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7th February 2017, 14:09
Week of Resistance: No! In the Name of Humanity-We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America!
In the face of the dizzying pace of the fascist pronouncements and acts of the Trump/Pence regime, people all over – in likely and unlikely places – are looking for answers, looking for ways to resist, especially in ways which are part of strengthening and growing a larger community of defiance. One key way to do this is for millions to take up and spread the slogan: “No! In the Name of Humanity—We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America!” This slogan stretches its arms wide to the people of the world, correctly captures the stakes for the future in all its dimensions, and puts before people clearly what must be fiercely opposed. We invite all of you reading this to spread this slogan and this movement, to join in the activities listed below as you can, and to send news of upcoming protests and your photos of resistance to us at [email protected]
Don't Miss Plans for Saturday, below—#NoBanNoWall Rally & March along Devon Ave., Chicago
Tues, Feb 7, 3:30-5 pm Health Care is a Human Right, hosted by #ResistTrumpTuesdays (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GI4VHU5UrbAEfbrfpkWZpThKdG8KdWl5)) 230 S. Dearborn, Chicago
"Health care is a human right! Join us to call on our senators to reject Tom Price and fight for free universal, healthcare-for-all!” Tom Price is a Congressman and member of the fascist Tea Party caucus who will slash health care to women and children, the poor, LGBTQ and others. Read this statement (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Jk5J9FMVPYBALcFkJLBsPzhKdG8KdWl5) signed by thousands of physicians opposed to his confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Wed, Feb 8, 4 pm Refuse Fascism on the Wayne Besen radio show
Jay Becker, from Refuse Fascism (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y5mJtEFVjlQBM%2B0jJZ1GCzhKdG8KdWl5) and Ted Sirota, Initiator of Refuse Fascism and Degenerate Artists Against Fascism (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5P65a5XVCnDdRgaaX2TXOThKdG8KdWl5) will be talking with Wayne Besen on Chicago’s Progressive Talk radio - WCPT / 820 am. The Wayne Besen Show (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q3%2BJ0LUOy6he3TjFPPoRADhKdG8KdWl5) discusses the political, social and justice issues of the day with listeners. Wayne is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out, the Center Against Religious Extremism (TWOCARE.org (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BS2xVfNUdCs6lLMWRYccHjhKdG8KdWl5)) and author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth (Routledge, 2003) and Bashing Back: Wayne Besen on People, Politics, and Culture. (Routledge, 2006).
Thurs, Feb 9, noon-3 pm Academics United @Northwestern “No to Immigration and Visa Ban!" (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OsLtFMFd55hwEeFAF4K4qThKdG8KdWl5)) The Rock, 1881 N. Sheridan Rd, Evanston (and at other campuses around the country)
The mission of "Academics United— No Visa and Immigration Ban" rallies around the country is to "shine a light on the impact of this action on thousands of honest and ambitious students."
Fri, Feb 10, 3:30-6 pm Teach-in "No Ban, No Wall,” UofC Resists (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3EhPE9TqVHmQWsQfcD03lDhKdG8KdWl5)) University Church Chicago, 5655 S. University Ave, Chicago
UofC Resists hosts "a teach-in and organizing meeting about Trump's Muslim Ban and Wall executive orders and the terrifying consequences they are having for people across the globe, including discussion of how people are resisting the order and how to organize to support their struggle and fight back against Trump's bigoted policies."
Fri, Feb 10, 5-7 pm Rally for Reproductive Justice, Chicago Campaign to Expose Crisis Pregnancy Centers (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wKU5kupVlZl6BgCg0Gg%2FMDhKdG8KdWl5)) State of IL Building, 100 W. Randolph, Chicago
"Reproductive rights, including abortion, are under attack everywhere in this nation. Illinois, and the Chicago area in particular, have long been known as a safe haven for abortion care in the midwest region. We're holding this rally to defend the rights we already have, and to demand their protection and expansion."
The fascist program of Trump/Pence means an escalation of the war on women. Their declared goal is to outlaw abortion and suppress birth control.
Sat, Feb 11, noon-1:30 pm Mexican Unity Rally vs Hate (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5REMPQj0KK1EETmQuC%2F4AjhKdG8KdWl5)) Meet at 50 E. Wacker, Chicago
A march and rally to Trump Tower to "express peacefully our repudiation of hate politics and rhetoric that provokes discrimination and crimes against the most vulnerable people. Also, as Mexican men and women, Latinos and Latinas will firmly reject the proposal to build a border wall that will only cause damage and disruption and that will not solve anything. All are welcome." #NoHateNoWall.
