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08/05/2026

“The workers of restaurants are the reason restaurants exist in this city.”

Last night, as we approach one year of Trump’s occupation of DC, we listened to the stories of workers who have been hurt by this occupation and employers like Rasika that are complicit with it. DC’s restaurant industry has been hard hit by immigration crackdowns — no employer should be making it worse by busting unions and threatening to report workers to ICE.

Show your solidarity with DC restaurant workers by joining the boycott of the Knightsbridge and STARR restaurant groups: Rasika, Bombay Club, Osteria Mozza, The Occidental, and Le Diplomate. Learn more at EatFairDC.org.

DC workers deserve better than mass firings, union busting, occupation, and employers who side with the regime.Trump has...
08/05/2026

DC workers deserve better than mass firings, union busting, occupation, and employers who side with the regime.

Trump has destroyed thousands of jobs in our region, including good union jobs and jobs Black families depend on. But Trump’s occupation of DC has hurt workers even more: we now see armed soldiers on our commutes on Metro. Immigration agents have arrested people at checkpoints on their way to work, and have visited workplaces and tried to intimidate people. The baseless arrests of this occupation also hurt workers, because you can’t get to work if you’re detained.

Last night together with UNITE HERE Local 25 Restaurant Workers Rising DC DC Jobs with Justice we came together to demand Justice for DC Workers as part of our 11 Days of Action to mark one year of DC’s occupation.

We heard from former workers at Rasika, where management has harassed and fired the workers who are fighting for a union, including threatening to report workers to ICE. We need employers to be on the side of workers and our communities, not this regime and the billionaire class. This type of behavior is not okay with us.

Fired Rasika workers and UNITE HERE Local 25 have called for a boycott of all restaurants owned by Knightsbridge and STARR. That’s Rasika, Bombay Club, Osteria Mozza, The Occidental, and Le Diplomate. Learn more about these workers’ fight and pledge to support the boycott at https://www.eatfairdc.org.

08/04/2026

Darrell was arrested by the “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” earlier this year. His experience exemplifies the lies and rights violations happening all over DC right now.

13,000 people in DC have now been arrested under Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force.” Many of those arrests have ...
08/04/2026

13,000 people in DC have now been arrested under Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force.” Many of those arrests have beeb based on lies and illegal searches, or have violated basic rights.

Arrests like this ruin lives. At a minimum they destabilize a person’s job, housing, and family. If you don’t have the benefit of resources, support, or attention, the damage can be much worse. That’s why we .

Driving so much of this is Trump’s pick for U.S. Attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro. Because we’re not a state DC is forced to endure a prosecutor we have no control over. Pirro’s lies and ethical violations are exactly why DC needs to have this power permanently.

Nolberto should still be here.Federal police should not be chasing people through our communities and killing innocent p...
08/03/2026

Nolberto should still be here.

Federal police should not be chasing people through our communities and killing innocent people because of it.

Last night in the pouring rain, we came together to remember Nolberto, honor his memory, and demand justice in his name. DC is stronger than this occupation and this regime.

End the “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force.” End the occupation. Free DC.

TONIGHT at 6 PM: We remember , killed by U.S. Park Police in June. Join us and Congregation Action Network Families Not...
08/02/2026

TONIGHT at 6 PM: We remember , killed by U.S. Park Police in June. Join us and Congregation Action Network Families Not Feds Coalition JVP - DC Metro We the People WABA and community members to remember Nolberto and the destruction Trump’s Task Force is causing, and to rise in solidarity with one another against DC’s occupation. Rain or shine.

Day 1: Justice for Julian Bailey. For 11 days we are marking one year of Trump's Occupation of DC by telling the stories...
08/02/2026

Day 1: Justice for Julian Bailey.

For 11 days we are marking one year of Trump's Occupation of DC by telling the stories of the ways these forces are hurting DC communities and how DC has come together and grown stronger in the face of these attacks.

Last night, on Day 1, we told the story of Julian Bailey, who was shot nine times by U.S. Marshals in February. DC has street camera footage from the incident that they are refusing to release. Sign the petition calling on Mayor Bowser to release it: http://bit.ly/FOIA4JULIAN

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08/02/2026

“DC is one of the most heavily surveilled cities in the country. Those cameras belong to DC government. I want the Council to say to these federal agents, while you’re riding around in our city we will be watching.”

Elizabeth Paige spoke tonight during 11 Days of Action to mark One Year of DC’s Occupation, calling on DC Council and the mayor to release the street camera footage from the deaths of Julian Bailey and Nolberto Meza.

08/02/2026

“And now we have the ‘Safe and Beautiful Task Force.’ Have y’all ever heard of pack mentality? They feed off each other.”

April of Black Lives Matter DC spoke tonight during 11 Days of Action to mark One Year of DC’s occupation. State violence has been killing people in DC for generations. We are in a new chapter but this is not a new problem. We continue to demand

08/02/2026

“He deserved so much better than what he’s getting.”

Trenise Bailey, widow of Julian Bailey who was murdered by U.S. Marshals in February, spoke tonight about his death and the lack of transparency or accountability surrounding it. The family finally received an autopsy report this week. It showed Marshals shot Julian nine times, including six times in the back.

Justice for Julian Bailey. Release the footage. End the Occupation. Federal police out of our communities now.

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