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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

The Disappeared Los Desaparecidos Art Installation in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins

THE DISAPPEARED. Graphic artist Pauline Mateos created the art installation with the names and faces of people who have been detained or deported during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. The Unveiling of Los Desaparecidos September 1, 2025 at the Metropolitan Detention Center. The installation is a 100 ft wall of portraits of those disappeared by the Trump Fascist Regime. Snatched from Home Depots, taco stands, car washes — for working to survive. @refusefascismla @mary_cummins #thedisappeared #abolishICE #marycummins #mariarivera #losangeles #california #ICE #borderpatrol #LosDesaparecidos

While I was at The Disappeared Los Desaparecidos exhibit I also visited Ice out of LA, Occupy Ice and Run Against Ice. I didn’t make it to the sit-in at LA City Hall at 4:00. @refusefascismla @mary_cummins #thedisappeared #abolishICE #marycummins #mariarivera #losangeles #california #ICE #borderpatrol #LosDesaparecidos @run_against_ice #occupyice @abolishla

Videos. Main installation short video youtube.com/watch?v=Iiqqi1nUh4c&feature=youtu.be

Attorney Jaime Gutierrez speaker youtube.com/watch?v=PrFjRUzDTRs&feature=youtu.be

Pauline Mateos artist youtube.com/watch?v=9W7DmADAo5M&feature=youtu.be

Immigration attorney Alfonso Morales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfxmCCD7Wzg

Amina Gonzalez Refuse fascism youtube.com/watch?v=C_QGsOZ8gLc&feature=youtu.be

I was going to another event after this hence the outfit

Press release

31 August 2025 * For immediate release *

213.878.5625

PressLA@RefuseFascism.org

RefuseFascism.org

@RefuseFascism

Interviews available

Photo Op

Monday: Unveiling 100′ of portraits of The Disappeared + Hear from Family Members and Other Voices of Resistance

The time has come for…THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME…

Delivered on Labor Day 2025 – Indictment for the removal of the regime

WHAT: SEE visual installation of a new 100-foot-wide wall of portraits – a sliver of the thousands and thousands who have been kidnapped by the Trump Fascist Regime.

HEAR from family members of Los Desaparecidos / The Disappeared art installation, and other voices of resistance.

WHERE: Federal Detention Center (615 N. Alameda St., LA) where people have been grabbed from Home Depots, car washes, flower and taco stands for the crime of laboring to make a living and a better life for their families.

WHEN: Monday, September 1st, 11 AM – 12 Noon

WHO: Family members:

– Erika Perez, daughter of Maria Valeriano Perez

– Kimberly Noriega, niece of Ambrocio Lozano

– Andrea Gomez, daughter of Gilbert Gomez

Other voices of resistance:

– Jaime Gutierrez, civil rights attorney

– Alfonso Morales, Immigration Attorney and Lynwood School Board Member

– Professor Yasmin Cardona

– Pauline Mateos, Graphic Designer / Multidisciplinary artist

– Reverend Oliver Buie

– Michelle Xai, Revcom Corps for the Emancipation of Humanity

– Amina Gonzales, RefuseFascism.org

RefuseFascism-LA will unveil a new art installation at the Metropolitan Detention Center on September 1st from 11 AM – 12 Noon, and family members of The Disappeared, plus other voices of resistance will speak.

With over 1/4 million people already deported, many without due process and over 70% with no criminal record and with Border Czar Tom Homan promising to “ramp up” deportations after Labor Day in sanctuary cities. This isn’t about policy – this is fascism. It’s state sanctioned violence with masked federal agents, backed by U.S. soldiers – terrorizing communities forcing people to stay locked in their homes for months, afraid to go to work or school. We have protested, we have marched, we have defended our neighbors from ICE…but the terror has not stopped, and in fact it is escalating. This is an existential threat to humanity and it has to get directed to the source of this terror – the Trump Fascist Regime: The Whole Trump Fascist Regime Must Be Driven From Power!

As RefuseFascism.org’s call “The time has come for…THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME…” states:

“Fascism is not a looming threat. It is upon us now. Humanity’s only hope is for the decent people of this country to rise in our millions. We cannot wait for future and rigged elections. We must drive the Trump Fascist Regime from power.

“Beginning November 5, the one-year anniversary of Trump’s election, flood DC in nonviolent protest. Surround the White House. Surround the Capitol. Surround the illegitimate fascist-packed Supreme Court. Come back again and again. Across the country, refuse to comply. Every person of conscience, millions of us together, grind the machinery of the fascist regime to a halt. Don’t stop until Trump is removed.”

In The Name of Humanity – We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America

THE FASCIST TRUMP REGIME MUST GO NOW!

