2025-06-15: ICE Protests Roundup

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albawaba (2025-06-15). 'No space for Bezos' Venice protests Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The anticipated wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in Venice is being heavily protested by locals residing in Italy's City of Water, as they voiced their opposition to turning it into a "private resort for the wealthy." Upon hearing the news about the upcoming wedding, Venice was flooded with posters with "No space for Bezos" written on them. Additionally, other posters had Bezos' name crossed out in red, showcasing that the American billionaire and Amazon CEO is not welcome to hold the wedding there. The wedding is set to take place between June 24 and 26 and will host 200 attendees from across…

Jon Jeter, Black Agenda Report. (2025-06-15). Making A Mountain Out Of A Mole Hill, Trump Sends Troops to Los Angeles. popularresistance.org While there have mercifully been no fatalities, President Trump's deployment of military personnel to corral Los Angeles protesters challenging his administration's federal immigration policies invites comparisons to the May 4, 1970, clash between the Ohio National Guard and anti-war demonstrators that left four Kent State University students fatally wounded and nine others seriously injured. | Trump on Monday ordered 700 U.S. Marines to join 4,000 soldiers with California's National Guard on the ground in Los Angeles to respond to protests against Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) arrests that turned vi…

Julia Wallace (2025-06-15). LAPD Attacks "No Kings" Protesters in Los Angeles. truthout.org On Saturday morning tens of thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles as part of the nationwide "No Kings" demonstrations. Organizers estimated there were over 40,000 people in the crowd. Protesters carrying signs denouncing Trump as well as Mexican, Palestinian, and U.S. flags (sometimes upside down) marched through the streets. They demanded "ICE Out of LA" and denounced Trump's… |

Paul Engler et al, In These Times. (2025-06-15). Trump's Manufactured Crisis And The Urgency Of Strategic Nonviolence. popularresistance.org We can see on the streets now the precarious situation we've studied around the world: the need for mass resistance to state violence and assaults on democracy, and the concurrent need to maintain nonviolent discipline in a dire and escalating situation. | Following the example of other authoritarians, Donald Trump wants us to burn cars. He wants us to throw rocks. He wants images of chaos‚Äâ—‚Äâespecially violence against police or National Guard troops‚Äâ—‚Äâto flood the evening news. These are precisely the results he wants: to man…

Aja Arnold (2025-06-15). Democrat Michigan AG Asked FBI to Raid Protesters' Homes — But Won't Tell Students Why. theintercept.com On the morning of April 23, around 7 a.m., the FBI, along with other local and state police, battered down the doors of four residences across Ann Arbor, Canton, and Ypsilanti, Michigan. The homes belonged to pro-Palestine student organizers at University of Michigan. | The raids were the latest move by the University of Michigan and the state against student organizers following the protest encampments last spring. The school has seen particularly harsh repression of campus protests against Israel's war on Gaza. | While no arrests were made, all electronics were seized into FBI custody and at least two DNA sa…

Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. (2025-06-15). Iran Announces Imminent Retaliation To Israeli Aggression. popularresistance.org Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei issued a statement on Friday morning calling Israeli aggression against the country a crime which will invite severe punishment from the Islamic Republic. | "With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared for itself a bitter, painful fate, which it will definitely see," Khamenei said in a brief statement hours after the early morning strikes by Israel on several Iranian cities including the capital Tehran. | Large scale protests were reported in different parts of Iran on Friday demanding Iranian retaliation against Israeli aggression.

albawaba (2025-06-15). Shooting leaves 1 'critically injured' at US protest in Utah. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – At least one person was "critically injured" in a shooting during a protest in Salt Lake City, Utah, police revealed.Several local media outlets revealed that the incident took place at a rally against US President Donald Trump."We can confirm the shooting resulted in one person being critically injured. The patient has been taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries," Salt Lake City police department mentioned in a social media post.

Staff (2025-06-15). Declaración necesaria: Solidaridad internacional con Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y el pueblo argentino. cubadebate.cu Tras años de persecución política, mediática y judicial, detienen a Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Desde el Comité Internacional Paz, Justicia y Dignidad a los Pueblos llamamos a acompañar la protesta y movilización del pueblo argentino, a la solidaridad internacional urgente con la presidenta del Partido Justicialista.

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours (2025-06-15). Under Pressure From Pro-Israel Groups, Canadian Cities Are Restricting Protest. truthout.org Montreal, Canada — Civil rights advocates and Palestinian solidarity groups in Canada have raised alarm over a growing wave of municipal bylaws prohibiting protests outside houses of worship, schools, and other sites. They say the measures — which have been passed in Canada's largest city, Toronto, among other places, and are being considered elsewhere — infringe on freedom of expression and… |

aljazeera (2025-06-15). Trump holds military parade amid 'No Kings' protests across US. aljazeera.com Parade held on Trump's birthday draws huge protests, with crowds denouncing authoritarianism and demanding democracy.

aljazeera (2025-06-15). Trump hosts military parade as nationwide 'No Kings' protests denounce him. aljazeera.com

APR editor (2025-06-15). NZ's Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over 'unprovoked' military strikes. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report The Islamic Council of New Zealand (ICONZ) has protested over Israel's "unprovoked military strikes" against Iran, killing at least 80 people — 20 of them children, and called on the NZ government to publicly condemn Israeli's actions. An open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, read out to a Palestine rally in…

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-15). Forum told a sanctuary network is being built to protect refugees, asylum seekers. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-15). Hundreds protest illegal arrest of Madleen crew at office. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-15). Protesters take aim at Maersk over ties to Israel. greenleft.org.au

newarab (2025-06-15). Trump to host military parade amid 'No Kings' protests. newarab.com US President Trump's long-held dream of a parade will come true as nearly 7,000 troops plus dozens of tanks and helicopters rumble through the capital in an event officially marking the 250th anniversary of the US army. | The army says the event could cost up to $45 mil…

newarab (2025-06-15). US lawmaker shot dead, another wounded in targeted attack. newarab.com A gunman shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota early Saturday, killing one and her husband and wounding the other, in what the northern US state's governor said were "politically motivated" attacks. | The shootings came at a moment of deep political divisions in the United States, as thousands prepared to take to the streets in protest at the policies of Republican President Donald Trump. | The suspected assailant was still at large, officials said, with a massive manhunt underway. | US President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi decried what they called "horrific violence" and said the pe…

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