24 October – For Immediate Release RefuseFascism.org Issues Call to Defend the VoteWHITE SUPREMACY + VOTER INTIMIDATION AND VOTE STEALING = FASCISM!TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW!DEFEND THE RIGHT TO VOTE!A version of this Call will be read today at Public Assemblies Nationwide |
Today, RefuseFascism.org issued the following statement: WHITE SUPREMACY + VOTER INTIMIDATION AND VOTE STEALING = FASCISM! Not since the days when the KKK murdered Black people who tried to register to vote have we seen anything like this. The right that people shed their blood to win is under attack from Trump and the fascist Republican Party.
We need to be real clear on what is going on—it’s a matter of life and death. This is not a “typical election.” This is not “oh, they’re both the same.” THIS IS A NINE-ALARM EMERGENCY. This is part of a rolling fascist coup. This is part of bringing in a regime in which people who do not go along with white supremacy, male supremacy, and America-first-over-the-world will have NO rights whatsoever. As Carl Dix, an initiator of Refuse Fascism, has said, “I have been warning for years that mass incarceration and police murder has been part of a slow genocide against Black people. Now we face the danger of a fast one.” People are acting in opposition to this. Black and Brown people all over the country are coming out early to vote. All kinds of groups are filing suits and fighting in the courts. Others are preparing for election day itself, to protect people’s right to vote against Trump’s fascist marauders. We support these efforts. Voting is essential. But VOTING WILL NOT BE ENOUGH. These next nine days before the election we in Refuse Fascism are organizing to:
You are needed to be part of this. Join with us to go to the battleground states beginning this week. TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW! RefuseFascism.org In the Name of Humanity, We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America! |
Saturday October 24 – Public AssembliesAtlanta (Sunday Oct 25) 3:00 pm Piedmont Park |