Tallahassee, FL – On February 18, the Tallahassee City Commission’s meeting marked a win for organizers, who were allowed to wield signs protesting the city’s collaboration with ICE in defiance of the commission’s attempts to repress them. At the previous meeting in January, the city commission and Tallahassee Police Department tried to illegally confiscate the signs of attendees, and conservative Mayor John Dailey ended the meeting early when they refused to comply.

Even though the city commission only gives each attendee three minutes to speak, the huge crowd that packed the January 14 meeting still managed to talk to the commission for almost three hours about the overwhelming public opposition to TPD’s 287(g) agreement with ICE and the city’s decision to sell land containing the unmarked graves of enslaved people to a notoriously racist country club. That should have taught Mayor Dailey that the city needed to listen to the people of Tallahassee, but instead he decided the problem was letting the public speak at all.

At the start of February’s meeting, the commission voted to limit public comment to 30 minutes, only hearing the first ten speakers who sign up, even though public comment comes at the end of a full day of meetings. To make sure that you can speak to the city commission, you now have to show up at 2 or 3 p.m. on a Wednesday, in the middle of the workday, and sit through hours of bureaucracy until around 6 p.m. to be allowed to talk. This effectively bans working-class people from being heard by their city government and represents a clear escalation in the struggle between the commission’s conservative majority and Tallahassee’s growing immigrant rights movement.

Organizers and community members continued to stand up to the commission’s attacks on free speech. Residents hid 8.5 x 11 signs in their pockets denouncing the 287(g) agreement, pulling them out when speakers finally came up.

Mayor Dailey, shaken by the presence of journalists in the room, was forced to back down and allow the signs rather than threaten to arrest attendees again for expressing their anger with the city’s inaction. Visibly exasperated, he tried to play this weakness off as generosity, saying that these signs were “fine, because they’re a regular sheet of paper.” Speakers wasted no time in calling out his hypocrisy, pointing out that the signs hadn’t changed at all – what had changed was the unpopularity of the city’s repressive tactics.

“We’ve seen an outpouring of civic participation in local government. In a city this small, you guys should be excited to see this level of participation if you cared about democracy,” said Joelle Nuñez, president of the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance. “But instead your response to people being upset at what you’re doing is to keep pushing more unpopular measures to restrict free speech. We’re trying to open the gates for people to participate, and you’re here actively shutting them. We want a public town hall to talk about 287(g), where we have more than 30 minutes to speak, and we want y’all to listen to us. That’s all.”

Nonprofit founder Stanley Sims, a longtime critic of the commission, pointed out that at a previous meeting a group of white suburbanites had been allowed to bring much larger signs without pushback to protest a planned gas station in their neighborhood, yet the government was silencing citizens who were concerned about issues predominantly affecting Black and Latino people.

Commissioners seemed willing to waver on the 30-minute speaking time limit, at least while the cameras were rolling. Commissioner Jeremy Matlow, a progressive and Dailey’s main competitor in the race for mayor, pressured the conservative majority into relenting and giving all of the registered speakers for this meeting their three minutes.

Commissioner Jack Porter, another progressive, proposed a resolution to revisit the time limit in a public meeting, denouncing the fact that the previous decision was made behind closed doors without public input. This time the conservatives stood their ground, and Commissioners Diane Williams-Cox and Curtis Richardson joined Mayor Dailey in voting the resolution down, citing the same tired complaints about “decorum” that they used to justify shutting down the last meeting.

Delilah Pierre, president of the Tallahassee Community Action Committee, replied, “I’m so tired of the word ‘decorum’, that word that’s just used as an excuse to repress the community. You get to be isolated from the problems that people are facing, but the people who are being murdered by ICE and the people in Tallahassee who are watching graves being built over don’t have time for ‘decorum’ in their lives.”

Pierre continued, “Banning public comment isn't a sign of strength – it’s a sign of your internal weakness. It's a sign that you know that people will show up again and again to call you out because you represent the interests of the Trump administration in Tallahassee, and it’s time that everybody knows about it.”

