Dresden Symphony Orchestra (Dresdner Sinfoniker) Stages “Tear Down This Wall!” Concert on the U.S.-Mexico Border
June 6 We received this report from Refuse Fascism, Southern California On June 3 at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Dresden Symphony Orchestra (Dresdner Sinfoniker) held “Tear Down This Wall!”—an open air concert in Tijuana, Mexico, right up against the border fence separating the two countries.
This Week in Fascism May 30-June 5
This Week In Fascism is a weekly Refusefascism.org feature that exposes the rapid unfolding of a fascist USA and the necessity to stop it. Reading the paper each day there is a deluge of horror. If we step back more and look at the course of this week, we see that these are not just […]
We Call on NY City Council: Declare June 10 a Day of Honor for Portland Heroes
Statement from NYC Refuse Fascism: On May 26 in Portland, Oregon, Jeremy Christian, a white supremacist, stabbed three men on a commuter train. He killed two of them – Taliesin Namkai Myrddin Meche and Ricky John Best. He severely wounded the other, Micah Fletcher. These three men defended two young women, one wearing a hijab, […]
Portland, Oregon: Trump Fascists Rally After Portland Murders—Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands, Turn Out in Protest
At this writing, it appears from press and social media reports that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people in Portland, Oregon came out today to oppose hate and to protest or confront a rally of reportedly several hundred pro-Trump fascists in downtown Portland. It’s very important that people came out in protest of this outrageous white […]
California: Scholars Protest pro-Zionist Intimidation and Censorship at Cal State Fresno
CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM Dear President Castro: On behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom, we are writing to express our strong objection to your administration’s abrupt closure of the Edward W. Said Professorship Search after all aspects of the search were completed by the search committee.
Markus Rindt, Director of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra: “Why Not Take a Stand?”
June 6 The following are excerpts from an interview Markus Rindt, director of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, recently did with the web site Deutsche Welle. Rindt initiated an artistic project called “Tear Down This Wall!”. On June 3 musicians from Mexico, Germany, the U.S. and many other countries gathered for a performance on the border between […]