Chicago Mayor, union leaders join Labour Day protest against Trump’s crackdown plans

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Hundreds marched in downtown Chicago on Monday (Sept 1) under the banner “Workers Over Billionaires,” protesting President Donald Trump’s planned crackdowns as well as cuts to social programs.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Hundreds marched in downtown Chicago on Monday, under the banner, Workers Over Billionaires,

00:12protesting President Donald Trump's planned crackdowns, as well as cuts to social programs.

00:18We have stood up for the interests of workers before, and we will do it again, and no matter

00:24what comes from the White House, Chicago will always be a labor town.

00:30No federal troops in the city of Chicago.

00:35No militarized force in the city of Chicago.

00:39We're going to defend our democracy in the city of Chicago.

00:44We're going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago.

00:48We are in a reconstruction with a black mayor whose family escaped Silas, Mississippi, and

00:53imagine his leadership.

00:56We're doing it with an organizer, not a billionaire.

01:00We are a government of the people for the people, not a government of billionaires for billionaires.

01:06I'm out here today for all of my retired sisters and brothers who are going to be subjected

01:12to walking, dying in the streets because of the lack of the safety net that has been eliminated

01:20by Donald Trump and his Doge group.

01:23The rally occurred after Trump and senior administration figures warned of potential new crackdowns in

01:29Chicago, contradicting city data that indicates declining violent crime rates in most categories

01:35this year.

01:36It followed Trump's recent public safety push in Washington, D.C., where he deployed National

01:41Guard troops, sent federal officers into the streets, and federalized the police.

01:46The entire澤 here is gonna attack, what do we do?

01:47Stand up like that!

01:52What do we do?

02:01You

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