David Palumbo-Liu: I’m a Stanford professor accused of being a terrorist. McCarthyism is back
By David Palumbo-Lui, From The Guardian | I am used to receiving abusive messages and being publicly maligned. Now, however, attacks on me have reached troubling new heights Today anyone can be accused of anything, without basis in fact or evidence, and that accusation can be instantly trumpeted over the airwaves unchecked by any journalistic standard. That […]
Trump is going after immigration activists like me. Will you be next?
From USA Today, By Tania Unzueta Carrasco, Opinion contributor, Feb. 7, 2018 | The right to dissent is under threat. We can’t allow this administration to become a dictatorship before our eyes. The Trump administration is targeting people who speak out and organize against its policies. I know. Members of my organization are being targeted. Members of […]
From Refuse Fascism National Team Letter to Chapters and Organizers: On the Fight Against Anti-Immigrant Attacks—and the Demand that the Trump/Pence Regime Must Go
The following is an excerpt from a letter that recently went out from the Refuse Fascism national team to Refuse Fascism chapters and organizers. **** [1] There is a qualitative and comprehensive nature to the major escalation now afoot in the savage attacks on immigrants and immigration. These are not just a series of horrific outrages against immigrants that continue in […]
Students and Supporters Stand Up to Fascist Rally on University of Washington Campus
On February 10 students and supporters held a “UW Stands In Solidarity Against Hate” rally at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. This was to counter the fascist “Freedom Rally” being held there by Patriot Prayer and the University of Washington College Republicans club to, in their words, “…stand up for freedom in a […]