Starting on July 18, Refuse Fascism has been organzing actions and uniting with others around the country demanding:
Federal Crackdown on Portland:
No more police murder of Black People, No fascist police state, No fascist Military War on the People, No Federal Agents Sweeping Up Protesters
TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW!
Signs and Sounds
Tag @RefuseFascism, Send pics, videos and reports to info@refusefascism.org
August 1: Trump/Pence OUT NOW!
Refuse Fascism on the Ground in Portland
NYC: If we want a different future, if we don’t want fascism, we’re gonna have to do the uncomfortable thing – stay in the streets
NYC hitting these streets saying Trump/ Pence Out Now!
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Follow: @RefuseFascism pic.twitter.com/ZsLqNqMcyc— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) August 1, 2020
“If we want a different future, if we don’t want fascism – we are gonna have to do the uncomfortable thing and get in the streets.” –@Sabel_Boo w @RefuseFascism #TrumpPenceOutNow #Biden2020 pic.twitter.com/OqBt9hF5D0
— NYC Revolution Club (@NYCRevClub) August 2, 2020
NYC Cable News (watch video)
Los Angeles
Some people in Refuse Fascism LA joined with the Revolution Club in a march through South Central Los Angeles in blistering heat. The RevComs brought out, in Spanish and Englsh, the genocidal agenda behind the fascist federal pigs sent by the Trump/Pence regime to Portland and other cities and project “Legend” to escalate repression of Black and Brown people in Chicago and other places.
Los Angeles: Unidos en las calles, gente de diferentes partes del mundo, de diferentes lenguajes, para decir ¡YA BASTA! ¡Revolución Nada Menos! pic.twitter.com/jic4aRFnO4
— The Revcoms (@therevcoms) August 1, 2020
On the streets of South Central LA, Chantelle from Refuse Fascism challenges people: because Black Lives to Matter, because Trans Lives Matter, because Immigrants Lives Matter, you have to confront that we are dealing with a fascist regime, and ACT on that and drive them out through sustained nonviolent protest.
Philadelphia
On Market Street demanding #TrumpPenceOutNow! @RefuseFascism pic.twitter.com/wLXM1rSsRu
— Refuse Fascism Philly (@refusefascismPH) August 2, 2020
Atlanta
San Francisco
#RefuseFascism speak out at the SF Federal Building. “These people decided that they can defy the Constitution, that they are emperors and kings.” “We should really be doing more!” “Trump and all of his fascist nazis must go!” pic.twitter.com/RFuNWgi3H5
— Bay Area Protest Photo (@ProtestPix) August 2, 2020
Quanah Parker Brightman of United Native Americans: I’m proud to be a member of #RefuseFascism We’re united in this coalition to defeat Trump, to defeat Pence, all of those right wing fascist evil people who are trying to rewind our clock, which is set at 2020 back to the 1800s.” pic.twitter.com/beEKJ7Rmhh
— Bay Area Protest Photo (@ProtestPix) August 2, 2020
#RefuseFacsism marching to SF Federal Building against #TrumpGestapo. We will not tolerate what they are doing in Portland anywhere. We will not let it spread across the country. TRUMP/PENCE #OUTNOW pic.twitter.com/YFLcIHQOA9
— Bay Area Protest Photo (@ProtestPix) August 2, 2020
July 25: Around the U.S.
NYC
Beautiful scene in front of Trump Tower. People taking the pledge to refuse to accept a fascist America. If we stay in the streets & demand #TrumpPenceOutNow, we can drive out this hated regime.
Chip-in: https://t.co/AwpuKHFgP2
Follow: @RefuseFascism pic.twitter.com/zvEbQQZA6d— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 26, 2020
Thousand of Protestors marching to Anti-Trump chants have shutdown traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge in Solidarity with Portland protesters! #BlackLivesMatter #nycprotests #PortlandProtest #politics pic.twitter.com/fx4yAaWsza
— Lanier ”Issa Khari” Lewis (@IssaKhari) July 25, 2020
NYC REPRESESENT!!
No Trump!
No KKK!
No Fascist USA!Out in the streets saying HELL NO to #GestapoTrump and a fascist police state!
