A group which relies on confrontational tactics to achieve its goals, Dream Defenders is a Miami-based left-wing activist group with the express aim of abolishing capitalism within the United States and ushering in a socialist society. The group also works to “eradicate policing, prisons, surveillance, and punishment.” The Dream Defenders routinely obstruct traffic during protests. In June 2022 during a protest in Pensacola, a line of Dream Defender activists blocked traffic and demanded the Mayor accede to their demands before they would disperse.