TIRA will join other community organizations on International Women’s Day, March 8, to march for justice for immigrant women. For more information, visit TIRA’s pages on Facebook or Instagram (@tlh_ira).

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Tallahassee, FL- On Saturday, January 31, the Tally Coalition Against Trump rallied outside the Florida Capitol building with more than 450 people.

They were joined by groups like the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance, the Tallahassee Community Action Committee, Tallahassee Students for a Democratic Society, Power Up People, and others to demand an end to the city’s 287(g) agreement and stand in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis and around the country.

“We are fighting for something greater than us. We are fighting against the brutality of ICE,” said Justin Jordan, president of FAMU SDS.

Minneapolis has been a hotspot for ICE violence, being the crime scene of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti’s murder. ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis have taken children, such as five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose photo of him in a blue bunny hat while being detained by ICE went viral, as bait to detain their parents. Inspired by the bravery of the citizens of Minneapolis, the Tallahassee Coalition Against took immediate action.

Brandon Beckett, the secretary of Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance, stated, “Through these tragic events, the people of Minneapolis have not responded with silence, they have responded with strength.”

Tallahassee has been getting used to emergency actions for some time now. The Trump administration and ICE’s increasing violence have meant that there have been murders and kidnappings across the country, and not just in big cities like Minneapolis, but also here in Tallahassee. These emergency actions show no signs of slowing down as the violence against our community continues.

The large crowd chanted, “No hate! No fear! Immigrants are welcome here!”

In May, an ICE raid targeting construction workers in Tallahassee detained over 100 people. Tallahassee State College and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University have signed 287(g) agreements, allowing their police departments to work with ICE. The largest college in Tallahassee, Florida State University, has done the same behind closed doors.

The city of Tallahassee has signed its own 287(g), allowing the Tallahassee Police Department to collaborate with ICE. Despite massive public backlash, the motion to rescind the agreement in October 2025 failed on a narrow vote. On January 14, city commissioners ended the meeting during public comment, and capitol police harassed members who were holding 8 x 11” signs denouncing the sale of land containing enslaved people's graves to the Capitol City Country Club, repressing their freedom of speech. The commissioners refused to hear their constituents' detestation of ICE and 287(g).

With Florida’s legislative session beginning and a slew of repressive bills on the way, organizers in Tallahassee know that the struggle is not waning but reaching its most critical point. Bills like CS/HB 17 that increase criminal charges for battery on law enforcement officers, and HB 49, which suppresses political activity on campus, aim to slow and repress the anti-ICE and legalization for all the movement.

On the other hand, bills like HB 419, which would prohibit ICE and other law enforcement from using face coverings, also being heard in the upcoming legislative session.

The Tally Coalition Against Trump will continue to advocate against ICE brutality and violence.

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Tallahassee, FL – On January 24, over 600 people marched and rallied at the Florida Capitol building, led by the Tallahassee Coalition Against Trump. Protesters took to the streets in an act of resistance against Trump’s racist and reactionary agenda, with demands of, “ICE out now!,” “End 287(g)!,” “No more U.S. intervention!” and “Stop FBI and DOJ repression!”

Speaking on behalf of the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance (TIRA), Brandon Beckett said, “I’m sick and tired of seeing children’s lives terrorized! I’m sick and tired of seeing chaos carried out by the state. And I’m sick and tired of having a president who claims peace but advances terror with every action he takes.”

This protest took place as ICE continues to attack immigrants across the country, and on the same day as ICE agents in Minneapolis murdered Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was brutally killed while helping a woman attacked by ICE

Connecting the struggle against ICE to the fight for community control of the police, Regina Joseph from Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) said, “The police should be working for us, not the other way around. We should be holding them accountable for what they do wrong, and right here in Tallahassee the police are working with ICE through 287(g)!”

The 287(g) program is a partnership between ICE and the police that allows officers to perform immigration enforcement and collaborate with ICE terror. Organizers in Tallahassee have been demanding that the city commission terminate the Tallahassee Police Department’s 287(g) agreement, which was signed voluntarily by Police Chief and killer cop Lawrence Revell.