We will be taking Los Desaparecidos/The Disappeared art installation to Washington, DC for “The time has come for…THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME – Beginning November 5, 2025.”

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Friday, July 4, 2025

Los Angeles July 4th Protest, March at LA City Hall by Mary Cummins

July 4, 2025 protest and march at Los Angeles City Hall. The event began at 9:30 a.m. with live music. Speakers started around 10:00 a.m. Around 12:00 p.m. we marched from LA City Hall 200 N Spring St to the Federal Building at 300 N Los Angeles St and then to the Federal Detention Center at 535 N Alameda. A large truck led the protest with speakers standing in the back. The truck would stop every block or so for speeches and chants.

There were a few thousand people today per local news stations covering the event. The groups Ice Out of LA, 50501, @50501_socal, @ice_out_ofla , End the Occupation, Free America were there besides others. There were two stages of speakers at once for an hour or so at LA City Hall and Grand Park. They were bot on large trucks. Assembly member Isaac Bryan of the 55th district gave a great speech. There was also great live music. Wish I knew the band and singers' names but I can never find an event schedule for these events. Found the band on the Grand Park side with 50501 Los Jornaleros del Norte. http://losjornalerosdelnorte.com/ https://www.instagram.com/losjornalerosdelnorte/ #marycummins #losangeles #california #protest #march #July4th #iceoutofla #lamuertamaria #mariaflores #catrina #mexico #mexican #immigrantrights #50501 #freeamerica

A news outlet asked who are the women dressed in the colorful dresses and what is their purpose. The women including myself are dressed as Catrinas. La Catrina is generally associated with the Mexican tradition of Dia de Muertos, Day of the Dead. La Catrina is a skeleton lady in fancy dress. While she was first conceived by Jose Posada, Diego Rivera turned La Catrina into a national symbol of Mexico.

We are dressed as Catrinas to represent our immigrant roots to support immigrant rights. Some of us carry or wear the Mexican, Guatemalan, El Salvadoran ... flag and/or colors to support immigrants. It's not because we want Mexico or Mexicans to over throw the government which is ridiculous. We're all US citizens. Many of us wore both Mexican and USA flags together to show we represent and support both nations, cultures and people.

Maria Flores aka @lamuertemaria https://www.instagram.com/lamuertemaria/ is a Los Angeles artist and designer who designed and made six of those dresses today. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLtRITwJrIl/ They were generally all standing together, see photos below. Maria is dressed as a Catrina generally with a skeleton face which represents death. Maria Flores' Catrina dresses are hand painted with political images and text, see photos below and in her linked Instagram account. Flores' dresses are her artistic political statement supporting immigrant rights and speaking out against Donald Trump, fascism and the destruction of the United States of America.

Some other women were dressed in native Mexican clothing such as Folklorico skirts, dresses, embroidered tops and were wearing Mexican sombreros, crowns or braids with colorful ribbons. I wore a Folklorico ribbon skirt with an embroidered huipil "shirt." I also wore a flower crown with red, white and green flowers to represent the colors of Mexico because my family is from Mexico. The purpose is to show our support for immigrant rights.

My speech on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8qc7xXqmGFA

Full video of the event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EmATxB3czI

Isaac Bryan speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hCq0C2NlTE&feature=youtu.be

Great singer singing "Which Side are You on."
https://youtu.be/agOAe7id5yM

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Monday, June 9, 2025

ICE Protest in downtown Los Angeles, California June 9, 2025 by Mary Cummins

Peaceful anti ICE protest today in downtown Los Angeles, California. I was there from 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm June 9, 2025 at the Federal Building at 300 N Los Angeles St and the back of Edward Roybal Bldg. 255 E Temple. I parked at Union Station and walked over. LAPD, CHP, LA Sheriff were there along with maybe 20 California National Guard. The National Guard just stood in front of a building with LAPD. They looked about 19-25 years old and bored.

LAPD was the lead agency. They were basically corralling people into different areas. They gave a notice to disperse a few times in English and Spanish. They kept giving five minute, ten minute warnings but only moved after 1.5 hours. LAPD added more people and rushed the crowd to move people off of Alameda. The street was already blocked by LAPD squad cars. The lead officer said over a bullhorn to "only engage with agitators." The officers looked pretty young and new. One officer tripped over nothing and fell in the street. They kept getting their orders to form lines mixed up like they were new cadets.

CHP kept the freeway entrances and exits blocked with cars, motorcycles and officers. LAPD controlled the streets. They used LAPD squad cars to block off Alameda and another street. One photo below shows burned Waymos being taken out on a flat bed.

Full video from today. 5 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgmvVCfEilk

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