11月5日,乘坐AMTRAK 火车前往麻省,入住波士顿,游览 Boston Common 中央公园;
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11月6日,参观哈佛大学,;
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11月7日,参观 麻省理工大学博物馆、;
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乘坐火车前往位于Williamstown 小镇的威廉姆斯文理学院 Williams College (4小时)。这是美国长期排名第一的私立本科学院,每年的学费超过哈佛 耶鲁 哥伦比亚大学等名校,可以说是一所贵族大学。之所以中国人很少知道这所学校,是因为他基本上只有本科,而中国学生去美国读书一般是读研究生。而且这所学校很难进,对学生很挑剔,同时学校也比较小,比哈佛这种大学小很多,每年只招几百名学生。
TOPSHOT – Demonstrators take part in a protest against the Trump administration during the “No Kings” national rally in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 14, 2025, on the same day as President Trump’s military parade in Washington, DC. Tens of thousands of protesters rallied nationwide Saturday against Donald Trump ahead of a huge military parade on the US president’s 79th birthday — as the killing of a Democratic lawmaker underscored the deep divisions in American politics. “No Kings” demonstrators took to the streets in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, Atlanta and hundreds of other cities across the United States to condemn what they call Trump’s dictatorial overreach. (Photo by RINGO CHIU / AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)
德州是深红州,也就是一直支持共和党,但是这些州的那些大城市比如休斯顿、达拉斯和奥斯丁,则是深蓝色城市,他们是红色海洋中的几个蓝色圆点(blue dots in a red sea),其民众主要支持民主党,所以这个周末的NO KINGS游行,在这三个最大的城市也爆发了。
在这三个大城市中,奥斯丁的规模是老三,但是和硅谷一样,属于新崛起的新型高科技城市,部分因为这里是特斯拉汽车在美国的两个主要生产基地之一,Austin 和硅谷一样坚定支持民主党的政策,是一个深蓝色城市。在周六这里组织游行之前,共和党的州长就提前派 “州公安部和国民警卫队(Department of Public Safety and National Guard)” 赶到了这里,说是防止游行过程中出现什么过激行为。这个州长叫做 Greg Abbott,他说:“德州不允许骚乱 will not tolerate chaos” . The deployment 之所以要派部队进入这个城市,was to “deter criminal mischief 是为了防止在游行过程中失控,出现犯罪活动” and ensure public safety 同时确保公众的安全, referring to the event 他说这场示威游行 as a “planned antifa-linked demonstration” 是一场有计划的反法西斯示威活动 that posed a risk of violence 可能会引起骚乱 or property damage 或者带来财产损失.
奥斯丁的参与游行示威的民众大约有三万人。
在另外一个深红色的绝对倾向于共和党的州 – 犹他州,也有不少倾向于民主党的蓝色城市,比如首府盐湖城。不过这个城市规模不大,游行规模要小很多,一般都在三千人以内。我猜在盐湖城示威,可能需要一定的勇气,因此来游行集会的居民不是很多,毕竟这里是一个深红州,估计有不少川普的支持者 MAGA 们,他们很多文化层次都比较低,或者不理性,可能会做出一些极端的行为,比如拿枪扫射这些游行示威者等等。
The first ‘No Kings’ protests 上一场“美利坚不需要国王”示威活动 started as a response to a military parade 是为了响应当时的一场阅兵式 held on Trump’s birthday 那一天正好是川普的生日 in Washington D.C. 阅兵在首都华盛顿特区进行 The June event 六月的那次阅兵 drew a huge crowd in Nashville. 促使很多居住在 纳什维尔 的居民走出来抗议。
Ahead of this event, 而在那之前,Nashville Indivisible 弥合纳什维尔 这个组织 focused largely on 主要关注 abuses of executive power. 行政权力的滥用
“We are calling on Congress 我们呼吁国会 and the U.S. Court system 和美国的法院系统 to fulfill the words of the Founding Fathers 履行国父们的遗嘱, who sought to create a system of checks and balances 国父们当年用心设计了一套以检查监督和平衡为准则的系统,to prevent any one person 来防止任何个人 from claiming the powers of a king 尝试获取国王般的权力,” Jennifer Brinkman of Nashville Indivisible 詹妮弗 是弥合纳什维尔这个组织的一名成员 said in a release. 她在一份公告中这样说道。
Protesters during this event 这次的抗议者们 focused on several other issues 主要关注几个事项:
disavowing the administration’s crackdown on immigrants 不认可政府对移民的打击,
its opposition to trans rights 不认可政府对跨性别人群的打压