After some speeches, community members began their march around the Florida State Capitol. Despite attempts by capitol police to repress the protest, the people took to the streets. As cars honked in support, the crowd chanted, “Legalization for all!” and “Who’s streets? Our streets!” In marching, the Tallahassee Coalition Against Trump showed that even with oppressive state laws, the people of Tallahassee would not back down.

Addressing the crowd after the march, Katy Kurzweil from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) said, “The system is broken! We can no longer believe the lie that Trump is the sole reason for all of this repression. This goes way beyond Donald Trump! Step one will be to get rid of Donald Trump, but what do we do when he’s gone? Are we gonna twiddle our thumbs? Are we gonna wait for someone good to come along? No! We are done waiting, we are tired of waiting! We have all the power we need right here.”

Those in attendance say more actions are planned for the near future, and many of the organizations involved will be at the city commission meeting on February 18 to make their demands heard locally. For updates on upcoming events, follow @tallyagainsttrump.

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Tallahassee, FL – On January 14, Tallahassee locals gathered at the city commission meeting to demand accountability. Those in attendance had three main goals: the reversal of the 287(g) agreement, the reversal of the sale of the public golf course containing the graves of formerly enslaved people, and that the commission vote no on the sale of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital to Florida State University.

Instead of listening to the people, Tallahassee Police Department officers tried to illegally confiscate the signs of protesters, and Mayor John Dailey ended the meeting early when they refused to give in to the unlawful demand. Despite this attempted repression, locals continued to rally, first inside the commission chambers, then directly outside the building.

Speaking on the action, Delilah Pierre, president of the Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) said, “They choose to break the law for their own purposes but let me tell you something! If our city commission won’t enforce the law, we will!”

Over the past year, Tallahassee organizers have been fighting against a commission that continuously sides with wealthy developers and caves to the racist demands of the Trump administration. Just last month it sold public land containing the graves of at least 17 formerly enslaved people to Capital City Country Club, and in October, they refused to revoke TPD’s 287(g) agreement that allows them to collaborate with ICE. Their latest meeting continues that trend, with the commission voting 3-2 to advance the sale of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, a deal composed of shady backroom meetings and almost no community involvement.

Speaking to the crowd outside, Delaitre Hollinger, a local activist and historian, said, “What happened tonight was, as we know, completely and totally messed up. We have a mayor who at times likes to act like a petulant child and adjourn commission meetings in the middle of people speaking, but what I like about this is that ain’t none of us scared! We gotta continue to speak up, to step out, to protest, to march, to come to these meetings, to pack City Hall out! Every time that he adjourns a meeting, then we need to double and triple in size!”

Other organizations in attendance included Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance (TIRA), Tallahassee Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), FAMU SDS, Tallahassee Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), Tallahassee Coalition Against Trump (TCAT), FSU Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), and Students for Progressive Victory at FSU (PVFSU).

While rallying, both veteran organizers and first time protesters were given a chance to speak and lead chants, with cries of “Shame on Dailey!” “Shame on Richardson!” and “Shame on Williams-Cox” being most prevalent.

More actions are planned soon, including a No Kings rally on January 24, at 11 a.m. at the Florida Capitol Building. Under the Tallahassee Coalition Against Trump banner, over a dozen organizations will be showing up to mark a year of resistance against the Trump agenda and speak out against his racist and reactionary actions.

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Tallahassee, FL – On August 20, community members spoke out at Tallahassee’s city commission meeting to demand that the city back out of the 287(g) program which gives local officers immigration enforcement abilities. As a result, the city commission voted unanimously to review the agreement at the next city commission meeting.

The struggle over the 287(g) program began earlier this year in March when the Tallahassee Police Department signed the agreement with ICE after pressure from Governor Ron Desantis, despite having no legal obligation to do so.

After significant public outcry at their June meeting, the Tallahassee city commission voted 3-2 to review the agreement. Activists and concerned community members were caught by surprise when 287(g) was left off the August meeting agenda. Many condemned the decision during the public comment portion of the meeting.

