My name is [first name] and I am a volunteer with Refuse Fascism. [Hold up the NO! poster]
I want to invite you to join the Refuse Fascism contingents at three major marches taking place in the last 10 days of April – which are also the end of the first 100 days of the Trump/Pence Regime. Refuse Fascism is endorsing three marches and organizing major contingents in each of them.
April 22, The March for Science: We will stand with scientists against the Trump/Pence Regime denying and attacking Science— which is the method by which humanity can understand reality and which is essential to progress.
April 29, The People’s Climate March: We will stand against the Trump/Pence Regime’s Devastation of the Climate and Environment which, without exaggeration, imperils life on earth.
And on May 1st: People of all nationalities must join in protests to Stop the Demonization, Attacks and Deportations of Immigrants that is at the heart of Nazi-like fascism that Trump/Pence and their whole regime is perpetrating.
I am inviting you to join mass contingents of many thousands of people under the banner of: NO! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! Drive Out the Trump/Pence Regime!
Why? Because the Trump/Pence Regime is a fascist regime. The whole thing — I am talking about his extreme woman-hating and attacks on abortion rights… his racist backing of even more violent and aggressive policing… his supremacist cabinet members… his nuclear threats and $50+ billion increase to the budget. You see, every cabinet post, every executive order, every tweet — is a link in the chain of a fascist government and worldview under the vengeful signboard of “America First.” Every immigrant family ripped apart… every refugee turned back to war-torn countries… every pipeline approved… every river despoiled… every denial of proven science, of established facts, of truth itself is killing people now and will cost millions more lives. This is poison to air, water, the earth, and to the conscience of the world.
Millions of people abhor this, and there is righteous resistance. But, stopping the dire threat that the Trump/Pence regime poses to humanity means recognizing and acting on the understanding that fascism must be stopped before it becomes too late.
Fascism is not just a gross combination of horrific reactionary policies. It is a qualitative change in how society is governed. It is crucial to understand that fascism, once consolidated, essentially eliminates traditional democratic rights. Even if we push back this or that measure, this regime will repeatedly launch new and highly repressive measures, eventually clamping down on all resistance and remaking the law… IF THEY ARE NOT DRIVEN FROM POWER.
This is what we are working towards and there are four ways you can make a very big difference right now.
Sign up to join the Refuse Fascism contingents. Make a commitment to be there, carrying a big sign together with others that says, “NO! In the Name of Humanity – We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America” or “Drive Out the Trump/Pence Regime!” Thousands of people must be organized and this April we must advance the struggle to put a stop to this fascist regime by driving it out. People need to see the NO! everywhere and learn that there is an organization working for the time when millions act together, filling the streets of cities and towns day after day and night after night, declaring this whole regime illegitimate—Demanding, and not Stopping, Until the Trump/Pence Regime is Driven from Power.
Donate. Every dollar prints more stickers and flyers to reach more people, every hundred dollars enables new people to become organizers, every thousand dollars helps guarantee a functioning National Office to give guidance and knit this whole national movement together. This movement can only function if the people who value it fund it, so donate generously!
Become an organizer. Sign up to attend upcoming meetings. Right now, today, take stacks of materials and spread the word to others about this. Spread the flyer and Calls to Action, stickers, and posters in your neighborhood, at bars and cafes, on campuses, at religious services, to people you know and to people you don’t know. Millions must see and hear this message being taken up everywhere and YOU are needed to help make this happen.
Connect with RefuseFascism.org online. Do it right now. Pull out your phone and go to Twitter and follow @RefuseFascism. On Instagram @RefuseFascism. Like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/RefuseFascism. Write down your email and phone number on the sign up sheet going around. And bookmark our website: RefuseFascism.org and visit it every day.
Whether you’re really experienced or not experienced at all, we need to work together. If we get enough people, we could actually DO this.
Let me close by quoting the Call to Action:
“Let it not be said that we did not move heaven and earth to drive out this regime. This must be a moment in history when millions stand together with conviction and courage, overcoming fear and uncertainty, to resist and say NO! Not just for ourselves, but in the name of humanity.”
Thank you.