Government goons were meant to visit the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area this week, but it turns out they'll not be called in to harass us after all. The man in the White House, who would seek to turn our armed forces against us (well seemingly, mostly in liberal-leaning cities) has changed his feeble mind. Did Salesforce billionaire Benioff change the Donald's opinion on the matter? You know, the guy who first said he'd welcome ICE in SF during his annual Dreamforce marketing event due to SF being a crime-ridden, hell-hole, I guess, walked that shit back once he realized that people vocally called him out for being a dick? Benioff, along with Zuck, is too busy buying up huge swaths of Hawaii to really care what goes on in the SF Bay Area, I should think. Anyway, I don't know what changed drumpf's mind, but it could have been our millionaire mayor who changed it or billionaire Benioff. Goodness knows it wouldn't be us plebs who could hold any sway over a person like that.
In anticipation of ICE being deployed on our streets, I noticed that many of the Latinos whom I know who work in the Ferry Building did not show up for their shifts. In their stead were white workers I had never seen before. There was also an anti-ICE protest march scheduled yesterday at the Ferry Building to begin late afternoon. I joined the protesters after work. The march through downtown SF was passionate yet peaceful. At various points along the way, one could hear folk chanting, playing instruments, singing or just simply walking in silence. It feel good to be out in streets with those who also feel that what is happening across the country is both absurd and deeply fascistic.
Memories of people singing "We shall overcome..."
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