Press Conference For Inauguration Day Rally To Demand A People’s Agenda

Press Conference For Inauguration Day Rally To Demand A People’s Agenda

Tuesday, January 19th @ noon @ U.S. Federal Courthouse, 300 S. 4th St, Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — Spokespeople from progressive groups planning a protest march on the day of Joe Biden’s inauguration will hold a press conference about the event the day before the demonstration, on Tuesday January 19. The press conference will take place at noon on the plaza in front of the Diana E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse building in downtown Minneapolis.

A broad coalition of progressive organizations has planned a rally and march in Minneapolis on the day of the inauguration of the Biden/Harris presidency, January 20. Demonstrators will call for a People’s Agenda that immediately reverses the policies of outgoing President Trump and meets the demands of working people, immigrants and BIPOC communities where previous administrations of both parties have failed. Protesters will gather near South High School in Minneapolis at 5 p.m.

The list of demands compiled by the coalition highlighted not only the failures and racist attacks from the Trump administration, but also what they see as omissions and shortcomings of Biden’s platform during the campaign. The action comes after a year which saw both a deadly pandemic as well as a mass rebellion against police violence. Organizers said the inauguration marked an opportunity to renew calls for real change that thus far have failed to materialize.

The action was initiated by the Anti-War Committee and the Climate Justice Committee, and endorsed by AFSCME 34, AFSCME 2822, AFSCME 3800, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro, Brown Berets MN, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence, Good Trouble for Justice, Justice4MarcusGolden, May Day Books, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MN Peace Action Coalition, MN Workers United, MN Youth for Justice, Native Lives Matter, Nukewatch, Racial Justice Network, Students Against Pipelines, Students for a Democratic Society at UMN, Student Movement Activists of South High (SMASH), Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, Twin Cities Peace Campaign, UMN Climate Strike, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, Welfare Rights Committee, Women Against Military Madness, and others.

Full list of demands:

• No war with Iran

• End sanctions against Iran and Venezuela

• End aid to Israel

• Community control of the police

• No more killer cops

• Stop the deportations

• End separating families at the border – no more concentration camps

• End the Muslim Ban

• Defend DACA and TPS

• Legalization for all

• Immediate release and reunification of separated families at the border

• Reparations to all peoples affected by inhumane immigration practices

• Criminal prosecution of Donald Trump and all responsible for illegal practices at the border (forced hysterectomies, family separations)

• Terminate the border wall project

• Defend the right to protest! Drop the charges against the I-94 646+ and all George Floyd Uprising arrestees

• Fight climate change through action now; we can’t wait until 2050!

• No new oil or fossil fuel pipelines

• Respect Indigenous sovereignty

• Strengthen the social safety net for those most in need

• No more bailouts for the rich

• Economic relief for all workers impacted by the pandemic

• Student loan relief now