and its efforts to cut back social on services 不认可政府对社会服务的缩减
like food assistance 比如给低收入人群的免费食品供应
and public health care programs. 以及公共健康事务项目
NO KINGS DAY : Photograph by John Partipilo/ Tennessee Lookout 2025
NO KINGS DAY — Luke Holly protests – Photograph by John Partipilo/ Tennessee Lookout 2025
下面是一篇报道的一部分:
Many attendees of the Nashville No Kings event 很多来参加纳什维尔的“美利坚不需要国王” 活动的居民 said they were motivated to protest 说他们来参加示威 by their fears of fascism 主要是对法西斯主义的担心, referring to ancestors who fought for the U.S. 说眼下的局势让他们想到了那些为美国而战的祖先们 or to worries about the world their children and grandchildren will inherit. 他们很担心儿孙们将继承一个糟糕的世界。
John Kelty, 65, of Nashville 居住在纳什维尔的六十五岁的公民约翰 said he is “haunted by the ghost” of an ancestor, 说他最近被自己的一位祖先鬼魂缠住了 also named John Kelty, 这个祖先也跟他一样叫做约翰 凯迪 who fought with George Washington 曾经跟国父乔治 华盛顿一起并肩战斗过 during the Revolutionary War. 那时还是革命战争期间
“It’s a lot easier to start this up now 现在起来反抗相对要容易很多 than for our grandchildren to have to face this when they grow up 等到儿孙们长大以后再行动就晚了,” Kelty said, 凯迪说 noting he also had seven uncles 他有七个叔叔伯伯舅舅 who fought against fascist regimes in World War II 都在二战期间反抗过法西斯. “We are at the beginning of a fascist takeover.” 我们现在正处在新一轮的法西斯主义开始形成的非常时期
Friends Mike Minggia and Crow Lee Belcher 明佳和贝尔切 是两个好朋友 expressed similar sentiments. 他们也表达了类似的担心
“(Republicans) love to say our country is divided 共和党人总是说我们这个国家处于分裂状态,” said Belcher 贝尔切说, a U.S. Army veteran and artist 他是一位美国退伍军人和艺术家 “This administration is doing everything it can to divide us 这届政府正在想方设法分裂我们. They’re not hiding their intentions 他们丝毫不介意让人知道 so we’re not going to hide either 那我们也不打算隐瞒.”
“The three branches of government aren’t working 美国现在三权并没有分立,” Minggia said 明佳说, adding that he fears the U.S. is heading towards fascism 他很担心美国正走向法西斯主义. “The Republican government 共和党政府 has capitulated to what Donald Trump wants.已经向川普投降”
Iris Spragens, 7, 有个七岁小姑娘,叫 爱瑞丝 with her parents and sister 跟她的父母和姐姐在一起, said she wishes Dolly Parton were president 说她希望 Dolly Parton 是总统. Claire Meneely and John Spragens attended the event 门尼立和斯普那根也参加了这个活动,with their daughter, Iris, 7, 还有七岁的女儿艾瑞斯 who was holding a sign featuring singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. 小姑娘手上举着一个人的头像,是一位歌手兼写歌者,叫 Dolly Parton。
“We don’t want Trump to be king 我们不想让川普成为国王because he can be mean to a lot of immigrants 因为他对很多移民都很不友好 and he kicks out a lot of immigrants 他赶走了很多移民,” said Iris Spragens 小姑娘说, who said she wished Parton were president 我很希望 歌手 Parton 是总统. “I think (Parton) would make this a better place 我觉得她会让我们这个世界变得更美好.”
Retired physician Clay MacConnell 麦克康奈尔是一位退休医生, who attended with his wife, Wendy 他和妻子温蒂一起参加了这场示威活动, said he is deeply concerned about Trump’s cuts to the nation’s science and health care infrastructure 说他川普政府对这个国家在科学和健康基础建设方面的资金大幅度缩减,他对此很担心, including the Centers for Disease Control. 这些基础设施包括CDC 疾病控制中心
“I’m here for our grandchildren to protect their future, 我今天来这里,是希望保护我们孙子们的未来 because the way it’s going, 因为就如今的发展方向来看 I’m scared 我对未来非常担心,” MacConnell said 麦克康奈尔说. “I’m scared the education that my grandchildren are getting 我很担心我的孙儿们获得的教育 won’t be the real history 不是讲述真的历史.
