{"id":40841,"date":"2025-04-21T12:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=40841"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:32:53","slug":"anti-trump-protests-take-over-san-francisco-ocean-beach-civic-center-union-square-and-chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/anti-trump-protests-take-over-san-francisco-ocean-beach-civic-center-union-square-and-chinatown\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Trump Protests Take Over San Francisco: Ocean Beach, Civic Center, Union Square And Chinatown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-11-1024x501.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-11-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-11-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-11-150x73.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-11-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-11-1536x752.png 1536w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-11-250x122.png 250w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-11.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>20 APRIL 2025\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/404\/\">SF NEWS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/leanne-maxwell\/\">LEANNE MAXWELL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An estimated 4 million protestors showed up nationwide on Saturday voicing their opposition to the Trump regime. Thousands rallied across San Francisco with protests taking place in Ocean Beach, Civic Center, Union Square, and Chinatown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday\u2019s protests opposing the Trump administration began with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/human-banner-trump-protest-20281313.php\">human banner at Ocean Beach<\/a>\u00a0proclaiming, \u201cImpeach + Remove,\u201d which was organized by travel writer Brad Newsham and architectural designer Travis Van Brasch. The banner received accolades from the Alt National Park Service on Facebook, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AltUSNationalParkService\/posts\/pfbid0jw6tenaE8pREsLXgamMfYGYpacDoqWGDehmkU9zDa1F4A724HgR8ed3hkeWh6X7xl\">estimated that around 4 million<\/a>\u00a0people participated in protests nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"592\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12.png 592w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-12-225x150.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrators then met up at Civic Center for a rally put on by the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/indivisiblesf.org\/events\/2025\/4\/19\/we-fight-back-stop-the-billionaire-agenda\">We Fight Back<\/a>\u201d Coalition, which includes local organizers such as the ANSWER Coalition, Democratic Socialists of America, Party for Socialism and Liberation, United Auto Workers 4811, Union de Vecinos, Black Men Build, and Palestinian Youth Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"April 19 Protests and march in San Francisco (Civic Center, Tesla Showroom, Union Square)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rwyKDIA-7n0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the Civic Center rally, protestors then headed up to the Tesla showroom on Van Ness to join the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/events\/people-over-profit-tesla-sf-protest-6\">People Over Profit<\/a>\u201d rally, with participants reportedly blocking the southbound intersection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@sfstandard\/post\/DIpBbXgzkeg?xmt=AQGzPlEPDDu90g6SDZD5qJU0VUca2FRp2LKe0MXuT58LKg\">https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@sfstandard\/post\/DIpBbXgzkeg?xmt=AQGzPlEPDDu90g6SDZD5qJU0VUca2FRp2LKe0MXuT58LKg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd\u2019s next stop was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIpOOrxM3tw\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Union Square<\/a>&nbsp;where they met up with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2025\/04\/16\/18875530.php\">Refuse Fascism Nor-Cal<\/a>,\u201d calling for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia,&nbsp;<s>a US citizen<\/s>&nbsp;who was unlawfully deported. Demonstrators then headed through the Stockton Street Tunnel into&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIpVkswKQBS\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Chinatown<\/a>, led by Refuse Fascism protestors waving a large banner declaring, \u201cThe Trump Fascist Regime Must Go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.org\/\">Indivisible<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/\">Action Network<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/\">Indybay<\/a>&nbsp;for more upcoming events.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: Screenshot via YouTube<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 APRIL 2025\/SF NEWS\/LEANNE MAXWELL An estimated 4 million protestors showed up nationwide on Saturday voicing their opposition to the Trump regime. Thousands rallied across San Francisco with protests taking place in Ocean Beach, Civic Center, Union Square, and Chinatown. Saturday\u2019s protests opposing the Trump administration began with a\u00a0human banner&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/anti-trump-protests-take-over-san-francisco-ocean-beach-civic-center-union-square-and-chinatown\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40846,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40841\/revisions\/40846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}