This Week in Fascism Feb 19- 25
A reign of terror against immigrants spread across the country. Immigration authorities have a green light to pick up anyone they know or suspect is without papers. People are being picked up outside their homes as they leave for work before daybreak, as they get off public transportation, as they pay traffic tickets. A woman […]
Austin Tx. – 2,000 Protest at State Capitol: “No Ban, No Wall”
“This is a Time When Stands Have to Be Taken”
Jenny Heinz went to a performance at Lincoln Center wearing a sign: “NO! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America—RefuseFascism.org.” At Lincoln Center she was told she would have to remove the sign to enter. She refused to remove it, and was barred from the performance. The incident was covered […]
Jodie Foster Leads Hundreds at Hollywood’s Anti-Trump Rally: ‘It’s Time to Engage’
February 24 Industry pros, entertainers and civilians assembled by the hundreds today for United Talent Agency’s “United Voices” rally outside the company’s Beverly Hills headquarters. Among the featured speakers at the event protesting Trump administration immigration policies was Oscar-winner Jodie Foster, who told the crowd that “it’s time to engage.”
U. Houston Professors Rally Against Turning Campus Cops into Immigration Enforcers
February 24 Professors at the University of Houston Downtown campus took to the streets on Wednesday afternoon for the “Professors Against SB4” rally. Protesters rallied against legislators seeking to eliminate sanctuary cities here in Texas. It’s a last minute addition to the language of the bill that is terrifying educators. Officials who resist are subject […]
The Fascist Reality of Trump’s Assault on the Media
February 24 Today Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of belligerent assaults and thinly veiled threats on the media before a seething, cheering fascist mob (a.k.a. the “Conservative Political Action Committee”). A few hours later Trump’s White House barred reporters from the New York Times, CNN, and other news outlets from a daily press briefing. […]
Host The Drive Out the Trump/Pence Regime National Tour In Your Area
Step 1: Contact the National Office at #646-851-6739 or email [email protected] Hosting the National Tour in your area and contributing in this way matters a great deal and means that you are united around the unique mission of Refuse Fascism– uniting with all who have stood up and reaching out to everyone who hasn’t to […]
Police, National Guard Shut Down Standing Rock Encampment
February 23 At 2:09 pm today, authorities in North Dakota announced that they had “cleared” the Oceti Sakowin encampment at Standing Rock. For almost a year the Standing Rock Sioux and about 200 other Native America peoples, joined by thousands of others from across the country and around the world, courageously blocked the completion of […]
Trump: Attacking Trans Rights, Advancing the Christian Fascist Agenda
February 22 The Trump/Pence regime today announced that it is ending federal instructions that allowed the right of transgender students to use bathrooms based on the gender with which they identify. This is a significant, and very dangerous, victory for the Christian Fascists who are a large component of Trump’s fascist cabal. As many as […]
An Example to Follow – Jenny Heinz in NYC: Wearing the “NO!” Everywhere
February 23 The New Updated Refuse Fascism Call to Action Includes: 2 We must manifest the power of NO! everywhere: on signs, billboards, walls, social media and the news. NO! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE To Accept a Fascist America must resound. Jenny Heinz in NYC (right) has set an important example and standard of principle, insisting on standing […]