Wendy MacConnell 他的妻子温蒂 麦克康奈尔 had thoughts about the Trump administration’s portrayal of No Kings day. 对于川普政府如何秒回“美利坚不需要国王” 日这件事,也有一些想法。
“They’re trying to whitewash this 他们在想尽办法将这个日子洗白to make it seem like America doesn’t want this 好让后人们以为是美国不想让公民上街示威 — but look around 可你环顾一下四周, look around at all these people 看看我们身边这些人,就知道不是那么回事,” she said. 她说
Tennessee Highway Patrol 田纳西高速公路交警 arrests 71-year-old protester in Monroe County 在梦露县逮捕了一名71岁的抗议者
An East Tennessee woman was arrested Saturday 一位来自东部田纳西的妇女周六被逮捕了 during a No Kings protest 那一天是“美利坚不需要国王” 日 and booked into the Monroe County Justice Center. 她被带进了梦露县司法中心
Anna M. Grabowski, 71, of Ten Mile, 这位来自Ten Mile 镇的71岁妇女安娜 was charged with 被指控 obstructing a highway/passage 阻碍高速公路/通道交通 and failure to obey a law enforcement officer 以及违抗执法, a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy confirmed 这件事得到了梦露县一位副警长的证实. Bond was set at $5,000: 保释金定为5000美元 friends and supporters of Grabowski raised money to pay her bond 她的朋友和支持者凑钱支付了保释金 and she was released from jail at 6:30 p.m. 接着她在下午六点半从拘留中心被释放
Wesley Kile, 卫斯理 one of the approximately 40 people participating in the No Kings protest 是当时一起抗议的40人之一, said he, Grabowski and two other people 说他自己、被捕的安娜老太太,还有另外两个人 were protesting at the same location 都在同一个地方抗议— on the shoulder of the road adjacent to a bridge 在桥端的路肩上— earlier in the month 事实上,本月早些时间 and were told by a Highway Patrol officer 一位高速公路交警, a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy 梦露县的一位副警长and a Sweetwater police officer 还有一个穿羊毛衫的警官 they were allowed to be there. 曾经告诉他们,在那个桥头抗议是合法的
Anna M. Grabowski, 安娜老太太 embraced by a friend 被一位好朋友拥抱 after her release from the Monroe County Justice Center 在她从梦露县司法中心被释放后. (Photo: Wesley Kile)
Grabowski ran as a Democrat 这位老太太以民主党员的身份 for the Tennessee House of Representatives 竞选过田纳西州的众议员 in 2024 and 2016 那时分别是2016年和2024年, losing both times 但两次都竞选失败 to incumbent Republican Rep. Dan Howell of Cleveland. 输给了现任来自克利夫兰县的众议员 丹 豪威尔。
No other arrests have been reported from the 33 No Kings events across the state. 田纳西州境内没有听到其他的有人由于抗议被逮捕的案例
In Memphis, a peaceful protest as federal task force continues to make arrests 在孟菲斯,由于对来自联邦执法人员的不断逮捕不满,人们组织了一场和平方式的抗议活动
One day after – Shelby County officials 前一天发生了一件事,田纳西州谢尔比县的几位地方政府官员, including Mayor Lee Harris 其中包括市长哈里斯, and state lawmakers from Memphis 以及来自孟菲斯的州立法委员 filed suit against Gov. Bill Lee 向田纳西州州长 比尔 里提起控诉 over what they allege is unconstitutional deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops to Memphis 指控他将田纳西国民警卫队派到孟菲斯来,这个行为违宪, an estimated 7,000 gathered at Poplar and Highland Park. 第二天,响应这些 政府官员的指控的孟菲斯市民众多达7000人,他们一起聚集在 白杨树和高地公园。
Memphis has become a focus of Trump administration law enforcement activities 孟菲斯成为了川普执法行动的一个焦点城市 and is one of three cities in the nation 美国的三个焦点城市之一 — Chicago and Portland are the others 另外两个是芝加哥和波特兰 — with National Guard troops deployed to allegedly deter crime. 部署国民警卫队名义上是为了遏制犯罪。
Fight for the Constitution 为宪法而战, inflatable costumes 充气服装 and singing in Nashville 为纳什维尔歌唱
A spirit of joyful resistance permeated Nashville’s No Kings event, 纳什维尔的“美利坚不需要国王”抗议活动充满了一种欢快的抗议精神 which drew an estimated 7,000 people to the lawn of the Tennessee Capitol. 这个活动吸引了大约7000名居民聚集到田纳西议会大厦的草坪上
Taking a page from Portland , Oregon protesters 借鉴来自俄勒冈波特兰市的经验 who have gone viral for their inflatable costumes 那里的抗议者穿着各色充气服装抗议的场面引起了很多人的关注, dozens attending the Nashville rally 于是来参加纳什维尔聚会活动的几十名居民 dressed as unicorns, frogs, bees and chickens 也打扮成独角兽、青蛙、蜜蜂和鸡的样子. After listening to speakers, 在听完公众人物的演讲之后 the crowd went on the move 聚会人群开始行动, marching down nearby Bicentennial Mall 沿着附近的大市场 to Jefferson Street 一直走到杰弗逊大街, singing and chanting. 一路唱歌大喊
D4 )游玩圣地亚哥的动物园 San Diego Zoo,如果不想去的,可以去日落海滩 Sunset Cliffs Natural Park 玩水,我们会有大人带队分开活动。由于门票是自己买,所以如果不想去动物园,也可以去参观其他景点。傍晚逛当地超市,买菜,自己做饭,节省费用。- 1月25日,农历腊月二十六。
D5) 游玩古城 Old Town,逛街,当地特色博物馆 – 一个由航空母舰中途岛号航空母舰改造的二战博物馆 MIDWAY MUSEUM,品尝当地美食,逛二手商店。- 1月26日,农历腊月二十七