Mayor John Dailey then briefly opened the floor for the commissioners to discuss the 287(g) program before shutting it down amid clamor from the crowd as Chief of Police Lawrence Revell took the podium – he was the signee on the memorandum of agreement with ICE.

After the mayor decided to move on from the topic, attendees began to rally outside of the City Hall building chanting, “No justice, no peace, no 287(g)!” and “We will not put up with ICE!”

Joelle Nunez, the president of the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance said, “No matter what the commissioners try to do, it’s the power of the people that pressures them into action and it's the people of Tallahassee that will hold them accountable.”

While people protested outside, 287(g) was brought back for discussion by commissioner Jeremy Matlow who urged the city review the lawsuit by the city of South Miami against the state of Florida regarding the governor’s threats to municipal authorities over refusal to sign 287(g) agreements. In the same motion Matlow also requested an overview of legal options the city of Tallahassee can take against the state over 287(g). In a surprising moment of unity, the city commission voted unanimously to discuss this review at their next meeting in September.

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Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, June 14, thousands of people gathered at the Florida State Capitol building to show their opposition to the Trump administration. The No Kings protest – which was created by the 50501 movement – has over 1500 cities participating.

Protesters gathered to voice their outrage at the administration’s attacks on democratic rights, at violence against community members, and at the increasingly unchecked power of the president.

The crowd chanted “The people! United! Will never be defeated!” to call for the city commissioners to stand against the 287(g) agreement voluntarily signed by Police Chief Lawrence Revell. This agreement diverts city police resources to aid in ICE activities.

Amanda Parish, the wife of a victim from the May 29 Tallahassee ICE raid spoke out in a pre-recorded message. She was unable to attend the event because she had to travel to Texas to support her detained husband.

“There are still families who can't get in touch with their families, it's hard,” said Parish. Her words were met with supportive cheers and waving of signs like “No one is illegal on stolen land.”

Crowds showed unwavering enthusiasm despite rain throughout the day. Protesters cheered, chanted, sang, played music and held their signs as cars drove by honking in support.

Speakers called for action. Issues spanned from climate change, unfair labor practices and denouncing groups like the James Madison Institute that served on the advisory board for the infamous Project 2025.

“We are all in the same boat now,” said Dot Inman Johnson, a 78-year-old Tallahassee native recalling her experience fighting for civil rights in this same spot. “We have a common enemy and that is Donald Trump. We can do so much more together.”

“The moment right now is not normal,” said Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) leader Delilah Pierre. “It is not enough to go to one protest, vote, or just be on social media. We need to be fighting every single day.”

The event was organized by 50501, Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance, FSU Students for a Democratic Society, the Tallahassee Community Action Committee, and Food, Not Bombs Tallahassee, along with Indivisible Tallahassee and the ACLU.

Tallahassee Community Action Committee, is a grassroots organization dedicated to fighting for peace, justice and equality through direct action. For more information on future events and updates head to tallycac.com.

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Tallahassee, FL – El viernes, 30 de mayo, más de cuatrocientas personas se congregaron en el Capitolio de Florida para protestar una operación de escala grande realizada jueves, 29 de mayo, en un sitio de construcción en College Town, un barrio a pocas calles de la Universidad del Estado de Florida. La manifestación de emergencia fue llamada por la Alianza de Derechos de Inmigrantes de Tallahassee (TIRA).

Lectores dirigieron la multitud, que abarcó la totalidad del complejo de la Capital, con gritos como, “¡Aquí estamos, y no nos vamos!” y “¡Dilo una vez, dilo dos veces! ¡No soportaremos ICE!”

Desde la sesión legislativa de 2025, el gobernador Ron DeSantis ha incrementado los ataques a los inmigrantes a nivel estatal. La ley del estado ya obliga que todas las oficinas del sheriff que operan una cárcel firmen los acuerdos de 287g con ICE, que permiten que los agentes de policía entrenen y actúen como agentes de inmigración. En abril, ICE y el estado de Florida realizaron la “Operación Maremoto”, un esfuerzo conjunto que resultó en los arrestos de más de 1000 personas en una sola semana. La redada en Tallahassee el 29 de mayo, llevada a cabo por ICE, la Patrulla de Carretera de Florida y al menos cuatro otras agencias policiales, se afirma que es la operación más grande en un solo día hasta ahora en Florida.

