{"id":7258,"date":"2025-08-05T19:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=7258"},"modified":"2025-09-07T19:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:20:47","slug":"d-c-area-protest-part-of-nationwide-rage-against-the-regime-uprising-on-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=7258","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Area Protest Part of Nationwide \u2018Rage Against the Regime\u2019 Uprising on August 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Stacy M. Brown<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The 50501 Movement is once again calling Americans to the streets for its next National Day of Action, \u201cRage Against the Regime,\u201d<\/a> on Aug. 2. Among the dozens of protests planned across the country, one will take place in front of the Patrick Henry Library in Vienna, Virginia<\/a> \u2014 a direct response to what organizers describe as the authoritarian, tyrannical, and racist rule of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Participants in Vienna are encouraged to bring protest signs, chairs, music, reusable water bottles, and even bubbles, as organizers promise a peaceful but forceful demonstration in defense of democracy and civil liberties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are celebrating and exercising our First Amendment rights, rain or shine,\u201d the event listing reads. \u201cBring as many friends as you can\u2026 We are having a non-violent, peaceful protest, as is our right! WE THE PEOPLE!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Aug. 2 protests come after the nationwide \u201cNo Kings Day\u201d<\/a> actions on June 14, which organizers say drew more than five million participants in over 2,100 separate demonstrations across all 50 states.<\/p>\n

Those protests, timed on Flag Day and Trump\u2019s birthday, targeted what activists called the rise of authoritarianism and the erosion of constitutional protections under the Trump administration. In cities like New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seattle, tens of thousands marched, rallied, and held vigils. In Salt Lake City, a protester was shot during a peaceful demonstration, underscoring the risks faced by activists and the rising tensions in the country.<\/p>\n

The 50501 Movement<\/a> and its partners \u2014 including Voices of Florida, Public Citizen, and regional Democratic Socialist chapters \u2014 said \u201cNo Kings Day\u201d laid the foundation for a continued national uprising.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether protestors marched in the streets or held a vigil for movement elders and for victims of the federal government\u2019s human rights abuses, they made their voices heard and thereby joined the legacy of all those who came before them,\u201d said Sarah Parker, executive director for Voices of Florida<\/a> and a 50501 national partner. \u201cProgress takes generations of hard work and collective struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organizers say the protests are rooted in the legacy of civil rights leaders like John Lewis and a long tradition of peaceful resistance. Aug. 2 is expected to draw tens of thousands once again to cities across the country, as the 50501 Movement urges Americans to convert their outrage into action.<\/p>\n

The Rage Against the Regime protests will target the Trump administration\u2019s policies, including the weaponization of ICE, the construction of concentration camps, the rollback of transgender rights, and the dismantling of Medicaid, SNAP, USAID, NOAA, the Department of Education, and other federal programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump administration\u2019s heralding of American neo-fascism has given us plenty to rage about,\u201d said Hunter Dunn, 50501 national press coordinator and an organizer for 50501 SoCal. \u201cWhen our so-called representative government builds concentration camps and funds genocide, it becomes clear that, as Tom Morello said: \u2018Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: Published without changes from Washington Informer Newspaper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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