Don’t Let LA Stand Alone: A Message to the Gathering Resistance

Over the past week, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Los Angeles, fighting to defend their neighborhoods and family members from ICE, facing off with the National Guard to demand those imprisoned by DHS be released, and fiercely pushing back against the brutality of the LAPD. This bravery has been inspiring, especially in the face of bloodthirsty attacks by the state.

Following violent raids on multiple workplaces, thousands have taken to the streets of #LosAngeles against ICE as Trump has sent in the National Guard. Police have injured multiple journalists and @seiu.org leader, David Huerta. Our roundup of spreading protests. itsgoingdown.org/national-gua…

— It's Going Down (@igd.bsky.social) 2025-06-09T08:53:39.550Z

Meanwhile, across the country, thousands more are taking action in solidarity, rallying outside of ICE prisons, shutting down courthouses to stop deportations, demonstrating in support of an SEIU union leader who was brutalized and arrested, kicking agents out of hotels, and demanding corporations cuts ties with ICE.

A groundswell is building – both against the Trump regime and the Democratic party, as millions reject the targeting of pro-Palestinian anti-war activists and massive attacks on social services, labor unions, and healthcare amid an escalating push towards authoritarianism.

A White Nationalist Agenda

The Trump administration’s assault on migrant workers doesn’t come out of nowhere – and it isn’t in response to “crime.” It’s being directed by Stephen Miller, a white nationalist who attended Duke University alongside neo-Nazi leader Richard Spencer, infamous for organizing the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, VA. Alongside Spencer, Miller organized speaking events for white supremacist thought leaders and after leaving college, he began working for Republican politicians. In the lead-up to the Trump presidency, Miller promoted white nationalist publications and groups to further his attacks on immigrants. The New York Times quoted Trump as saying that, “If it was up to Mr. Miller, there would be only 100 million people in this country, and they would all look like Mr. Miller.”

We feed you.They hunt us.

— United Farm Workers (@ufw.bsky.social) 2025-06-11T05:05:34.591Z

Now, Miller is putting his dream of mechanized ethnic cleansing into practice – ramping up deportations, ripping apart families, throwing people into deadly detention camps, and preparing to send thousands to Guantanamo Bay, while hundreds more remain locked inside a slave-labor prison in El Salvador. The Trump administration has terminated protected status for hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and refugees while demanding that ICE begin targeting “non-criminals” by raiding workplaces, churches, and schools and arresting those attending court hearings, all in an effort to boost deportation numbers. If we do nothing, the horrors we refuse to confront today will be turned on us tomorrow.

Trump is Not All Powerful

The threats we face from the Trump administration are real. Trump wants to consolidate power for authoritarian ends, build a massive techno-police state, push the US towards open war, silence journalists, jail protesters, and target his opponents while enriching himself and the corporate elite. While the threat that Trump poses cannot be ignored, he also isn’t all powerful. His coalition is already cracking and his poll numbers are tanking. Conditions are getting worse, prices continue to rise, and people are desperate. More importantly, resistance – just like during his first term – is growing.

Just printed a bunch of copies in a rainbow of colors to give out at a local No Kings rally!