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Follow: @RefuseFascism pic.twitter.com/yPP2EjY0do— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 25, 2020
The @RefuseFascism demo and #UniteNY2020 marches show each other love as they cross routes on Avenue of the Americas. #SolidarityWithPortland #nycprotests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/1FGrrtNcfH
— Lanier ”Issa Khari” Lewis (@IssaKhari) July 25, 2020
Thrilled to have #itsskxttlles send us off for a march to a TBD location. On 16th and 6th ave join us. #refusefascism #outnow pic.twitter.com/pXSX8LNr8g
— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 25, 2020
LA
In #LosAngeles @refusefascismLA
We are at a serious crossroads. We must stay united in the streets like Portland with the aim of ousting this regime
In the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America
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Chip-in: https://t.co/AwpuKHnFqs pic.twitter.com/pFihIz1YEU— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 26, 2020
#Losangeles united with Portland!
Marching NOW to Placita Olvera
Black lives Matter
Our lives matter here
TRUMP PENCE MUST GO!join the movement-
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Follow: @RefuseFascism#TrumpPenceOutNow pic.twitter.com/jH8ftCP65y— #TrumpPenceOutNow Los Angeles (@RefuseFascismLA) July 26, 2020
#FedsOut of #Chicago & #Portland No #Fascist Police State: #TrumpPenceOutNow we need an end to institutionalized racism &murder by police- an end to any way people anywhere are used, abused, &brutalized. We need a Revolution- Nothing Less! Join the club in #LA for a march 8/1/20 pic.twitter.com/x1HklwBbZl
— Revolution Club Los Angeles (@revclub_la) July 26, 2020
CHICAGO
Rev Joseph Pughsley with Freedom First International rocks the “No Fascist Police State” Rally! #TrumpPenceOutNow #ChicagoProtests #Portland pic.twitter.com/osvT9YxcA5
— RefuseFascismCh (@RefuseFascismCH) July 25, 2020
“Humanity First Not America First!” At the “No Fascist Police State”March! #TrumpPenceOutNow #ChicagoProtests #Portland pic.twitter.com/U9xkOr86Hl
— RefuseFascismCh (@RefuseFascismCH) July 25, 2020
SEATTLE
Seattle stands with #Portland to say no terrorizing Black communities, no fascist police state!
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Follow: @RefuseFascism pic.twitter.com/KCLaONyKNr— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 26, 2020
Yesterday in Seattle drawing connections between Pinochet’s secret police & #TrumpsGestapo.
“We must REFUSE fascism!”#ResistanceTaskForce #1 mission: get in the streets, stay in the streets demand #TrumpPenceOutNow & don’t stop till demand is for won! pic.twitter.com/ZFIsIwvUSi
— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 26, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco Press Conference
From Wounded Knee to Portland. Quanah Parker Brightman of United Native Americans speaks at #RefuseFascism press conference in Oakland. “As Indigenous People we’re sick and tired of seeing the army and fascist gestapo coming in.” This dictator the White House needs to go NOW! pic.twitter.com/p3TJPJXf8j
— Bay Area Protest Photo (@ProtestPix) July 25, 2020
Alex U. Inn, LGBT Activist, speaking at #RefuseFascism press conference in Oakland standing with #PortlandProtesters.
“If you don’t think that this is OK then you need to get you ass in the street and you need to scream so loud and you need to stay in the streets.” pic.twitter.com/5TI819nJOf— Bay Area Protest Photo (@ProtestPix) July 25, 2020
“If this isn’t the time, when is? This is a dress rehearsal for a full on fascist state. Waiting for November is like waiting for rain when your house is on fire.” Barry from #RefuseFascism speaks in front of Oakland City Hall (boarded up) in solidarity with #PortlandProtesters pic.twitter.com/259QphJMtF
— Bay Area Protest Photo (@ProtestPix) July 25, 2020
PHILADELPHIA
Protesting #TrumpsGestapo
No Fascist Police State #TrumpPenceOutNow
In the name of humanity, we REFUSE to accept a fascist USA!
Stay in the stay in the streets & drive them out!
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#WallAgainstTrump pic.twitter.com/a6I2CVpWvP— Refuse Fascism Philly (@refusefascismPH) July 26, 2020
CLEVELAND
HONOLULU
No Fascist Police State: Trump/Pence OUTNOW! Counter-protesting the Trumpers rally at the Hawai’i State Capitol. pic.twitter.com/hbecM1NDsm
— Refuse Fascism Honolulu (@Refusefascismhi) July 26, 2020
MEDIA COVERAGE
As part of a survey of the protest terrain, the NY Times (7/25/2020: Fires and Pepper Spray in Seattle as Police Protests Widen Across U.S.) noted the presence of Refuse Fascism in the mix:
Protesters in several cities said the smoke-filled videos of federal agents firing tear gas and shoving protesters in Portland had brought them to the streets on Saturday.
