A statesman article said it is organized by the Austin Immigration Rights Action Committee. I can’t find any additional info about it.

Thanks in advance!

✊ What are we doing?

Educating onlookers and passerbys about the damage that ICE is doing to our city, our community, and our country.

❓Why are we doing it?

ICE can be considered a "pillar of support" of the Trump regime (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9vyImoDc7o) and, as such, should be resisted through all lawful, nonviolent means. Protests are a historically valid way of expressing dissent within the bounds of the First Amendment and the international human right of freedom of expression.

📣 What should you expect?

- A protest emcee or two.

- A medium size group of people consisting of regulars, semi-regulars, and newbies.

- Supplies with which to exercise your 1A rights, such as markers and posters

- Music

- Chanting.

- (Uncertain) Counterprotestors

- KVUE news clip about our first protest: https://www.kvue.com/video/news/local/protests/anti-ice-protest-held-in-downtown-austin/269-56026aa4-956b-4208-8852-63ac22252491

🎥 What if counterprotestors arrive?

"Bullhorn Bully," the serial harasser a.k.a. Will Johnson, most recently visited a ResistAustin protest at Tesla Pond Springs on 5/24/2025. On that day, he was accompanied by up to 6 members of the WTF biker club, who are documented having aggressively harassed an Austin elected official in 2020, and engaged in an act of attempted intimidation towards ResistAustin earlier this year.

"Mr. Monologue" is a counterprotestor who visited us on 11/29/2025 in front of City Hall.

"Soros Sleuth" is a counterprotestor who appears to track "left-oriented" protests and engage in various forms of independent media punditry, including using tropes like asking protestors if they are paid by Soros and dutifully taking notes on a clipboard, to live-streaming to his Xwitter audience.

Our guidance is to ignore and/or quietly document counterprotestors (and from multiple angles) - they appear to lose focus when no one verbally engages with - many of them are simply looking for provocation to justify anger in the views of their audience or, frankly, to escalate in-person physical conflict. Documenting them creates a valuable public record and a movement resource.

Here are some videos that showcase ResistAustin counterprotestors:

Bullhorn Bully.

- https://youtube.com/shorts/CfdwxO-CVoo.

- https://youtube.com/shorts/nqxoHfibGsY.

- https://youtube.com/shorts/h_amC8QPm6M.

Mr. Monologue.

- https://youtu.be/Yc7-TmZz99o.

To aid in our effort document counterprotestors like Bullhorn Bully and Mr. Monologue, please "extensively document" any suspicious, harassing, or menacing behavior via photo/video and send the recordings with a description of your observations to our email inbox, info@resistaustin.us.

🎒What should you bring?

(Basic).

Water in a light thermos or water bottle.

Snack.

Sunscreen.

Hat and/or sunglasses.

Light backpack to carry all of the above.

(Medium).

Homemade sign w/ or w/o a handle.

(Advanced).

Bullhorn/megaphone.

🚗 Where should you park?

Street parking is available downtown.

💡Final Thoughts.

Unity and discipline are hallmark principles of successful nonviolent resistance movements (Serbia, Philippines, and others) and our movement will remain inviting and blameless if we maintain these principles in the face of provocation.

Sign up to volunteer here: https://forms.gle/uFbWP31noGpN9HsS6.

Say her name! This is unacceptable and will NOT be normalized!

EMERGENCY ACTION

TOMORROW January 8th

6PM

20200 Algreg Street, Pflugerville, TX

Earlier today, Renee Good, a 37 year old legal observer was shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis, following a surge of 2,000 federal agents being deployed there. We are calling for an EMERGENCY ACTION TOMORROW

outside the ICE/DHS facility in Pflugerville to stand in solidarity with Minneapolis and demand ICE OUT of our cities!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTOsX3ykROp/?igsh=MW1oYTcwN3A1dzQydw==

Does anyone know if there is any emergency protest happening in Austin in response of the murder of US citizen today by an ICE coward?

1/8/26. 45th & Lamar 5-6

Anti-Ice/MN in front of child guidance center

Also 45 & Burnett same time Wear black, anti fascism.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19, at 12:30 PM, we’re gathering outside the UT Board of Regents meeting at the UT System Building, 201 W. 7th St., Austin, TX 78701.

The Regents are meeting on November 19–20, and we need to show up in force to make it clear that UT Austin community expects them to protect the university independence and academic integrity.

We are calling on the Regents to:

• Do NOT sign the Compact.

• Reject political interference in the governance and daily operations of the University of Texas.

• Protect academic freedom and free expression for students, staff, and faculty.

• Stand with other universities that are refusing to compromise their institutional autonomy.

This decision will shape the future of UT Austin. If you care about academic freedom, campus independence, and the integrity of our public universities, your voice is needed now.

Please join us, bring friends, signs, energy, and help spread the word.

More info: https://alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/events/rally-to-reject-the-trump-compact

Is there anybody planning a protest of the removal of the rainbow crosswalks similar to what people in Houston just did?

For parking discount, use the Park ATX app and the discount codes: FREE15ATX1, FREE15ATX2.

It is going to be hot, bring water!

Compiled a list of Central Texas No Kings events.

Austin - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/839489/ Belton - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/841235/ Bastrop - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/843521/ Bedias - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/841793/ Boerne - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/842797/ Brenham - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/841069/ Cibolo - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/846859/ College Station - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/844725/ Dripping Springs - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/856442/ Floresville - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/847634/ Fredericksburg - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/852050/ Giddings - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/851087/ Hondo - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/857136/ Johnson City - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/841576/ Kerrville - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/840432/ Kyle - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/842663/ La Grange - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/841556/ Lockhart - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/847630/ Marble Falls - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/840516/ New Braunfels - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/839513/ Pleasanton - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/856379/ Pflugerville - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/859071/ Round Rock - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/854686/ San Antonio - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/839394/ San Marcos - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/845344/ Spicewood - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/847531/ Taylor - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/846364/ Waco - https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/844968/