Trump on Monday, September 22, issued an executive order against “Antifa” – an intentionally vague category – designating it as a “Domestic Terrorist Organization.” This is a blatant fascist move to criminalize dissent and silence speech. Every person and organization who stands for justice needs to condemn, oppose, and refuse to cooperate with this order.
By designating “Antifa” – again, an intentionally vague category – as a “domestic terrorism organization” (which is not actually a legal category), Trump has outlined and is seeking to criminalize all kinds of activities this conjured-up version of “Antifa” supposedly engages in (some which are completely legal), and has empowered agencies to “investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa, or for which Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa provided material support, including necessary investigatory and prosecutorial actions against those who fund such operations.”
It is not hard to imagine Trump using this to conduct extremely repressive actions against those who defend immigrants with nonviolent civil disobedience, as well as who mobilize in other ways against Trump, or merely dare to state the truth illustrated by this very executive order: that Trump is a fascist, one who has already clamped down the foundations of a fascist order and is hellbent to spread and reinforce the tentacles of that, and to eliminate all opposition. This has to be taken very seriously and be strongly opposed by actual, massive, and exponentially intensifying political nonviolent action exposing and opposing Trump’s fascist regime…both on the upcoming protests organized by the No Kings Day coalition on October 18 and, especially, the November 5 Fall of the Trump Regime mobilization aiming for a million people to fill the streets of DC in nonviolent protest to demand TRUMP MUST GO NOW!—and to not stop protesting in DC until the fascist Trump is removed from political power. This mobilization was initiated by RefuseFascism.org an organization that since its inception in 2016 has had non-violence as bedrock principle for all its activities and advocacy and is open to all.