“Portland is leading,” said Chantelle Hershberger, an organizer with Refuse Fascism who was part of the Los Angeles activists protesting the presence of federal agents in Portland, where city officials have opposed the presence of the federal officers. “They’re showing what it looks like to stay in the streets despite police oppression, despite the federal forces being sent in. This kind of energy is actually what’s needed.”
Bipasha Mukherjee, 52, of Kirkland, Wash., said she has been protesting on the streets since May and said it was worrisome to her to see such aggressive tactics by the police.
“This is not the country I immigrated to,” said Ms. Mukherjee, who arrived from India more than 30 years ago. “It feels like we are rapidly becoming a fascist state and a police state.”
Chicago: Top Story WGN News
LA TImes
Week of July 18
NYC July 22 – In the Streets, in Pouring Rain, Responding to Trump’s Threats to Send Stormtroopers into Major Cities
NYC “Trump/Pence #OutNow!” pic.twitter.com/PBAx4wX2CY
— Trump’sPissingMeOff 🌊😘👠🦸♀️.❣️TriggeringMagats (@RetiredMaybe) July 23, 2020
Philadelphia
Out in PHILLY protesting the escalation of fascism
NO FEDERAL AGENTS SWEEPING UP PROTESTERS
TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW!@refusefascismPH pic.twitter.com/cxsLxti14v— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 22, 2020
“In the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America” pic.twitter.com/SriIaqUCke
— Katie Meyer (@katieemeyer4) July 22, 2020
Press: See Philadelphia Inquirer slideshow
Chicago
– Read: Dispatch from the frontline in Chicago
NBC News Chicago reporter: An Emergency protest organized by Refuse Fascism.. there are.many groups here but one demand, “Trump Pence Out Now!”
NYC
NYC STANDS WITH PORTLAND
“We Stand With Portland! No Fascist Police State!”
To all who saw Portland and knows damn well it’s a dress rehearsal for other cities, we say HELL NO!
TRUMP/ PENCE OUT NOW!
Not November, NOW!#PortlandKidnappings #TrumpPenceOutNow #AmericanGestapo pic.twitter.com/j0y05d93vR
— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 19, 2020
This Trump Pence Fascist Regime CANNOT get away with #PortlandKidnappings! @emmancipator: Portland is a dress rehearsal of what is it to come if we don’t drive these fascists from power. #TrumpPenceOutNow
— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 18, 2020
“Why can’t this be the movement, that not only drives that bloated bag of fascist feces to his bunker..but that drives this fascist regime OUT of the white house..” @JamNoPeanut #TrumpPenceOutNow#PortlandKidnappings
CashApp: RefuseFascism
— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) July 18, 2020
Los Angeles
Marching today with @RefuseFascismLA in #DTLA to stand with the protesters in Portland and everyone rising up against the injustices of this system. We must not allow the fascist Trump pence regime to crush his dissent and opposition. #TrumpPenceOutNow #PortlandKidnappings pic.twitter.com/auiaGZ5PQv
— Revolution Club Los Angeles (@revclub_la) July 19, 2020
Chantelle from @RefuseFascismLA calling for people to unite around the demand #TrumpPenceOutNow connecting the reality of all that is at stake if this American fascism consolidates. pic.twitter.com/pfDpxbc9lM
— Revolution Club Los Angeles (@revclub_la) July 19, 2020
San Francisco
Her child asked “why are we still here?” as Trump has done things that evoke what Hitler did. She said, if we are still here, then we better be DOING SOMETHING”. #OutNow #PortlandProtests #TrumpPenceOutNow https://t.co/hG3x1Ax19p
— RefuseFascismSF (@SFRefuseFascism) July 19, 2020
“Around the world, hundreds of thousands in the streets have driven out hated tyrants. But if people think they are going to go into a voting booth and put an end to this fascist hell then we are deceiving ourselves.” #RefuseFascism at SF protest against #PortlandKidnappings pic.twitter.com/Lf9UwiFhJu
— Bay Area Protest Photo (@ProtestPix) July 18, 2020