Interview With Immigrant Protest Leader – This Program is Disastrous
February 16 In cities and towns across the country protests were held and countless businesses closed as immigrants stayed home from work and school in protest of Trump’s threats and attacks on immigrants. An activist associated with Refuse Fascism interviewed a woman who helped pull together the “Day Without Immigrants” protest in Milwaukee on February […]
This Weekend – Stand Up and Step Up Resistance
Since Trump was inaugurated protest has broken out throughout the country: the women’s march, the outpourings against Trump’s Muslim ban, against the roundups of Mexican people. This weekend many important events are planned around the country: a Day Without Immigrants on February 16, a General Strike on Friday, February 17, Not My Presidents Day on Monday, […]
February 16 – “A Day Without Immigrants”
On Monday, tens of thousands of people staged a powerful protest in Milwaukee against Sheriff David Clarke’s effort to enlist every cop under him into deputized federal agents with the ability to detain and deport immigrants. This Thursday, February 16, calls for “A Day Without Immigrants” are spreading across the country. The website Fusion reported […]
Thousands of Protesters Surge Through Milwaukee Against Attacks on Immigrants
A “sea of demonstrators” marched from Milwaukee’s southside to a courthouse downtown, protesting sheriff David Clarke’s intention to deputize all Milwaukee County sheriff’s as federal immigration agents. The protest was part of a Statewide Day without Latinxs, Immigrants, & Refugees, and March to #StopClarke”. The Chicago Tribune reported that “busloads of demonstrators from about a dozen […]
RESIST! – Busta Rhymes Electrifies the Grammy’s
February 12 – “I wanna thank President Agent Orange for perpetuating all the evil that you’ve been perpetuating throughout the United States! I wanna thank President Agent Orange for your unsuccessful attempt at the Muslim ban. Now we come together!”” Busta Rhymes yelled out after entering the stage of the Grammy Awards a couple of […]
An exchange on Twitter: “The Law is Unjust…the Law is Morally Wrong…Break the Fucking Law”
This tweet on the page of Shaun King was originally posted by J L Tierney. “The people who sheltered Jews in hidden rooms and attics and basements during the Holocaust were breaking the law. The people who smuggled 7,000 Jews out of Denmark were breaking the law. Schindler was breaking the law. The Underground Railroad […]
Meryl Streep: You Have to Speak Up, Stand Up, Act Up Against the Armies of Brownshirts
Transcript of Meryl Streep’s speech to the Human Rights Campaign, February 11, New York City. Streep was introduced by documentarian Ken Burns First of all, I do like football. Let me just make that clear. I gave seven years, seven of my youngest, prettiest years to being a cheerleader for football, basketball and wrestling. I […]
Hundreds of Immigrants Arrested in I.C.E. Raids Across Country
February 12 United States immigration authorities conducted raids in at least six states this week that resulted in the arrests of hundreds of undocumented immigrants. According to the Washington Post on Saturday, officials said the raids targeted undocumented individuals with criminal records, but that some people without records were also detained. The raids occurred at […]
Austin Tx, Feb 11 – Hundreds Protest I.C.E. Raids, Take Over Street
Hundreds of people flooded a busy intersection in North Austin to demand an end to I.C.E. raids.
Rally to Tell Trump and Netanyahu: No Wall, No Ban, No Building on Stolen Land
February 12 – In the midst of beautiful, building resistance disrupting agendas of racism, bigotry, and Islamophobia, the White House announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be coming to DC to meet with Trump on February 15. We can expect that this meeting will result in an even more open US support for […]