On Thursday, March 27, RefuseFascism.org initiated actions in half a dozen cities calling for the release Mahmoud Khalil. Mahmoud is a recent graduate of Columbia University who played an active role in protesting the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza and Columbia’s complicity in that. The slogans were: 

STOP the Fascist Attacks on the Rights to Free Speech, Dissent, and the Rule of Law!
STOP The Demonization, Abduction, and Deportation of All Immigrants & Refugees!

In the largest actions—Boston and San Francisco—as many as 75 people turned out. In every city, people (many working together for the first time) came together as RefuseFascism.org to build, to speak at, to organize and, yes, debate with people. In most cities RefuseFascism.org worked with other groups to make these happen. The actions drew the links between the outrageous kidnapping of Mahmoud and the whole fascist agenda of the Trump/MAGA regime. On this page we include “sights and sounds” highlights. All this will be important to learn from, build on and take much much further heading into the major demonstrations next Saturday, April 5.