Cecile Thornton of Lewiston, far right, and about two dozen others protest on Lisbon Street in Lewiston by Dufresne Park Tuesday afternoon. Every Tuesday for the past 30 weeks the group, RESIST Central Maine, gather here to protest a variety of issues, mostly concerning big business and government oppressing and taking advantage of the poor and middle class workers.
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