Los Angeles: 30 Faith Leaders Arrested Protesting ICE
April 16 A protest and civil disobedience involving Jewish, Muslim and Christian faith leaders and community members on Thursday expressed “Exodus from detention!” The event called out Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and resulted in the arrest of more than 30 people for their refusal to remove themselves from blocking a loading dock of the […]
Boston/Cambridge: Students Saying NO! to Fascism
The Boston/Cambridge area is a center of dozens of colleges and thousands of students. The Tour is there, challenging students with the Ten Days of Resistance, meeting with activists, joining in protests. “High five! The National Tour is at the Cambridge #TaxMarch saying NO! Let’s get organized for 10 DAYS of Resistance. High five! […]
Middlebury College: Organizing for 10 Days of Resistance
This March students at Middlebury College in Vermont protested and shut down a talk by Charles Murray, who infamous author ofThe Bell Curve, an intellectual defense of racism. This triggered great controversy, and attempts to put the students on the defensive. The Tour went into the middle of this controversy and contention. “We’ve gotta get out & […]
First Stops: Yale and Cornell
The National Tour went up to Yale and then on to Cornell. Joey Johnson, who became notorious for burning the U.S. flag at a Republican convention in the 1980’s, spoke at Cornell when the tour was there. Tour members participated in a Hands Off Syria rally at Cornell, and distributed materials for the 10 Days […]