Protesting Racist Trump and His Media Megaphone

December 22, 2015 by Cat Watters Leave a Comment

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Protest struck on the corner of 56th and 5th Ave yesterday outside Trump Tower where demonstrators had permit to say “NO” to what many felt to be racist remarks from Trump about allowing in refugees.

Sticker on traffic light box across 5th Ave yesterday where hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside Trump Tower. People are saying “NO” to Trump’s racist comments about letting refugees into the U.S.

Angelica Lara of Ayotzinapa Student Front speaking out against white male supremacy calling them “I do not fear the White Man Supremacist, I pity him. He is one of the most Uneducated people on the planet”. She spoke about pitying the police who is in the same economic status as her. “I will not forgive them for the violence they perpetuated on my people”.

Sara Flounders, Co- Director of the International Action Center and

Joe Lombardo, talking about calling the refugees terrorists as an excuse to go to “war. “I HAVE A SOLUTION, IF YOU DON’T WANT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO HATE THIS COUNTRY, It’s very simple in what you do. You don’t do what the candidates are telling us to do, which is More War and more troops, YOU DO THE OPPOSITE. There are 800- 900 foreign military bases the U.S. has around the world in a 130 countries. 20 TIMES MORE BASES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD COMBINED. END THOSE BASES, CLOSE THEM DOWN”.

Close up on one sign held up by demonstrator

Suzanne Ross who survived the Nazi Holocaust, for Justice for Mumia Abu Jamal spoke up for the Central Park 5. Back in 1989 Donald Trump took out a full page ad in the NY Times calling for the death penalty for the 5 youths convicted in the Central Park jogger case. Why didn’t he do that to apologize when they were Exonerated? “HE WAS ANNOUNCING AT THAT TIME THAT BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER. That’s what he was fighting for and Thank God he was not able to do it and those 5 brothers were exonerated because they were INNOCENT. And TRUMP WANTED THEM KILLED. When Suzanne Ross visited Mumia Abu Jamal he told her “That’s how Hitler started, He sounded like a fool and he was Elected”. “NEVER AGAIN, Never again for anyone, not just for Jews, Muslims, immigrants but All oppressed people”.

Jose LaSalle and Steve Cruz with Cop Watch Patrol Unit, monitoring the actions of the Police while dealing with the public.

“Innocent people all over the world have been massacred for U.S. imperialism from Palestine, in Kurdistan, everywhere. We have to say NO to Trump and NO to anybody who advocates for U.S. imperialism, and like the speaker behind me said, That’s ALL of the Presidential Candidates. The only way this will stop is through REVOLUTION. We have to Unite and this is what we’re doing here today, Uniting. All the people in power don’t want us to Unite. FREE PALESTINE, FREE KURDISTAN, FREE EVERYBODY FROM U.S. IMPERIALISM”.

Sara Flounders at the mic, introducing Mauri Saalakhan from The Peace Thru Justice Foundation on the left in the white collar to talk to the public about Aafia Siddique

Mauri Saalakhan of The Peace Thru Justice Foundation spoke. People called his name from the crowd. Mauri greeted the crowd with a few words in Arabic and then wished Muslims and non Muslims Peace. “The late Senator Jay William Fulbright, a man who held the distinction of having held the powerful Senate Foreign relations committee chair longer than any other Senator at that time, he wrote a book when he left office, The Arrogance of Power, he described 2 America’s. We’ve been seeing far too long the ugly America. It’s the America that puts the better America at Risk. It is not just about Muslims, it’s not just about minorities, it’s about a country that trumpets itself around the world as the land of liberty and justice for all. This Mythical land that has yet to come into existence fully. So, your presence here today is very important, to make a statement, that We are in Favor of the Better America”.

This guy had faces of Putin, Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bush made out of wax

Many American Muslims were out at the protest holding signs reading, “Proud to be American Muslim”.

These white folk doing their part to combat racism

A group of Muslim men praying during the rally before the march down to Herald Square

Performance artist, Marni Halasa

A couple of Muslim men wearing Stop Trump in Spanish on their jackets outside Trump Tower yesterday during, Say “NO” to Trump’s Racism, rally

Tony Murphy of the International Action Center said, “We’re here today to counter the racist mobilization that Trump and the Corporate media are promoting right now. They’re responsible for the fact that many Muslims don’t even feel safe leaving their own house. We made a proposal today to make NY no only a No Trump Zone but, a No Racist Zone.

NYPD blocking demonstrators from marching in the street and blocking traffic on the way down to Herald Square from Trump Tower on 56th and 5th.

Lisa Gagliardo of Students for Justice in Palestine

Mauri Saalakhan of the Peace Thru Justice Foundation

About Cat Watters

Cat Watters is a journalist, blogger, videographer, photographer and radio host on Peoples Internet Radio. She is an expert at photographing, filming and editing footage of street protests, street actions, political rallies, and other events. Cat writes for Democracy Chronicles from Brooklyn, New York and you can tune in to her radio show at Peoples Internet Radio every Tuesday from 6 to 8pm EST.

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