Who are the RNC Defendants?
July 20, 2016: Donald Trump was being nominated at the RNC, with his program of “America First” chauvinism, fascist law and order, misogyny, and unbridled vitriolic racist attacks against Blacks, Chicanos, other Latinos, Muslims, and immigrants. But outside the convention, Gregory ‘Joey’ Johnson and the Revolution Club chanted “1, 2, 3, 4 —Slavery, Genocide, and War! 5, 6, 7, 8 —America Was NEVER Great!” Joey Johnson announced, “We’re standing with the people of the world today! We’re taking a stand against this imperialist Republican National Convention… America first? It always has been first: at genocide, at slavery, at exploitation, at destruction of the environment, at torture. We’re standing here with the people of the world today!” Joey then lit an American flag on fire.For background see Drop the Charges on the RNC 16 Defendants!
This is an important victory – as the RNC16 have said — we had a right to do it and it was the right thing to do! The FLAG BURNING political action on July 20 by the Revolution Club and their supporters was prescient – they were sounding the alarm even before the Trump/Pence regime came to power – and now as millions agonize as to what it does mean that they are now in the White House – the horrors it is means for humanity and the potential destruction of the planet. The message from that day now must further resonate -In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept A Fascist America! It Begins – the Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!