Minneapolis, MN – Organized by the Resist from Day One Coalition, a Trump Out Now protest has been set for 4:30 p.m., June1, at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis (4th Street and 4th Avenue).

According to a statement from protest organizers, “We can’t wait until 2020 or wait patiently for processes like impeachment to run their excruciatingly slow bureaucratic course to push Trump out. Every day he stays in office he is a threat to humanity and his policies continue to severely harm millions of people at home and abroad.”

The statement continues, “Mass protests have stopped some of Trump’s worst proposals from moving forward – like the Muslim ban and the health care disaster. We need to build on that and get millions of people in the streets across the country standing up and saying the time is now for Trump to pack up and go.”

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Minneapolis, MN – Jan. 20 was a day of national Inauguration Day Anti-Trump protests. The Resist from Day One Coalition, a coalition of over 80 Twin Cities local and grassroots organizations, brought 6000 people to march and rally to reject the Trump administration’s dangerous agenda. The day included a long march with three separate rallying points, until the final stop at the Hennepin County Government Center Plaza, which is also known as People’s Plaza.

As people gathered at Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue, they were greeted by many speakers and chants that hyped up their resolve to be united and fight back as Trump’s policies are rolled out in the coming weeks and months. The people’s chants of “Not our president!” could be heard for miles.

Many groups and individuals spoke out about the threats the new administration poses to Minnesotans and communities of the Twin Cities. Topics covered ranged from immigration; attacks on Muslims; women's issues; foreign policy; students on education; workers and economic attacks; police violence; political repression; Indigenous struggles; racist discrimination; LGBTQ, and the climate crisis.

Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC), which spearheaded the coalition said, “We believe that no human being is illegal and no families should be separated by deportation. We pledge to resist Trump’s unjust attacks on immigrants.” That pledge was repeated from the crowd.

Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric has fanned the flames of xenophobia in the U.S. One of the major issues raised as a cornerstone of the new Trump administration is a rabidly anti-immigrant agenda that would do irreparable harm to families across the country, compounding the tragedy of the record numbers of deportations that happened under Obama.

Many programs and agencies stand to lose support and funding under the new administration, including programs that provide critical social services to many people in our local communities. Angel Buechner of the Welfare Rights Committee said, “The women of the Welfare Rights Committee have been battling sexism, racism, poor-bashing and bigotry for over 20 years – from both Republicans and Democrats. We have faced off against Trump-like crap before, as we struggle for basic income and dignity for poor families. So, we will not let this orange clown get us down!”

“No Trump, no KKK, no racist USA,” was one chant as the crowd moved from towards the second rallying point. As the marchers passed, many neighbors, workers and customers came out to cheer them on. The numbers of marchers grew every block as more protesters joined in.

As the march continued, many chants filled the air. “Sexist, racist, anti-gay, Donald Trump go away!” “Donald Trump, let’s be clear, refugees are welcome here!” “Trump says ‘go back,’ we say ‘fight back!’”

At the second rallying point, feeder marches joined in. The Black Snake Resistance March and a walkout of students at the University of Minnesota, Augsburg College and various high schools and elementary students merged together and walked to the Peoples’ Plaza.

At People’s Plaza – a nickname earned for the Hennepin County Government Plaza during the 2011 Occupy movement, which took over the space over for weeks – Jess Sundin, member of the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar and Freedom Road Socialist Organization, welcomed participants, and spoke of need to build a movement to defeat Trump’s attacks and drive him from office. Other speakers highlighted anti-Muslim attacks, police violence, and students fighting to make their campuses sanctuaries for undocumented students.

Cherrene Horazuk, president of AFSCME 3800, the Clerical Workers Union at the University of Minnesota, spoke, “Trump has already signaled very clearly that it's open season on workers and our unions. President Trump has also made it clear that he is prepared to carry out massive attacks on our immigrant and Muslim co-workers and communities. Our union has always worked to create solidarity across differences, to expand our rights, and to unite all people in our efforts to improve working and living standards.”

