From ABC News: Refuse Fascism Protest Photo Accompanies Transcript of Stacey Adams’ Response to Trump’s State of the Union address
From Chicago Tribune: State of the Union protest
A group of about 50 people gather for a rally to protest the State of the Union address, and then to march to the Trump International Hotel & Tower on Feb. 5, 2019, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) see full article…
From Lawndale News (Chicagoland’s Largest Hispanic Bilingual Newspaper):
Chicagoans Protest Trump’s State of the Union Address
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On Tuesday evening in downtown, Refuse Fascism Chicago, Freedom First International, and other community activists protested President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address amid his announcement to declare a national emergency or begin a new government shutdown. A few hours prior to the Union address, activists marched to Trump Tower, saying “To the world’s migrants and all of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America! The Trump/Pence regime must go!” The activists mobilizing for the protest on Tuesday argue, “Fascism can come to power through the ballot box but fascism cannot be voted out — the people must drive it from power.” RefuseFascism.org is a movement of people coming from diverse perspectives, united in their recognition that the “Trump/Pence Regime poses a catastrophic danger to humanity and the planet, and that it is their responsibility to drive them from power through massive nonviolent political protest.”
From NY City Lens:
For New Yorkers, Trump’s State of the Union Triggered Mixed Reaction
A second Trump Tower protest started at Columbus Circle at 8 p.m., this one organized by Refuse Fascism, a far left protest group that also formed after the 2016 elections. Affiliate groups had organized protests in at least 12 other U.S. cities, members said. After speeches at the Circle, they walked to Trump Tower. Many of the same police who’d been stationed there earlier accompanied this new group.
Refuse Fascism had a more extreme position. The focus of many of their chants was immigration policy and they were as critical of the Democrats as they were of Donald Trump and Mike Pence. “We’re pointing out that neither side is any good,” said Travis Morales who is on the steering committee of the New York chapter.
Louise Levathes was up from DC for a few days and had stopped to watch the protest. She didn’t support everything Refuse Fascism was saying, but agreed that Trump and Pence had to go. “We just have to speak out,” she said, “Though I’m not sure a megaphone on 5th Avenue is the way to do it.” The only good thing to come out of the Trump presidency, she said, was that everyone sees they can do it better. see full article…