Sat, Feb 11, 3 pm - #NoBanNoWall We refuse to accept a fascist America! Rally & March along Devon Ave Meet at 2200 W. Devon
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1170/c/4354/images/20170204_Devon.jpg
Photo from last Saturday, Feb 4, when 75 to 100 people came together for a spirited rally and march along Devon Ave to support the rights of Muslims and all immigrants against the #MuslimBan, the wall planned for the Mexican border, and against Trump’s whole fascist program. This area is a major business and cultural hub for South Asian immigrants (particularly Indian and Pakistani) in the Midwest. This strong march was also building for the next march this coming Saturday. The crowd included everyone from infants to senior citizens, Muslims, Jews, Christians, atheists; Pakistanis, Indians, African Americans, Latinos and whites; lesbian, gay, queer and trans people.
Sun, Feb 12, 5-7 pm, Refuse Fascism Chicago Organizing Meeting (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Is%2BszO7dDVyvxRdG%2ByiirDhKdG8KdWl5)) Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. 26th & Michigan Ave
Looking for a place to help make PLANS and ACTIONS to stop the FASCIST REGIME?!?! Looking for a collective group of FORWARD-THINKING people who believe in NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE, COMMUNITY, and ACTION...
COME to the meeting and give your skills to help complete the agenda of PROGRESSING FORWARD! Want to help with community outreach, social media, emergency planning, fundraising, and other areas? All are welcome!!!
******
Next Week:
Fri, Feb 17, 11 am General Strike against Trump (Chicago Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9MuLKpcXxTGo%2Bx7NqccnTjhKdG8KdWl5)) (National Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BS2xVfNUdCvaM3o%2BrYSaTjhKdG8KdWl5)) Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago
"Workers and Concerned People of Chicago To Conduct Mass Demonstrations, Walkouts and Consumer Boycott To Protest Trump Administration. This is an inclusive autonomous call to action. We welcome all people in their struggles against the Fascist Trump Regime.”
Twitter: #NationalStrike, #F17 #resisttrump #nobannowall#blacklivesmatter, #nodapl etc
Fri, Feb 17, Legal Community Strikes Back on #F17 (National Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P%2BUgwDW%2Ba70wOxo1oH1jYjhKdG8KdWl5))
"At 1 PM (ET) on Friday, Feb. 17 (#F17), #LawStrikesBack! Lawyers, legal workers, law students, paralegals, court interpreters, investigators, social service advocates, and others who work in the courts will gather in front of courthouses across the country in coordination with the nationwide #GeneralStrike strike planned for the same day.”
Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild; co-sponsored by Center for Constitutional Rights, #Law4BlackLives, People’s Law Office, Sugar Law.
empowered by Salsa
In the face of the dizzying pace of the fascist pronouncements and acts of the Trump/Pence regime, people all over – in likely and unlikely places – are looking for answers, looking for ways to resist, especially in ways which are part of strengthening and growing a larger community of defiance. One key way to do this is for millions to take up and spread the slogan: “No! In the Name of Humanity—We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America!” This slogan stretches its arms wide to the people of the world, correctly captures the stakes for the future in all its dimensions, and puts before people clearly what must be fiercely opposed. We invite all of you reading this to spread this slogan and this movement, to join in the activities listed below as you can, and to send news of upcoming protests and your photos of resistance to us at [email protected]
Don't Miss Plans for Saturday, below—#NoBanNoWall Rally & March along Devon Ave., Chicago
Tues, Feb 7, 3:30-5 pm Health Care is a Human Right, hosted by #ResistTrumpTuesdays (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GI4VHU5UrbAEfbrfpkWZpThKdG8KdWl5)) 230 S. Dearborn, Chicago
"Health care is a human right! Join us to call on our senators to reject Tom Price and fight for free universal, healthcare-for-all!” Tom Price is a Congressman and member of the fascist Tea Party caucus who will slash health care to women and children, the poor, LGBTQ and others. Read this statement (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Jk5J9FMVPYBALcFkJLBsPzhKdG8KdWl5) signed by thousands of physicians opposed to his confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Wed, Feb 8, 4 pm Refuse Fascism on the Wayne Besen radio show
Jay Becker, from Refuse Fascism (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y5mJtEFVjlQBM%2B0jJZ1GCzhKdG8KdWl5) and Ted Sirota, Initiator of Refuse Fascism and Degenerate Artists Against Fascism (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5P65a5XVCnDdRgaaX2TXOThKdG8KdWl5) will be talking with Wayne Besen on Chicago’s Progressive Talk radio - WCPT / 820 am. The Wayne Besen Show (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q3%2BJ0LUOy6he3TjFPPoRADhKdG8KdWl5) discusses the political, social and justice issues of the day with listeners. Wayne is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out, the Center Against Religious Extremism (TWOCARE.org (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BS2xVfNUdCs6lLMWRYccHjhKdG8KdWl5)) and author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth (Routledge, 2003) and Bashing Back: Wayne Besen on People, Politics, and Culture. (Routledge, 2006).
