© Joshua Lott / AFPDemonstrators carry effigies of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence during a protest against hate, white supremacy groups on Sunday, August 13, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
Protesters turned out from coast to coast to deliver many different messages.
While some came out to support groups which are condemned by white supremacists, others rallied for the removal of Confederate monuments - the issue that prompted the Charlottesville rally on Saturday.
Others gathered to denounce fascism and the Trump administration, which many feel have empowered white supremacists.
Hundreds of counter-protesters turned up to a right-wing rally in Seattle, prompting riot police to separate the two groups with a barricade.
Footage posted online appears to show members of the two sides facing off in the street. Someone out of the camera frame can be heard shouting "F**k off fascists!"
Police used pepper spray and blast balls to disperse crowds after fireworks were thrown at officers, according to a statement issued by the city of Seattle.
Authorities said they observed some people infiltrating peaceful counter-protesters while carrying ax handles, two-by-four pieces of wood, and balloons containing an "unknown liquid substance."
Three men were arrested and several weapons were confiscated.
Several hundred protesters also turned up in Denver, gathering beneath a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in City Park and marching two miles to the state capitol.
Protesters in Fort Collins, Colorado, also turned out to march, with demonstrators shouting "Everyone is welcome here. No hate, no fear." One banner said "Make racists ashamed again," AP reported.
In Manhattan, protesters marched from several locations to Trump Tower, demanding the president denounce white supremacist groups involved in the Saturday violence in Charlottesville.
© Joe Penney / ReutersProtesters chant slogans against white nationalism in Times Square in New York City, the day after the attack on counter-protesters at the "Unite the Right" rally organized by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 13, 2017.
© Joe Penney / ReutersOk, so what is it?
Others marched through downtown Los Angeles, including 62-year-old Helen Rubenstein, whose parents were Holocaust survivors. She said she fears extremist views are becoming the new normal under the Trump administration.
"I blame Donald Trump 100 percent because he emboldened all these people to incite hate, and they are now promoting violence and killing," Rubenstein told AP.
In Chicago, protesters could be seen holding giant replicas of Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. The Trump mock-up displayed a sign that said "fascist," while Pence's sign said "Christian theocrat."
© Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFPDemonstrators march downtown to protest the alt-right movement and to mourn the victims of yesterdays rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 13, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
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© Jonathan Ernst / ReutersPeople gather for a vigil in response to the death of a counter-demonstrator at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. August 13, 2017.
© Jonathan Ernst / ReutersPeople gather for a vigil in response to the death of a counter-demonstrator at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. August 13, 2017.
Additional rallies took place in other locations across the US on Sunday, from western Michigan to South Carolina. Activist group Indivisible Guide wrote on Facebook that 500 events had been organized.
"People need to wake up, recognize that and resist it as fearlessly as it needs to be done," Carl Dix, a leader of the Refuse Fascism group which organized demonstrations in New York, San Francisco, and other cities, told AP.
"This can't be allowed to fester and to grow because we've seen what happened in the past when that was allowed."
Trump has been criticized for failing to explicitly denounce the white supremacists involved in the Saturday violence in Charlottesville, instead opting to condemn "hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides."
Reader Comments
I'm always amazed how well the mind control has worked, just look at these all these fools. Lets forget about the massive corruption, corporate crimes, a congress that's made up entirely of blackmailed criminals of one type or another, The self-serving police state with its laws being made for nearly everything, making living in itself illegal, For profit incarceration, Food that is poisoned and/or depleted, They are full of toxic chemicals from every direction, they pay via tax up to 40% of their wages to support criminals, Their children are being lobotomized by doctors and indoctrinated to be compliant slaves by schools....
But lets march against RACISIM!