Durante la protesta, Aracely Cruz, vocera de Voces Unidas de Gadsden, proclamó, “Estamos aquí porque la gente trabajadora está siendo cazada como criminales. Ellos no son simplemente inmigrantes, sino nuestros vecinos y amigos. Lo que les pasa a ellos no es nada menos que intolerancia y odio. Decimos: ¡deja de usar a los inmigrantes como chivo expiatorio por los fracasos del gobierno! ¡Exigimos un fin a las redadas y la protección de las familias!”

La manifestación del viernes no fue la primera acción de emergencia de tal clase: en abril, activistas locales organizaron una movilización de emergencia a la Cárcel de Condado de León en respuesta a la detención por ICE de Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, un ciudadano de los EE. UU.

“Cuando estamos organizados, podemos ganar – justo unas cuantas semanas antes, un ciudadano de los EE. UU. fue detenido. TIRA tuvo una acción de emergencia esa noche y esa misma noche, fue liberado,” dijo Regina Joseph de la Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad (OSCL). “Tenemos que ser estratégicos, y tenemos que estar organizados, porque solo nosotros nos vamos a salvar. Tenemos que expulsar a ICE de nuestro pueblo.”

Joelle Nuñez, un organizador con TIRA y el presentador del evento, habló del papel que tienen las entidades locales en su complicidad con ICE, proclamando, “La ciudad tuvo la oportunidad de mantener a ICE fuera de nuestros barrios, ICE está entrando a nuestras comunidades y actuando como una fuerza paramilitar, están separando a familias y rompiéndolas, y a pesar de eso la ciudad permite que la colaboración con ICE siga. DeSantis ha hecho que las políticas de inmigración de Trump no solo sean bienvenidas, sino que también redobla sus esfuerzos. Es el deber de cada quien con conciencia y moral presentarse ahora mismo. Necesitamos exigir que nuestras instituciones no cooperen con ICE.”

TIRA se movilizará a la reunión de Comisión de Ciudad el 11 de junio para exigir que los oficios locales hagan una proclamación condenando la redada.

La manifestación fue asistida por la Comité de Acción Comunitaria de Tallahassee, Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad, Voces Unidas de Gadsden, Comida no Bombas, el Caucus de Medio Ambiente de Dems del Condado Leon, los Estudiantes por una Sociedad Democrática, y los Socialistas Democráticos Jóvenes de América.

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Tallahassee, FL – On Thursday, April 16, about 75 community members rallied at the Leon County Jail to demand the immediate release of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a U.S. citizen illegally detained by ICE. The emergency mobilization was called by the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance (TIRA).

Lopez-Gomez, who lives in Georgia and works in Tallahassee, was detained by Florida Highway Patrol during a traffic stop after crossing state lines Wednesday morning. Despite presenting his U.S. birth certificate to the court, ICE formally requested that Lopez-Gomez be held in jail for pickup and processing, superseding Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans’s assessment that the birth certificate was in fact legitimate.

TIRA called for an emergency mobilization at about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, and within two hours, dozens of concerned community members were at the front lawn of the Leon County Jail, chanting “Release Juan now!” and “No fear, no hate! No ICE in our state!”

“Juan Carlos is a U.S. citizen, so if this case moves forward, if he gets deported, this has horrifying implications,” shouted Robert Lee, a local organizer with Food Not Bombs. “Many of us here are children of immigrants. This puts us and our families on the line, really anyone who doesn’t worship the MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to come for all of us and redefine who is ‘American.’ This is not right!”

President Trump has made his intentions undeniably clear. On April 15, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated the president was looking into legal pathways for deporting U.S. citizens.

The case of Lopez-Gomez is about racially profiling Latino and indigenous Americans. Lopez-Gomez’s first and second languages are Tzotzil (a Mayan language) and Spanish. He does not speak English, making him a target for ICE.

