Watching How to Survive a Plague: Learning from the Passion, Fury, and Relentless Struggle of ACT UP
from a member of the New York City Steering Committee of Refuse Fascism The New York City chapter hosted a movie night last night to show the film, How to Survive a Plague, a documentary about the AIDS epidemic and the activist group ACT UP, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, followed by a discussion about the […]
Fascism in America: Rita Dentino
Presentation from… Teach-In: Fascism in America: Could It Happen Here? Is It Happening Here? What Is the Danger that the Trump/Pence Government Poses? Teach-in main page April 27, 2017 Humanity faces an extreme emergency with Trump’s rise to power. On April 28, this nationally live-streamed Teach-In deeply explored, from different perspectives, the essential nature of […]
White Supremacist Trump Supporters Stage Torch Light Rally
May 14 Journalist Shaun King posted this picture and text on his Twitter page last night. “This rally of white supremacists with torches aiming to intimidate the Black community in Charlottesville Virginia was not in 1957. This was tonight, in 2017. This is where our country is going right now.”
Fascism in America: George Prochnik
Presentation from… Teach-In: Fascism in America: Could It Happen Here? Is It Happening Here? What Is the Danger that the Trump/Pence Government Poses? Teach-in main page April 27, 2017 Humanity faces an extreme emergency with Trump’s rise to power. On April 28, this nationally live-streamed Teach-In deeply explored, from different perspectives, the essential nature of […]
Resist! on Trump’s Golf Course
May 14 The Associated Press reported that about 200 protesters gathered at Donald Trump’s golf course near Los Angeles and spread out in the grass to form the word “RESIST!” The group “Indivisible San Pedro” organized the demonstration Saturday at a public park nestled within Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes.
NYC: Immigration Agent Tries to Search School for Fourth Grader
New York City, May 14: An immigration agent without a warrant tried to search a Queens elementary school for a student, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office said Saturday. The immigration agent showed up at P.S. 58 on Thursday asking about a student in 4th grade, Mayoral spokesman Eric Phillips said. The school turned him […]
This Week in Fascism: May 7 – May 13
Below is the first installment in a weekly Refusefascism.org feature exposing the rapid unfolding of a fascist USA and the necessity to stop it. Consolidating Power Consolidating power and eliminating forces deemed disloyal is a hallmark of a fascist regime. Tuesday’s firing of FBI Director James Comey was a prime example of this serious escalation […]