Thousands of Coloradans gathered at the state capitol on Monday for the nationwide “Workers Over Billionaires” protest. The Sept. 1 event was aimed at supporting labor rights and decrying recent actions taken by the Trump Administration. Protesters marched through downtown Denver and congregated in front of the residence of Gov. Jared Polis at the Colorado Governor’s Mansion. The Denver protest was one of many that took place across the country.
Protestors march during the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest in front of the Colorado State Capitol on Labor Day, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
A protester displays a fake decapitated head of President Donald Trump on the end of a pike with a video camera attached on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
Musicians play songs in the middle of the protesters’ march through downtown Denver on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
CU Boulder graduate Carter Hanson plays trombone with other musicians during the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest in Denver on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
A protester holds her sign while visiting various booths set up at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park near the Colorado State Capitol on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent).
“Workers Over Billionaires” protesters display signs as they march through the streets of downtown Denver on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
A Denver Police officer stands near protesters as they block Lincoln Avenue in front of the Colorado State Capitol Building on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
Protesters flood the streets of downtown Denver for the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
Denver Police position themselves near the crowd of protesters outside the Colorado State Capitol Building on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
Protesters demonstrate outside of the Colorado Governor’s Mansion in Denver to voice dissent about Governor Jared Polis on Monday, September 1, 2025. (Sagan Randall/CU Independent)
Contact CU Independent staff photographer Sagan Randall at sagan.randall@colorado.edu
