A weekend of protests in San Francisco, DC, and elsewhere within the nation forward of Donald Trump’s second inauguration kicked off Saturday within the Mission District with a march by the neighborhood.
We who see democracy probably crumbling earlier than our eyes — or at the least we who see the seeds of fascism being sown, one after the other, whereas an embittered populace turns a blind eye — are fairly demoralized this go-round. And it is going to be fascinating to see, as soon as the shit begins actually hitting the fan, whether or not individuals stand up and make noise in the best way they did eight years in the past, though that did not do a ton of excellent.
However 1,000 or extra individuals gathered within the Mission District Saturday morning to kick off a weekend of nationwide protest motion towards the incoming Trump administration and all their purported plans.
“Last time, the BART train was full,” stated Susan Weyl, talking to Mission Native concerning the crowd she noticed at this time heading to the Mission in comparison with the protests after the final Trump election in 2016.
“Things got diluted,” Weyl tells the publication. “Over time we’ve just been worn down, and are just like ‘What do we do?'”
Some Individuals’s March protesters with significantly colourful indicators, Saturday, January 18, 2025. Photograph: Joe Kukura/SFist
At present’s protest, a part of a collection of “People’s March” occasions throughout the nation, went from twenty fourth Avenue down Mission Avenue and up 18th Avenue to Dolores Park. Mission Native estimated the gang to be round 1,000, however it might nicely have been bigger that by the point the group reached the park.
— Mission Native (@MLNow) January 18, 2025
Hundreds of individuals took to the streets in SF at this time as a part of the nationwide Individuals’s March (previously the Girls’s March), ending with a rally at Dolores Park. pic.twitter.com/Lja0ffiCrD
— The San Francisco Commonplace (@sfstandard) January 18, 2025
A lately fashioned anti-trans group known as Girls Are Actual additionally gathered at Dolores Park at this time to protest the protesters, for some motive.
A Individuals’s March additionally occurred in Washington, DC Saturday, however was a fraction of the dimensions of the Girls’s March that occurred forward of Trump’s final inauguration — the very chilly climate in DC this weekend did not assist in attracting crowds. Nonetheless, round 50,000 protesters confirmed up.
Hundreds are taking on the streets of D.C. for the Individuals’s March towards Trump, chanting ‘We will not go back.’
The message couldn’t be louder: no rewinds, no reruns, and completely no encore for the chaos. pic.twitter.com/LQ1K9jE5fo
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) January 18, 2025
Because the Chronicle stories, related marches have been happning across the Bay Space at this time in Alameda, Pacifica, Sonoma, Petaluma, Monterey, Marin County, and Mountain View.
One other, probably bigger “No to Trump” protest is going on Sunday in San Francisco, starting with a rally in Civic Middle after which extending to a march down Market Avenue. The rally is scheduled for 1 pm Sunday, with the march beginning at 1:30 pm.
The SFMTA has put out an alert about this march, saying that the 1, 8, 12, 14, 14R, 15, 19, 21, 27, 30, 31, and 45 bus traces may expertise “minor” delays as a result of march.
Trump’s inauguration has been moved indoors — which can deny him the power to boast concerning the measurement of his crowd — however there’ll nonetheless probably be protests outdoors.
4,000 legislation enforcement officers from across the nation and seven,800 Nationwide Guard members and airmen are anticipated to be readily available in DC to take care of security at Monday’s occasions.
High picture: Photograph by Joe Kukura/SFist
