Organizers of an anti-ICE protest in Washington Friday wheeled in dozens of prepared signs to hand out to participants. (Fox News Digital)
Fox News Digital was on hand in In Washington, D.C., as activists converged near the Gallery Place–Chinatown Metro station at 7th and H Street NW. At 2:49 p.m. A vehicle drove up to an alley near a Walgreens, where a small group of activists from the local chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation unloaded dozens of bright yellow protest signs stapled to wooden pickets.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is a self-described Marxist organization that has played a central role in past anti-police and anti-ICE demonstrations.
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The foot soldiers handed out the signs near the Chinatown Metro station, next to a Planet Fitness.
At 3 p.m. sharp – the scheduled start time – one of the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s leaders carried a pile of signs to the corner and yelled instructions.
"Into the streets," she shouted.
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The protesters, with new signs in their hands, followed quietly behind.
The broader protest action was promoted as part of a "National Shutdown" scheduled for Friday, urging "no work, no school, no shopping" in opposition to ICE operations nationwide. Promotional materials accused federal immigration authorities of "terror" and demanded an end to ICE funding.
"STOP ICE TERROR NOW," one sign read in bold black letters, with the "PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION" in smaller letters below.
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Along with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, several of the organizations behind the protests were the People’s Forum, CodePink and BreakThrough News – all groups that are part of the communist ecosystem funded by Singham. CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans is married to Singham.
Other explicitly socialist and communist groups listed as endorsers or organizers included the Revolutionary Communists of America, Communist Party USA and its regional branches, Socialists Without Borders, Socialist Equality Party, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Socialist Alternative, Democratic Socialists of America chapters, Marxist student organizations, like the George Washington University Socialist Action Initiative, and revolutionary groups aligned with anti-capitalist causes.
The protest was organized by a netword of far-left groups, including Party for Socialism and Liberation. (Fox News Digital)
Other left-leaning civic and advocacy groups, including unions, with ties to Democratic politics also signed on, blurring the line between grassroots protest and partisan activism.
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Throughout the event, demonstrators took selfies, mugged for cameras and filtered away not long after, as the police returned the regular day back to the streets.
"Where do you want to go for drinks?" one protester was heard asking another.
Fox News Digital's Kiera McDonald and Hannah Brennan contributed to this article.
Asra Nomani is senior editor of investigations at Fox News Digital. She is a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal, where she covered stories related to money, politics and society. She is the author of "Woke Army: The Left-Green Alliance That Is Undermining America’s Freedom." She can be reached at asra.nomani@fox.com and on X at @asranomani.
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