Thurs, Feb 9, noon-3 pm Academics United @Northwestern “No to Immigration and Visa Ban!" (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OsLtFMFd55hwEeFAF4K4qThKdG8KdWl5)) The Rock, 1881 N. Sheridan Rd, Evanston (and at other campuses around the country)
The mission of "Academics United— No Visa and Immigration Ban" rallies around the country is to "shine a light on the impact of this action on thousands of honest and ambitious students."
Fri, Feb 10, 3:30-6 pm Teach-in "No Ban, No Wall,” UofC Resists (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3EhPE9TqVHmQWsQfcD03lDhKdG8KdWl5)) University Church Chicago, 5655 S. University Ave, Chicago
UofC Resists hosts "a teach-in and organizing meeting about Trump's Muslim Ban and Wall executive orders and the terrifying consequences they are having for people across the globe, including discussion of how people are resisting the order and how to organize to support their struggle and fight back against Trump's bigoted policies."
Fri, Feb 10, 5-7 pm Rally for Reproductive Justice, Chicago Campaign to Expose Crisis Pregnancy Centers (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wKU5kupVlZl6BgCg0Gg%2FMDhKdG8KdWl5)) State of IL Building, 100 W. Randolph, Chicago
"Reproductive rights, including abortion, are under attack everywhere in this nation. Illinois, and the Chicago area in particular, have long been known as a safe haven for abortion care in the midwest region. We're holding this rally to defend the rights we already have, and to demand their protection and expansion."
The fascist program of Trump/Pence means an escalation of the war on women. Their declared goal is to outlaw abortion and suppress birth control.
Sat, Feb 11, noon-1:30 pm Mexican Unity Rally vs Hate (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5REMPQj0KK1EETmQuC%2F4AjhKdG8KdWl5)) Meet at 50 E. Wacker, Chicago
A march and rally to Trump Tower to "express peacefully our repudiation of hate politics and rhetoric that provokes discrimination and crimes against the most vulnerable people. Also, as Mexican men and women, Latinos and Latinas will firmly reject the proposal to build a border wall that will only cause damage and disruption and that will not solve anything. All are welcome." #NoHateNoWall.
Sat, Feb 11, 3 pm - #NoBanNoWall We refuse to accept a fascist America! Rally & March along Devon Ave Meet at 2200 W. Devon
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1170/c/4354/images/20170204_Devon.jpg
Photo from last Saturday, Feb 4, when 75 to 100 people came together for a spirited rally and march along Devon Ave to support the rights of Muslims and all immigrants against the #MuslimBan, the wall planned for the Mexican border, and against Trump’s whole fascist program. This area is a major business and cultural hub for South Asian immigrants (particularly Indian and Pakistani) in the Midwest. This strong march was also building for the next march this coming Saturday. The crowd included everyone from infants to senior citizens, Muslims, Jews, Christians, atheists; Pakistanis, Indians, African Americans, Latinos and whites; lesbian, gay, queer and trans people.
Sun, Feb 12, 5-7 pm, Refuse Fascism Chicago Organizing Meeting (Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Is%2BszO7dDVyvxRdG%2ByiirDhKdG8KdWl5)) Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. 26th & Michigan Ave
Looking for a place to help make PLANS and ACTIONS to stop the FASCIST REGIME?!?! Looking for a collective group of FORWARD-THINKING people who believe in NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE, COMMUNITY, and ACTION...
COME to the meeting and give your skills to help complete the agenda of PROGRESSING FORWARD! Want to help with community outreach, social media, emergency planning, fundraising, and other areas? All are welcome!!!
******
Next Week:
Fri, Feb 17, 11 am General Strike against Trump (Chicago Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9MuLKpcXxTGo%2Bx7NqccnTjhKdG8KdWl5)) (National Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BS2xVfNUdCvaM3o%2BrYSaTjhKdG8KdWl5)) Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago
"Workers and Concerned People of Chicago To Conduct Mass Demonstrations, Walkouts and Consumer Boycott To Protest Trump Administration. This is an inclusive autonomous call to action. We welcome all people in their struggles against the Fascist Trump Regime.”
Twitter: #NationalStrike, #F17 #resisttrump #nobannowall#blacklivesmatter, #nodapl etc
Fri, Feb 17, Legal Community Strikes Back on #F17 (National Facebook event (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P%2BUgwDW%2Ba70wOxo1oH1jYjhKdG8KdWl5))
"At 1 PM (ET) on Friday, Feb. 17 (#F17), #LawStrikesBack! Lawyers, legal workers, law students, paralegals, court interpreters, investigators, social service advocates, and others who work in the courts will gather in front of courthouses across the country in coordination with the nationwide #GeneralStrike strike planned for the same day.”
Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild; co-sponsored by Center for Constitutional Rights, #Law4BlackLives, People’s Law Office, Sugar Law.
empowered by Salsa