#resist often

“Taken together, what we’ve seen over the first five days is completely unprecedented,” says Peter Gleick, a water scientist and co-founder of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California. “I have seen nothing like it in my lifetime and I’ve been around for a while.”

Facing a possible crackdown on free speech for researchers within government, American scientists appear ready to voice their concerns with an unusual degree of public activism. They’re planning a march, and some are seeking to mobilize their peers to run for office.