Yosemite Workers Protest Trump Cuts, Hang U.S. Flag Upside Down From El Capitan

February 24, 2025

Yosemite National Park employees showed their frustration with the Trump Administration’s federal employee cuts by hanging an upside-down flag from El Capitan, symbolizing distress. Six demonstrators, including current and former Yosemite National Park employees, rigged the 30-by-50-foot flag and left it hanging for several hours before taking it down themselves later the same day. The protest was in response to President Trump’s federal employee slashes that saw around 2,000 recent hires fired from the U.S. Forest Service and 1,000 employees let go from the national parks system.

“The purpose of this exercise of free speech is to disrupt without violence and draw attention to the fact that public lands in the United States are under attack,” read a statement released by the demonstrators. The Inertia