Rising Up In the Streets From Pasadena to LA: No Kings, No ICE

This past week the Los Angeles area has been marked by the terror of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, and by the resistance of ordinary people. Every day in cities across Southern California, people have been gathering in public spaces to demand an end to the raids, for city officials to pull back police and end an evening curfew in downtown LA. 

On Thursday June 12, hundreds of young people gathered in front of Pasadena City Hall in a protest that was publicized on social media by highschoolers on summer break. As part of our series Rising Up in the Streets, Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with some of the young folks gathered there, as well as a teacher, and a local activist with Black Lives Matter. 

Just two days later, an estimated 30,000 people mobilized in downtown LA for the No Kings march and rally, part of a nationwide series of actions that was organized well before the ICE raids, to coincide with Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington DC. While reports from DC suggest Trump’s spectacle was a bust, an estimated 6-12 million people marched against his policies in more than 2000 cities nationwide. Sonali Kolhatkar brings you these sights, sounds, and voices from LA.