“We have been here before and we will get through this,” stated Chauntyll Allen from Black Lives Matter-Saint Paul. She had the crowd repeat, “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support one other. We have nothing to lose but our chains,” a quote from Assata Shakur. She also led the crowd in a remembrance of the names Black and Brown people who were killed police in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

A speaker on indigenous struggles ended with a chant, “We stand with Standing Rock!”

As the rally came to a close, Sundin urged the crowd to be ready to protest on the hundredth day Trump’s presidency stating, “Join us on May 1, International Workers’ Day!” The crowd was asked, “Will you be with us?” They roared back “Yes!” which led into the finally chant, “Dump Trump!”

Sparked by the election of Trump, the Resist From Day One Coalition MN was created to bring together a growing list of Twin Cities groups and individuals to unite in defending the communities against the racist, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, anti-Muslim, anti-woman, anti-environment, anti-LGBTQI agenda of the Trump administration and beyond.

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Minneapolis, MN – A broad coalition of more than 40 organizations will join together in the streets of Minneapolis on inauguration day, Jan. 20, to resist the Trump administration’s agenda. There will also be massive protests at the inauguration in Washington D.C. and in cities around the country.

There will be many actions throughout the day, all of which are planning to converge at 5:00 p.m. for a mass rally at Minneapolis City Hall (350 S. 5th Street).

The Resist from Day One March starts at 2:00 p.m. at Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis. From there it will go to Franklin and Nicollet, where the protest will l be joined by the Black Snake Resistance March (#NODAPL) which gathers at 2:30 p.m. at Chicago and Franklin Avenues.

At 4:00 p.m. they will march from Franklin and Nicollet to Minneapolis City Hall for a mass rally at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall. Other groups will join in at City Hall including students who are planning walkouts. More Jan. 20 activities are in the planning stages.

According to a statement from protest organizers, “Trump’s campaign was built largely on intimidation and attacks against immigrants, Muslims, workers, women and the environment. His cabinet picks are billionaires, military generals and racists, who have an agenda against the interests of 99% of the population. We believe that the people have the power to stop the coming attacks if we unite in solidarity and resist from day one. We are coming together in the streets on Jan. 20, inauguration day, to support our communities and to say we are not intimidated, we will not give Trump a chance to implement the agenda he has promised to implement. We will resist from day one!”

The Resist from Day One Coalition MN brings together Twin Cities groups and individuals, uniting to defend communities against Trump's racist, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, anti-Muslim, anti-woman, anti-environment agenda.

The current endorser list includes: AFSCME Council 5, AFSCME Local 34, AFSCME Local 2822, AFSCME Local 3800, American Indian Movement TC, Anti-War Committee, Augsburg Latin American Students (ALAS), Black St. Paul, Blue Lies Matter, Casket Arts resource group, Center for Immigrant Justice, Communities United Against Police Brutality, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL), Feminist Student Activist Collective UMN, 15 Now MN, Filipinos for Immigrant Rights in MN (FIRM), Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Gang of Voices, Idle No More Twin Cities, IWW General Defence Committee Local 14, James Dewitt Yancey Foundation MN Chapter, Jewish Voice for Peace – Twin Cities, Justice for Native Lives, La Raza Student Cultural Center – UMN, MN Cuba Committee, MN Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC), MN Green Party, MN Neighbors for Justice, MN Peace Action Coalition (MPAC), MN Two-Spirit Society, MORENA Minnesota, Native Lives Matter, RadAzns, SEIU Local 26, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) MN, Sierra Club Northstar Chapter, Socialist Action, Socialist Alternative, Students for a Democratic Society UMN, Students for Justice in Palestine UMN, TC Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, TC Peace Campaign, TC Save The Kids, 350.org, UMAHH Universal Movement for the Advancement of Hip Hop, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, VoteClimate.org, Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), Welfare Rights Committee, and Young People's Action Coalition.

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