Anchorage Comes Out For May Day Protest (Photos Added)

 The May Day protests in Anchorage were organized by local unions.  It was hard to judge the size - we were on a flat area and I could get a position that let me look over the crowd.  You could see the people around you but it was hard to tell how far back they went.  Walking around I saw lots and lots of people and lots and lots of signs.   I'd say at least 2000, probably a lot more. Close to 1% of the Anchorage population.  Considering this is the third major rally in a month or so, it was a big crowd.  It was also a Thursday afternoon, temperature in the high 40s F, threatening to rain (which it starting doing just after most people had left.)  

Unlike the previous one I went to, this one was more than just a mass of people.  There were booths of organizations involved in setting this up - various unions, particularly NEA and AFL-CIO.  

You could get information about volunteering, about services offered, how to sign up for emails about future rallies.  

A key group - along with the unions - was Stand Up Alaska.  

One thing I've been thinking about is how these various organizations are coordinating with each other, how they are dividing tasks, how they are contacting the public, and what they are doing beyond having big rallies.  

How are they letting people know what kind of action they can take?  How do they determine what's most effective?

Are they tracking the kinds of questions people are asking?

My sense is that if things are going to change, the huge block of people who simply did not vote, needs to be mobilized.  

As I look at these pictures, I see they're kind of dark and not terribly sharp.  These are the ones I took with my telephoto lens.  My phone pictures are still on my phone as the AirDrop is being balky again after a couple of weeks of quick and easy AirDrops.  

Just trying to get this up.  Trying to do too much has kept a number of posts from not making it at all.  

Went trouble shooting and found that my MacBook Air Drop was set to "receiving off."  Changed that to every ten minutes (not sure what that means in this case) and suddenly AirDrop worked like a charm.

ADDED  So here are pics I took with the phone.  

The Doormat Dan signs - referring to US Senator Dan Sullivan have been around and are professionally printed.  But this display of the sign is someone's personal project.  

I tried the Air Drop with just three pics and it worked.  But then when I went to add the rest, the old problem came back.  Airdrop failed.  

I have to figure this out.  

UPDATE May 6, 2025:  I got Apple Support to help.  I've uploaded a few more pictures in a new post.