Protesters Observed Social Distancing – in Stark Contrast to MAGA Protests Against Safe Practices
20 April 2020 Press Advisory
Contact: Larry Everest 202 556 3906
Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: @RefuseFascism
RefuseFascism.org
Interviews Available
In daring and defiant actions carried out observing social distancing – in stark contrast to rightwing Trump-supported protests for ‘opening up’ – RefuseFascism.org delivered home-made body-bags to Trump properties and staged other protest actions in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Los Angeles on April 17 – 19.
The message: THE TRUMP/PENCE REGIME MUST GO NOW! — and challenging people to get with the movement to DRIVE THE REGIME FROM POWER THROUGH MASS NONVIOLENT SUSTAINED POLITICAL PROTEST. In addition, and with that mission, protesters demanded aid and protection for humanity globally, not just for Americans, based on international co-operation, not competition; protection for healthcare workers, for people in prisons and ICE detention, and asylum seekers.
Local media in several cities, and some international media, contrasted the Refuse Fascism protests, which started from the interests of humanity, with MAGA rallies by often armed, hyper-patriotic Trump supporters, waving the Confederate flag, protesting measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 and demanding Democratic officials in Michigan and other states be “locked up.”
In Philadelphia, dozens of fascists in more than twenty cars, along with a force of NJ police, prevented a Refuse Fascism car caravan from getting to the gates of the Trump National Golf Club in Pine Hill; however the caravan persevered, got out, and made their statement. Livestream of the event was seen by tens of thousands.
The pandemic highlights the existential danger to humanity the Trump/Pence regime represents. RefuseFascism.org is determined to find ways to continue to protest, remotely and in real life, and to spread its Statement of Conscience / Call to Act.
Photos & video from RefuseFascism.org:
Facebook.com/RefuseFascism
Twitter @RefuseFascism
Instagram @RefuseFascism
Selected press coverage:
AJ+ Video
Daily Mail UK: Anti-Trump protesters in New York dump fake body bags outside president’s properties
CBS2 Chicago