Protesting oppression

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Carmen Lyman holds up a sign asking for tourists to return to Kaua‘i Friday along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

Jessica Else / The Garden Island

Annalia Russell, from Kapa‘a, said she didn’t make her sign, but holds it Friday along Rice Street in Lihu‘e because “it says what I want to say.”

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Michele Dillberg takes a photo of Toni Lijengren at the Friday “Walk For Our Rights” protest on Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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Mike Kruska of Moloa‘a holds up a sign protesting federal bailouts at the Friday “Walk For Our Rights” Rice Street rally in Lihu‘e.

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Daniel Hashimoto, one of the “Walk For Our Rights” organizers, stops for a photo with other protesters on Rice Street in Lihu‘e Friday.

LIHU‘E — Moloa‘a resident Mike Kruska stood on the lawn in front of the Historic County Building on Friday, holding a sign that read “BANKRUPT. NO PENSION 4 YOU.”

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