Kayakers brought the fight for liberation to the rivers, disrupting what they call "the shroud of ignorance" that is held there. The South Fork of the American River is the busiest section of whitewater in the Western U.S., and July 4th weekend is the busiest weekend for it. Understanding this, protesters ensured that commercial rafters weren’t able to ignore the message that the planet and its people are under attack by Donald Trump.

Some pissed off kayakers write: "Under the leadership of fascist Donald Trump and supported by inaction from the Democratic Party large swaths of wild land are under attack of privatization. This will further destroy what little remains of ecosystems across this settler-colony and will prove disastrous for indigenous people’s, many of whom still rely upon the land that the fascist federal government is seeking to kill. Along with the governments ecocidal crusade it has continued and expanded ICE’s genocidal campaign of establishing racial purity along with funded and facilitated genocidal wars against Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, and many other places exploited by the march of globalization and neo-colonialism.

"Although the vast majority supported us, simply cheering isn’t enough to stop the fascist onslaught. If we want to enjoy the rivers we must fight to defend them. Although we’re just a group of pissed kayakers with no collective name or group this should be a call to action for people’s everywhere that there is no such thing as a place that should be ignorant of fascism. Our people and our planet is under attack and there is no cost too great to defend them."

Banner Drop on the South Fork of the “American” River