Protesting an Ominous Move Towards Fascism – Till They’re Gone!
Protests continue throughout the country since Donald Trump fired F.B.I. chief James Comey. As the Advisory Board of Refuse Fascism said shortly after this happened, it is “an ominous and dangerous escalation of the Trump/Pence Regime’s moves to consolidate fascism.” “The question we pose to you, to ourselves as an organization whose purpose is to […]
Cheers to the Graduates of Bethune-Cookman University
May 12 Refuse Fascism commends the graduates for courageously and with conviction booing and interrupting Education Secretary Betsy Devos’ commencement speech. The University invited her to speak and receive an Honorary degree despite the outrage from students that such an enemy of education would speak and their collection of tens of thousands of signatures to disinvite […]
The Drama of Team Trump; The Urgency of Refusing Fascism
by Tim Teeman (this article originally appeared on the Daily Beast) One of the most unlikely heroes of All the President’s Men?, Nicolas Kent’s arresting and lean verbatim distillation of scenes from the Senate confirmation hearings of President Trump’s Cabinet, turned out to be Marco Rubio. As brilliantly played by Raúl Esparza, with all Rubio’s […]
After James Comey’s Firing, Who Will Stop Trump’s Tinpot Dictatorship?
By Mehdi Hasan This article originally appeared on The Intercept. You’re fired!” That’s what Donald Trump would bark from his boardroom chair at the end of each episode of “The Apprentice.” For years, millions of Americans would smile, laugh, and even cheer in front of their television sets as the property tycoon performed his signature […]
We Need to ACT UP Against Everything Trump
By Michelangelo Signorile This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post Donald Trump made his most frightening authoritarian power grab yet in firing James Comey, the FBI director who was leading an investigation of his campaign’s possible collusion with Russia. This could be viewed as a direct step toward consolidating power and, yes, toward fascism, as we’ve seen […]
“Every Day Until They’re Gone!”
100 Angry Protesters at Trump Tower With Plans to Return New York, May 10 On a few hours notice, about 100 people turned out at Trump Tower in NYC on Wednesday, May 10 to express their outrage at the illegitimate firing by Trump of FBI Director James Comey. The crowd was angry, diverse, and involved an important breadth […]
A Wild Night at UC Berkeley: Sunsara Taylor Speaks on the “Battle for Berkeley”
This article originally appeared on the site Revolution/revcom.us. “I’m all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing […]
Late April to Early May: 100s of 1,000s Protest Crimes of the Trump/Pence Regime
This article originally appeared on Revolution/revcom.us The last week in April, and the first week in May, saw hundreds of thousands of people, in the U.S., and around the world, taking to the streets in response to crimes of the Trump/Pence regime. Fighting Back Against a War on Science and the Environment
Austin: Going to the Next Level to Drive These Fascists from Power
This article is slightly edited from an email sent by Austin Refuse Fascism. Austin, May 7 Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) – a vicious anti–immigrant measure – was signed into law yesterday by Governor Abbott on a Facebook Live Feed. Despite all of the righteous rallying, protest, and organizing against this racist policy, an even […]
Woman Convicted for Laughing Asks: Is it Fascism Now?
During the confirmation hearings for Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General, Refuse Fascism volunteers along with dozens of others repeatedly disrupted the hearings with great courage and determination. In total 26 individuals (including Carl Dix, an initiator of Refuse Fascism) were arrested for refusing to allow the fascist regime to proceed with its first appointment without […]