Apr 30, 2025 - News
Dozens of anti-Trump protests slated for Bay Area's May Day
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San Francisco will mark May Day on Thursday with more than a dozen events planned in protest of the Trump administration.
Driving the news: In the Bay Area, demonstrations against President Trump and his policies are expected to take place at San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Pleasanton and San José.
Zoom in: The SF event, led by SF Labor Council, will include a rally at Civic Center Plaza featuring speakers from unions and community organizers, as well as a march on Market Street.
- Trump's agenda is to "pave the way for a complete corporate capitalist takeover," the event notice states.
- "But we can defeat the Trump program ... Not by following the Democratic Party establishment, but by building a massive movement against the ruling class and the political system that gives everything to billionaires while impoverishing an ever larger section of the population," the notice reads.
- A separate SF rally invites people to join UC workers on the strike line to address staffing crises.
Zoom out: May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, originated in the American labor movement.
- More than 1,100 protest events are scheduled in nearly 1,000 cities across all 50 states, organizers said.
- Over 70,000 protesters are expected nationwide.