"A drum circle pulsed through the crowd - with maracas shaking and a cowbell clanging - as teens waved signs bearing cheeky slogans like, "We are skipping our lessons to teach you one," "End the ICE age," and "Sex is good but have you ever tried f--ing the system?" Cars passing the park honked in support while chants of "Minnesota to the Bay ICE"
"The San Francisco rally was held at 1 p.m. and organized by the Bay Area chapter for the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) in solidarity with mass protests in Minnesota, where students and workers launched a statewide shutdown under the banner of "no work, no school, no shopping" - a call to temporarily halt businesses, classrooms and city life in light of not only the detainment of U.S. citizens"
Students and thousands of workers gathered at Dolores Park for a national day of action demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement be removed from communities. A drum circle and chants filled the park as teens and organizers displayed signs with slogans opposing ICE and federal immigration enforcement. The Bay Area chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized a 1 p.m. rally in solidarity with mass protests and a statewide shutdown in Minnesota calling for "no work, no school, no shopping." The shutdown responded to detainments and the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by agents deployed in Minneapolis. Tens of thousands took part in simultaneous demonstrations nationwide, aiming to disrupt daily life.
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