28 October 2019 for immediate release
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Outside Trump’s Chicago Speech to PoliceOutNOW Movement Demands Trump/Pence Must Go-NOW!What: #OutNOW Protest Today, the newly launched national #OUTNOW! movement is outside Donald Trump’s speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police demanding the Trump/Pence regime must go —Now! “Trump’s history of stoking white supremacy and encouraging police brutality, as when he told police at a Long Island speech not to be “too nice” to people they arrest, are core elements of his fascist program and why we say the whole regime must go now,” said Carl Dix, co-initiator of [RefuseFascism.org].(https:// The #OUTNOW movement, initiated by RefuseFascism.org, launched nationwide in over a dozen cities this past weekend after having been announced October 19 with protests in New York City and Los Angeles. The New York rally was addressed by Cornel West and RefuseFascism.org national spokesperson Andy Zee, who called for five weeks of sustained, non-violent protest to launch the kind of movement that is taking place in countries around the world from Hong Kong to Chile to remove the Trump/Pence regime from power. On Saturday October 26, hundreds marched nationwide to answer the #OUTNOW! call with over 100 in New York, 80 in LA, and scores elsewhere. People spoke and marched with a fierce determination to break with passivity in the face of fascism, to refuse to be lulled by talk of normal procedures and pendulum swings, and to drive this regime out now. Ominous Fascist Threats in Los AngelesIn Los Angeles, after spraying Refuse Fascism protesters with bear repellent last week, the fascist thugs returned and delivered a chilling message. #OUTNOW! arrived at the site of the rally to find 40 images of the Iraq War veteran and member of the LA Revolution Club and RefuseFascism.org, Bo Login, ominously stapled to trees — evocative and symbolic of lynching. This brought home that what is happening and must be stopped is a fascist movement in America: in the White House, the Republican Party, in large sections of the judiciary and with a fanatical virulent thuggish movement unleashing violence against the people. In some cities people immediately took up the chant “We Stand With Bo! The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!” Andy Zee, national spokesperson of RefuseFascism.org, said, “We are taking history into our hands in the name of humanity, and only the power of the people in sustained massive protest can remove this fascist regime. Every attack on those like Bo who stand up against this regime must be met with our heartfelt support and our determination to make this politically backfire on the fascist thugs who would do this, and the Trump/Pence fascist regime that inspires and commands this movement.” Interviews are available with Zee, RefuseFascism co-initiator Cornel West, co-initiator Sunsara Taylor, and Iraq War veteran and now revolutionary-minded Bo Login. “Puerto Rico, Hong Kong show us how, Trump and Pence Out Now!” |