After about two hours of consistent chanting and communication with Lopez-Gomez’s legal team, the crowd was notified that Lopez-Gomez had been freed and would be returning home that night. Community members met with him and his mother outside of the jail. Lopez-Gomez, still in his work clothes from Wednesday morning, recalled the treatment he received while detained, stating “I’m glad to be leaving. They gave us nothing to eat at all yesterday. I got one piece of bread today, that’s it.”

The protest ended with chants and tears of joy – organizers promised to offer their continued support as the case progresses. Aedan Bennett, a representative of TIRA, closed out the event, stating, “We had two hours' notice for this event, but we won Juan Carlos’s release. This is a win for the people. We will always stand up to fight Trump’s racist and violent attacks on immigrants and people everywhere!”

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Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, April 5, over 1000 people gathered at the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee to protest the Trump administration’s reactionary agenda. The protest was organized as a part of the 50501 Movement alongside hundreds of other demonstrations held in Florida and across the country, telling Trump, Elon Musk, and their cronies, “Hands off!”

One attendee, Nicole Soza of Food Not Bombs, noted that in her nine years of organizing she had never seen a turnout that large in Tallahassee. “I think it's a clear sign that working-class people are no longer willing to tolerate being exploited, nor are they willing to see their BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled brothers and sisters be oppressed any longer.”

Over a dozen local organizations co-sponsored the event, including the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance (TIRA), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood, the Tallahassee Community Action Community (TCAC), Food Not Bombs, and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO).

Since stepping into office, Trump has ramped up political repression of anyone who expresses dissent with his backwards policies. Local and federal law enforcement have been given the green light to arrest immigrants, such as Mahmoud Khalil, who stand up against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. Expanding the powers of abusive U.S. police forces not only has negative consequences for immigrants but also increases the oppression of Black and brown people in the country. Far-right commentators like Ben Shapiro have suggested pardoning killer cops like Derek Chauvin, an idea that Trump would undoubtedly be amenable to.

Delilah Pierre, president of the Tallahassee Community Action Committee, spoke on the importance of building a movement against police crimes. The NAARPR affiliate is currently campaigning to have the charges on Calvin Riley, a Black man who had evidence of a DUI planted on him, dropped. TCAC is also fighting to shift resources from police to pay for the needs of Tallahassee residents,

Pierre stated, “We have to continue to fight for Calvin Riley, show solidarity with all those affected by the Trump administration, and fight for a budget that reflects the priorities of the people in Tallahassee.”

JJ Glueck stated, “We are lucky not to be followed by police and arrested like Jacksonville SDSers. We are lucky not to be beaten with batons like the students at Wash U. And we are lucky to live in the belly of the beast. My university still stands, but not a single Palestinian university was spared from U.S.-made bombs.”

In Trump’s first term, he and his administration worked to strip back the reproductive rights of women and LGBTQ people. Now, these attacks have resumed in a more blatant manner. Trenece Robertson, a reproductive justice organizer and one of the event’s emcees, stated, “For a long time, people’s autonomy has been under attack, from white women being denied sexual education during the Victorian period to Black women being forcibly experimented on and sterilized. These attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care are nothing new. It’s just that masks are officially off, and our lawmakers are finally being honest about how they felt.”

While Trump has been attacking the rights of immigrants, women, queer people and others, a common talking point was that of Trump’s economic policies. Trump’s tariffs on countries that the U.S. regularly trades with is creating economic uncertainty for working-class families. The Republican Party has even openly discussed taking aim at Medicaid and Social Security.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization member Regina Joseph emphasized the importance of not just mobilizing, but organizing against Trump and Musk’s attacks on the rights of the working class, stating, “We need to organize because it’s the only way we can win. We need to build a massive broad movement against Trump and the multimillionaire and billionaire class!”

The rally had an air of righteous anger, with some protesters expressing fear and even despair at the onslaught of cruel attacks. Robert Lee, member of Food Not Bombs and TIRA addressed these fears and the importance of uniting in the face of it, “Donald Trump and his administration want us to feel isolated and afraid, that’s how they win. But together with our collective power we can win!”

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