Cornel West, Carl Dix, Alice Walker, David Strathairn, 2,000 more issue Call to Action to Prevent Trump/Pence From Taking Power
For Immediate Release December 28, 2016 Interviews Available RefuseFascism.org Contact: Larry Everest 917-553-8972 / 917-407-1286 LarryEverest@RefuseFascism.org A Call to Action with a single unifying objective: NO! This Fascist Regime Must Be Stopped Before It Starts! has been issued by Cornel West; rapper Vic Mensa; director Joe Dante; writer Alice Walker; poet and musician Saul Williams; […]
New Year’s Eve—a Festival of NO!
For Immediate Release December 27, 2016 Interviews Available RefuseFascism.org Contact: Larry Everest 917-553-8972 / 917-407-1286 LarryEverest@RefuseFascism.org Demonstrate to STOP the Trump / Pence Regime Before It Starts, New York City and EVERYWHERE! NYC: meet @ 8:00 pm, Columbus Statue at Columbus Circle Organizers are calling for a “Festival of NO!” across the country this New […]
UNWELCOME—Vice President Elect Mike Pence Stop the Trump/Pence Regime Before It Starts!
Dec 29, 2016 Immediate Release When: December 30 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Where: Chicago Club, 81 E. Van Buren, Chicago Contact: Refuse Fascism Chicago: 312-933-9586 On December 30, Governor Bruce Rauner is hosting a major fund raiser for Vice President-elect Mike Pence. This $10,000 per couple lunch will be met by protestors telling […]
LGBTQAI and HIV/AIDS Voices Against Fascism
Greetings, We are writing to you and your organization as members of the national and greater New York LGBTQIA communities and HIV/AIDS treatment and advocacy communities in order to introduce you to our organization, RefuseFascism.org. We have one goal: to do everything within our power as citizens of the United States of America to ensure […]
Constitutional Law Scholars to Trump: “We feel a responsibility to challenge you in the court of public opinion”
In an open letter to Trump dated December 13, constitutional legal scholars associated with law schools across the U.S. wrote, “Some of your statements and actions during the campaign and since the election cause us great concern about your commitment to our constitutional system.” The open letter gets into some of these issues: First Amendment […]
Patti Smith’s rendition of Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” at Nobel Prize ceremony resonates powerfully today
At the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, singer Patti Smith performed a moving tribute to Bob Dylan, the winner of this year’s laureate for literature. She chose to sing one of Dylan’s songs—“A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” released in 1963, a time when the civil rights movement and anti-Vietnam War protests were a sign […]
America Ferrera: Future under Trump is “terrifying” but “we can’t give up the fight”
America Ferrera is an actress who has won many awards, including an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In a December 14 interview, she was asked, “How are you feeling about the future of our environment during the Trump administration?” She said: “When you have a president-elect who says he doesn’t […]
Patti Smith’s rendition of Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” at Nobel Prize ceremony resonates powerfully
Patti Smith’s rendition of Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” at Nobel Prize ceremony resonates powerfully today At the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, singer Patti Smith performed a moving tribute to Bob Dylan, the winner of this year’s laureate for literature. She chose to sing one of Dylan’s songs—“A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna […]
Danny Glover: “We have to fight him every inch”
At a December 7 rally in Washington, DC, to support striking federal workers, actor Danny Glover criticized people who say Trump should be given “a chance.” Glover said, “Give him a chance what? We know who he is. We know exactly who he is. We have to accept that. But we have to fight him […]
Open Letter Protesting American Library Association Press Release: “I am absolutely not ready to work with President-elect Trump”
On November 20, Sarah Houghton wrote an Open Letter to Julie Todaro, President of the American Library Association, protesting a press release from the ALA in which Todaro stated, “We are ready to work with President-elect Trump, his transition team, incoming administration and members of Congress to bring more economic opportunity to all Americans and […]