TODAY LA 10 am Pershing Sq: dramatic 48-hr protest begins – NO Nazi-like assault on immigrants – Trump/Pence Out NOW!

9 October For Immediate Release
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TODAY – 48 hour dramatic indictment of the Trump/Pence Regime, to begin at Pershing Square in Los Angeles:

Trump/Pence Out NOW!

NO to a Nazi-esque assault on immigrants and sanctuary cities

ICE out of LA!

What: 48 hour dramatic protest
When: TODAY October 9th 10AM
Where: Pershing Square (6th and Hill Entrance) DTLA – Los Angeles

Refuse Fascism is protesting day after day in cities across the country, calling for people to fill the streets in mass sustained nonviolent protest united in the demand Trump/Pence Out NOW!

“We are in the midst of a rolling coup by the Trump/Pence regime,” says Andy Zee, a co-initiator of RefuseFascism.org. “Now is the time that we have to act to prevent them from carrying this all the way through.”

In the VP debate, Pence echoing Trump, refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power.

Trump is preparing to intensify and expand ICE raids as the scheduled November election nears. An “immigration enforcement blitz” … known informally as the ‘sanctuary op’ is beginning in LA , early October.

Leaks show Trump’s DOJ and Jeff Sessions argued explicitly, “We need to take away the children… no matter how young.” enforcing a child separation policy that amounted to torture, and still continues today.

For 48 hours beginning Friday, students, youth, clergy and concerned community members are staging a dramatic indictment of this continuing atrocity that has become “normalized.”

Refuse Fascism has pledged “There can be no more children torn from their parents and locked in cages.”

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Daily Protests Nationwide – Follow RefuseFascism.org for Updates

The Trump/Pence OUTNOW! Movement: A Vision and Mission Statement by Refuse Fascism

RefuseFascism.org is a movement of people coming from diverse perspectives, united in our recognition that the Trump/Pence Regime poses a catastrophic danger to humanity and the planet, and that it is our responsibility to drive them from power through non-violent protests that grow every day until our demand is met. This Nightmare Must End: The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! Refuse Fascism invites all who agree with our mission to join us, as well as other groups and organizations to partner with us in the broader OUTNOW! movement of mass nonviolent protests that don’t stop till the regime is removed.