By Mark Gruenberg\People’s World
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WASHINGTON—Almost 10,000 people jammed two miles of a major downtown D.C. boulevard, 16th Street, on their way to the White House on Sept 6 to demand the eviction of Donald Trump’s troops from the nation’s Capital.
They marched behind a big red banner declaring, in yellow capital letters, ‘END THE D.C. OCCUPATION.” But many made it clear their fight isn’t just about the future of D.C., free from federal interference and roughhousing.
“We are all D.C.” both banners and speakers proclaimed, warning that what the white nationalist and radical right GOP president does now in D.C., he’d extend everywhere.
In Chicago, meanwhile, thousands of residents jammed streets there in open defiance of Trump’s social media threats to go to war against them. On social media, Trump declared that “Chicago is about to find out what is like to be visited by the Department of War” as he now calls the Department of Defense.
The resistance on display in Washington and Chicago is growing everywhere across the country…READ MORE
