such as the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to obscure the role of the Democratic Party in collaborating with Trump’s agenda, the WSWS table attracted considerable attention, with no shortage of rally attendees engaging in discussions with members.

A music teacher named Frank said, “I think the current regime of America’s government is appalling, trying to destroy everything that is even partially good in our world.”

Frank went on to draw a connection between the government’s attacks on social programs and the genocide of the Palestinians, stating, “I also have many objections to the militaristic policy of the United States, and I object to supporting genocide in Gaza.”

Over 100,000 protest in Washington D.C. and Baltimore against Gaza genocide and Trump administration

Two protests were called simultaneously in the nation’s capital, with over 100,000 people protesting against the Trump administration as well as the ongoing Gaza genocide that began under Biden.

The “Hands Off!” protest, which began at the Washington Monument on the National Mall, was organized by over 150 different Democratic Party-connected organizations. Protest organizers initially filed for a permit for a rally of 10,000, then raised that to 20,000 on Friday evening. The actual size of the crowd was five times larger than they anticipated, stretching for blocks around the Washington Monument.

Protest signs displayed hostility to Trump and Musk in particular. Demonstrators denounced attacks on federal workers and agencies, the disappearing and kidnapping of anti-genocide protesters and immigrants, as well as the raft of trade war policies the White House has announced.

While Democratic Party congresspeople and officials from the trade union bureaucracies sought to corral opposition behind the two-party system, many responded positively to statements from the Socialist Equality Party and opposed efforts to whitewash the political crisis by claiming opposition to Trump could be resolved by “voting Blue.”

“This president is destroying the country,” said Bryce, a worker attending the protest. “My parents are federal workers that are about to lose their jobs. I have a friend whose brother was almost detained by ICE and she’s currently trying to make sure he doesn’t get detained. I’m in a union and these guys are union busters. It’s like this is affecting my entire life.”

Despite the Democrats’ refusal to speak about the ongoing Gaza genocide and attacks on pro-Palestinian protesters, the defense of free speech and opposition to the genocide were strong sentiments at the Washington protests.

“It’s really bad. I feel like this is just going to keep escalating and escalating and [the government] will just start deporting whoever they feel like,” Bryce added.

Other protesters spoke strongly of the need for international working class solidarity. Jana, a protester at the event by the Washington Monument, commented, “The working class has really got to realize that we have to stand together on this. We have to stand together against this tyranny, against this fascism.”

“These tariffs are going to hurt everyone,” she said, adding, “not just the working class in America, but the working class all over the world. We have solidarity with our brothers and sisters all over the world. And it’s time for the working class to stand up.”

In Baltimore, a crowd of about 1,000 protesting federal workers rallied outside city hall while Democratic city council members and trade union bureaucrats tried to placate the gathering crowd.

Many protesters carried signs of support for Kilmar Garcia, a Maryland resident who was recently kidnapped and deported to El Salvador. There was as much anger over the deportations as there was at Musk and the oligarchs. Many that spoke to representatives of the World Socialist Web Site expressed frustration that the Democratic Party “enables” Trump’s anti-democratic rampage and evinced general agreement with the perspective of uniting the working class internationally against capitalism, the root cause of oligarchy and dictatorship.

Over 30,000 protest in Chicago, thousands more throughout Illinois and Indiana

In Chicago an estimated 30,000 gathered downtown, spilling outside of the plaza and into the surrounding streets at the demonstration. The protest was organized by Democratic Party-affiliated Indivisible organization, among others. Numerous additional protests took place in smaller towns across Illinois.

WSWS reporters spoke with teachers from Illinois and Indiana, workers from National Institutes of Health, and others. A section of federal workers from the U.S. Treasury had an organized presence. Multiple protesters told the WSWS they were motivated to come out in order to defend democratic rights, including the rights to dissent and due process.

There was deep anger and dissatisfaction expressed at the Democratic Party’s collaboration with the Trump administration, its support for the genocide in Gaza and its role in the repression of student protests.

