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We Want DC Free! Voices from the "We Are All DC" March

"In the long run, the only way to resolve all of these issues — whether it's ICE, whether it's the Trump administration's oppression of Washington, D.C., or whether it's the Palestinian issue — is to have a united front. This is an example of a united front."

The "We Are all DC" march on Saturday, September 6th, was one of the largest protests (if not the largest) held in the nation's capital since the second Trump administration took office. Thousands of local residents, out-of-state supporters, union members, 
and others took to the streets of Washington, D.C., demanding that President Trump end the military-federal occupation of the city. But the march also brought together concerned citizens from all walks of life to protest the Trump administration's attacks on immigrants, 
US support for Israel's genocide in Gaza, and more. TRNN's live coverage, Rattling the Bars host Mansa Musa spoke with many organizers and participants of Saturday's march.

Transcript

Meeting the Moment: Defending Independent Journalism

Friends, I don’t need to tell you that we’re in the middle of a world-historical crisis. In fact, we are standing now at the point of convergence of multiple crises, and we need to act accordingly. The only way out is through, and the only way through is together.

“If we fight, I can’t promise we’ll win, but if we don’t fight, I can promise we’ll lose.”

Change isn’t going to be handed to us from the elite power brokers and donors controlling the political parties that got us here, and it sure won’t come from the same oligarchs and zealots pillaging and plundering our societies, our democratic institutions, our economy, and our planet. If we expect to see a future that’s still worth living in, then poor, working-class, and oppressed people across the global underclass will need to fight for it. And TRNN will be there on the front lines of the fight with cameras and microphones.

Continuing our longstanding commitment to making media that empowers people and movements to make change, TRNN is responding to these societal crises by expanding our coverage with a slate of new and returning programs that uplift the voices and struggles of working people around the world, challenge power, and amplify resistance to exploitation, injustice, and domination. From Rattling the Bars, Police Accountability Report, The Marc Steiner Show, Inequality Watch, and Working People to Solidarity Without Exception, Stories of Resistance, Edge of Sports, and more, we are launching groundbreaking new series while reviving and elevating the storytelling formats of fan-favorite shows to engage and activate more people around the world, pierce the algorithmic noise and misinformation, and cut through the corporate media silence.

This isn’t just about expanding our content—it’s about deepening our commitment to using our resources and talents as journalists and media makers to serve, inform, connect, and empower people at a time when the fate of our society and our planet hangs on the people’s willingness and ability to fight for them. We’re levelling up to meet the moment, telling the stories that corporate media won’t touch and amplifying the voices of those fighting for justice.

Between the techno-fascist, oligarchic takeover of America’s government, the rise of far-right authoritarian governments around the globe, intensifying climate chaos, war, imperialist invasions, attacks on democratic rights, and unsustainable levels of inequality, I can’t tell you I know how all of this will end. I don’t know what will happen in the next 4, 8, or 50 years because that story has yet to be written by people of conscience and our actions. What happens next depends on what we all do now. But I know where we’ll end up if we do nothing. As the old adage goes, “If we fight, I can’t promise we’ll win, but if we don’t fight, I can promise we’ll lose.”

We Want DC Free! Voices from the "We Are All DC" March

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