{"id":129469,"date":"2026-01-11T20:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/129469\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T20:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:18:27","slug":"long-beach-marches-in-solidarity-with-venezuela-at-psls-national-day-of-action-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/129469\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach marches in solidarity with Venezuela at PSL\u2019s National Day of Action protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Building on Thursday night\u2019s STOP ICE TERROR emergency protest, Long Beach residents united with PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation) Long Beach once again for its National Day of Action protest Saturday at Long Beach City Hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The National Day of Action protest focused on protesting the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> and ICE\u2019s actions across the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is that the Trump administration has an approach to its agenda where they\u2019re trying to do as many things as they can at the same time \u2014 and that\u2019s intentional,\u201d said Douglas Kauffman, an 18-year organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation. \u201cIt\u2019s intended to make it difficult for activists and community members to respond to it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Signs fill up the Long Beach streets as protestors as they show their solidarity to Venezuela on Jan. 10, 2026. (Samuel Chacko | Signal Tribune)<\/p>\n

\"\"Long Beach protestors had accessories showing their distain for President Donald Trump and ICE at the protest on Jan. 10, 2026 at Long Beach City Hall. (Samuel Chacko | Signal Tribune)<\/p>\n

Before the 2 p.m. protest, two Long Beach police officers approached members of PSL Long Beach and asked them to keep the protest contained to the sidewalk, but the protest filled the streets anyways.<\/p>\n

Similar to Thursday\u2019s protest, PSL Long Beach led the protestors through various chants such as, \u201cColonizers; we don\u2019t need them. All we want is peace and freedom,\u201d and \u201cNo boots on the ground, no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speakers from the PSL Long Beach Chapter, Harbor Area Police Patrol and a volunteer of the Vote Socialist campaign in California gave speeches to protestors. A myriad of issues were discussed at the protest revolving around Venezuela and ICE, including calls against wars abroad, criticizing how the United States sends Venezuelans to torture prisons in El Salvador<\/a> and the death of Keith Porter by an off-duty ICE agent.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Protestors from the National Day of Action protest quickly took to the streets after demonstrating outside Long Beach City Hall on Jan. 10, 2026. (Samuel Chacko | Signal Tribune) <\/p>\n

\u201cThese protests are not just a bunch of angry people yelling. We were angry but more than that, we are hurt and we\u2019re grieving and we have love for our communities,\u201d said Jay Burnett, a two-year PSL Long Beach volunteer. \u201cIf we see what\u2019s happening, if we think that we\u2019re losing our democracy \u2026 it\u2019s up to us to say how we can build a better democracy than we had in the beginning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kauffman said the killing of Renee Good <\/a>by an ICE agent was personal for him since she was taken away from her kid, which makes him think about what type of future he wants for his son.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to keep fighting every day to get us there [on the right path] and show him with everything that\u2019s going on. I think that\u2019s the part that makes it the most personal,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The group went back to the streets to protest at around 3:30 p.m., marching in a circular pattern.\u00a0As they walked towards East Ocean Boulevard and at 3:45 p.m., they were stopped by police at Pine Avenue.<\/p>\n

\"\"Long Beach police meet with members of PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation) to talk about marching on the sidewalks on Jan. 10, 2026 at City Hall. (Samuel Chacko | Signal Tribune) <\/p>\n

\u201cThe police in Long Beach are more strained. That\u2019s for sure,\u201d Burnett said. \u201cTherefore, we don\u2019t take that as a sense of their restraint, so we can work with them. We say, \u2018Okay, let\u2019s take what we can get.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Long Beach police gave their demands to protestors using their remote speaker, but the\u00a0crowd persisted with their march.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir [Long Beach police] message is always, \u2018Oh, we just want to make sure everyone\u2019s safe,\u2019 but as soon as we make a turn they don\u2019t like, they show up with batons and riot gear,\u201d Burnett said.<\/p>\n

PSL is demanding is the arrest of Jonathan Ross and every agent who was there and complicit in the killing of Rene Good, and for hotels to stop letting ICE agents stay in their establishments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou won\u2019t let a murderous gang sleep in our hotels, walk our streets, patrol our neighborhood, so why let ICE, which is a murderous gang, do the same?\u201d Burnett said. \u201cIt just shows a lack of spine and I need the city to make a strong stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

PSL Long Beach hopes to hold a volunteer meeting on Jan. 17 in Downtown Long Beach. Follow PSL Long Beach<\/a> on Instagram for more information on future protests and events.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Protestors marched in the streets during the National Day of Action protest on Jan. 10, 2026 as they stopped outside of the Long Beach Preforming Arts Theater to scream chants to the people at the Anime Convention nearby. (Samuel Chacko | Signal Tribune)<\/p>\n

\"\"Protestors keenly watch as speakers from PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation) Long Beach energize the crowd with chants and personal stories on Jan. 10, 2026 at the Long Beach City Hall. (Samuel Chacko | Signal Tribune) <\/p>\n

\"\"Long Beach\u2019s National Day of Action protest had multiple speakers talk with the crowds on Jan. 10, 2026 at 2 p.m., one of which was a poet and as she preformed her poetry for the crowd, she\u2019d drop the papers on the floor. (Samuel Chacko | Signal Tribune) <\/p>\n

\"\"Long Beach police line up near Pine Ave. and E. 3rd Street to prevent protestors from going into the streets on Jan. 10, 2026.(Samuel Chacko | Signal Tribune)
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