Many spoke out against oligarchic rule, and expressed their worries about the fate of critically necessary social programs like Medicaid and Social Security. Whole families were also in attendance, and parents approached the SEP/IYSSE table to purchase placards and express their fears about their children’s futures.

Tens of thousands protest against fascism in New York City and New Jersey

Tens of thousands of people gathered in the streets around Bryant Park in Manhattan, filling block after block to oppose Trump’s drive to dictatorship. The crowd marched down to Madison Square Park. Many had hand-painted signs that read: “First they came for Mahmoud,” “Deport Elon,” “Without due process, we are not a democracy,” “Stop the attacks on science!” and “There is hope—unite!”

In New Jersey, more than 20 protests were held throughout the state. A couple hundred protesters gathered in front of the municipal building and alongside the main commercial road in Bloomfield, a suburb of Newark of around 50,000 people.  Protesters held handmade signs denouncing Trump’s attack on the Constitution, opposing the brutal assault on immigrants, oligarchic rule, and the dismantling of government programs. In response to chants of “Trump must go,” and “democracy yes, fascism no,” a steady stream of motorists honked horns to register their solidarity.

In Maplewood, another small suburb of Newark, hundreds more gathered at the train station amid the rainy weather and marched through the downtown, before boarding the train to join the larger protest in New York City.

Protesters also gathered in other parts of the state, including in the capital Trenton and in Atlantic City.

Over 35,000 demonstrate in Boston, largest protest since 2017

At least 35,000 people—with some estimates placing the number tens of thousands higher—gathered at Boston Common and marched to City Hall Plaza in the biggest anti-Trump demonstration since the Women’s March in January 2017. Placards were dominated by slogans likening Trump to a dictator, and defending freedom of speech.

Speakers at the rally included union officials along with Senator Ed Markey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. Markey and Wu, both Democrats, failed to note the culpability of the state’s Democratic governor, Maura Healy, in enforcing the Trump administration’s round-up of hundreds of immigrants recently on the state’s streets.

Elsewhere in New England, an estimated 8,000 protested in Providence, and there were large demonstrations in Portsmouth and Concord, New Hampshire. Protests were held in dozens of other smaller cities and towns throughout the region.

Stop Trump’s dictatorship! Build a movement of the working class for socialism!

At the rallies across the U.S. Saturday, supporters and members of the Socialist Equality Party (US) distributed thousands of copies of a Perspective statement published on the World Socialist Web Site.

Across the United States, hundreds of thousands are expected to demonstrate Saturday in opposition to the Trump administration. Protests are taking place in cities throughout the country, part of a broader mood of defiance and anger among workers and youth.

Millions are horrified by the attacks on immigrants, the assault on free speech and the genocidal war in Gaza, and they want to fight back. But the determination to resist must be guided by a clear understanding of what is happening, what are its origins and what must be done to stop it.

The situation must be stated with absolute clarity: The Trump administration is moving systematically and deliberately to establish a dictatorship. It is implementing a fascist program aimed at abolishing basic democratic rights, consolidating unchecked executive power and crushing all opposition. This is targeting, above all, the working class. What is being tested today on students and immigrants will be used tomorrow to suppress striking workers, all social opposition and political dissent of all forms.

On college campuses across the country, a reign of terror is already underway. Peaceful protesters are being surveilled, seized, detained and deported for opposing the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza. Under “Catch and Revoke,” an AI-powered surveillance program, students’ social media posts and public statements are being monitored by the State Department to identify targets for removal.

Momodou Taal, a Cornell Ph.D. candidate, was forced to leave the country this week after federal agents attempted to seize him for challenging Trump’s executive orders in court. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate student and lawful permanent resident, remains in ICE custody. Others—including Fulbright scholar Rumeysa Öztürk—have been abducted in broad daylight by masked federal agents.

Read the rest of the Perspective here.

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