Basta Ya! Enough! 10 Days of Resistance
In the Name of Humanity,
We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America!
Drive Out the Trump/Pence Regime!
10 DAYS, April 22-May 1, the end of the first 100 Days of the Trump/Pence Regime, can—and must—become a big leap in a movement to drive this fascist regime from office. The stakes are nothing less than the future of humanity and the planet.
Over the course of 10 DAYS, hundreds of thousands of people will pour into the streets in important and righteous protests in Washington DC and cities across the country aimed at 3 key fronts of the Trump/Pence Regime’s reactionary program. RefuseFascism.org endorses these protests and calls on people to attend and build for them. April 22: March for Science, April 29: People’s Climate March, and May 1st: Protests against the attacks on Immigrants.
We invite all of you reading this to spread the Call to Action and this movement, to join in the activities listed below as you can, and to send your photos of resistance to us at [email protected] and news of upcoming protests to us at [email protected].
Our Next Organizing Meeting:
Tuesday, April 18, 7pm: Refuse Fascism-Chicago Organizing Meeting, Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. 26th Street (at Michigan) Facebook
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Saturday, April 15, 10:15 (RF), 10:30 am (main event) – Tax March, Refuse Fascism-Chicago is mobilizing for the Tax March, joining with others to call on Trump to “Show Us Your Tax Returns, You Chicken.” Join the Refuse Fascism contingent at Daley Plaza, near corner of Washington & Dearborn at 10:15 am, Look for the black “Drive Out the Trump/Pence Regime” banner. Thousands of people are signed up to attend this protest demanding Trump release his tax returns. We will be marching and building for the upcoming “10 Days of Resistance.” Facebook
Saturday, April 15, doors open 10 pm, show 10:30 pm, Dump Trump: Chicago Hip-Hop Against Bullshit, Subterranean, 2011 W. North Ave., Chicago, Illinois (event)
Wednesday, April 19, from 6-9pm: Assemble NO! picket signs in many languages for the Science March. Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. 26th St. You can also organize a work party to assemble signs at home or a space in your neighborhood, email us. Tickets
Tuesday, April 18, 7 pm, Our next RF Chicago meeting, Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. 26th Street (at Michigan), in the large room at Trinity Episcopal (not the sanctuary, yay!). We talked about alternating days and not always meeting on Sunday because that day is difficult if not impossible for some people. We’ll have this meeting info on the flyers we pass out at the Tax March. This will be a crucial meeting to finalize plans, perhaps make materials, for the March for Science the following Saturday. Facebook,
Wednesday, April 19 – Details TBD – Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Pollution Agency and fossil fuel energy tool, is scheduled to visit East Chicago, IN, where a housing project and school were built on a superfund toxic site decades ago and only recently were the residents (overwhelmingly Black and by definition poor) informed. These pigs should not be allowed to go anywhere without being called out & hounded for the fascist they are! (Remember teachers meeting Betsy DeVos at the school door? The film of her running away went viral!) A team of us are connecting with NWI activists and making plans to tail him and expose just how much worse all of this will get with the Trump regime’s plan to “destroy the outmoded regulatory state” and “let the poisons flow,” as Carl put it last night. We’ll report back on ideas, probably toss some around as we work on Thursday night at the office.
Wednesday, April 19, from 6-9pm, Sign Making Party, VOLUNTEERS are needed – Create eye-catching visuals for the April 22 Science march. : Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. 26th Street at Michigan Ave. [email protected]
Saturday April 22, 9:30 am, March for Science, Join Refuse Fascism contingent at Michigan & Congress, northeast corner, Chicago
The Trump/Pence regime is attacking science, truth and the environment. 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. The March for Science is happening in cities across the country, and Chicago is expecting tens of thousands of people to be in the streets. Facebook
Saturday, April 22 at 8:30 PM – 11:45 PM, Anti-Fascist Music and Art,
Constellation Chicago, 3111 N Western Ave., Chicago
Degenerate Artists Against Fascism Chicago (DAAF) Presents a night of stellar anti-fascist music and art to benefit www.refusefascism.org. In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America! #NoFascistUSA. Performance, exhibition and silent auction.
* George Flynn-piano, w/Cory Tiffin-clarinet & Leila Bowie-soprano
* Fareed Haque/Goran Ivanovic Duo
* Juli Wood Trio – w/Dan DeLorenzo & Mike Schlick
* Erwin Helfer – solo piano
* Chicago Afrobeat Project
* Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls
Tickets on sale now Facebook, Tickets
Monday April 24 Holocaust Remembrance Day April 24
Never again will we allow another Holocaust to happen to any people! Join us at NOON on Monday, April 24, in front of the Loop Synagogue at 16 S. Clark, the synagogue that was defaced with swastikas in February, for a brief rally & speak out.
From there we will process down Clark Street to Congress, where we will converge on ICE Headquarters at 101 W. Congress. We will present James Kelly, head of ICE, with the Adolf ICEman Award. (This award is named after Adolf Eichmann, who was in charge of deporting Jews to the Nazi concentration camps.)
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Saturday, April 29: ALL OUT FOR THE CLIMATE MARCH IN DC ON THE 29TH, April 29 Climate March in Washington DC is THE event on that date, and Refuse Fascism is urging everyone who can to join the RF contingent there!
The organizers want to surround the White House on that day and are really mobilizing for Washington DC to be the BIG event. There are still bus tickets available from Chicago, leaving at 7pm on Friday, returning at the crack of dawn on Sunday, so no need to miss work (unless you want to take Monday to recover!) This should be an historic event and an important opportunity and challenge to point this all in the direction of driving out these fascists, not just “having our say” and going home until the next attack or outrage! And having been a volunteer in DC in the week before the inauguration, it’s great to work with committed people from around the country too! But bus seats won’t be available indefinitely – please make arrangements now!
Monday, May 1st, Stop the Demonization Protest, people of all nationalities must join in protests to Stop the Demonization, Attacks and Deportations of Immigrants that is at the reactionary hateful heart of Nazi-like fascism that Trump/Pence and their whole regime is perpetrating. RefuseFascism.org is calling for people to organize and 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!
Other Resistance Events:
Friday, April 14, 6-10 pm exhibit, 7pm program, “NO”: Igniting Oppositional Consciousness, URI-EICHEN Gallery, 2101 S. Halsted, Chicago, As uncertainty strains on our daily lives, voices from various backgrounds stand together in “No”: Igniting Oppositional Consciousness, a show in response and in opposition to the global political right wing shift. “No” is curated by student artists at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago studying social movements/global perspectives and is focused on social justice movements throughout the 20th &21st century. Facebook
Friday, May 5, 5:30-10:30 pm, Nasty Women Art Chicago, Moonlight Studios, 1446 W. Kinzie St., Chicago, In solidarity with sister shows around the globe, come together for Nasty Women Art Chicago, a one-night exhibition and fundraiser to hear and support the voices of artists identifying as Nasty Women. Facebook