On this July 4, the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Trump/MAGA fascists are celebrating their vision of freedom—the freedom for a fascist movement with a virulent and deluded social base to “save” their perceived future to do: what? To dominate and erase others, to hunt down immigrants and throw them into concentration camps, to disenfranchise and brutalize Black people, to subjugate women and LGBTQ people. The freedom to bomb civilians, kidnap leaders of sovereign nations, and commit war crimes with impunity.
The Trump/MAGA fascists seek to suppress and whitewash the real history of this country while celebrating and resurrecting the legacy of genocide, slavery, patriarchy and imperialist conquest.
They have launched a war on Iran that threatens to spiral far beyond the control of those who started it. What began as airstrikes and threats can become regional war, mass displacement, economic upheaval, and even confrontation among nuclear-armed powers. A ceasefire on the terms of subjugation of Iran will only lead to greater resentment, upheaval and global instability. Trump has repeatedly threatened the annihilation of an entire civilization while leading humanity toward dangers whose full dimensions cannot yet be seen.
THIS IS A TIME WHEN THE DEMAND:
“TRUMP MUST GO NOW!
NEEDS TO BE SEEN, HEARD AND FELT EVERYWHERE.
Trump/MAGA fascism is not collapsing. In fact, every setback they face compels them to escalate their attacks to lock in their fascist program using every means at their disposal, unbound by domestic or international law. The more “unpopular” Trump becomes, the more he lashes out with revenge, hatred, and moral depravity, and the more hardened his fascist movement becomes, celebrating the use of intimidation, blackmail, and violence to eliminate opposition and crush dissent. The powerful sections of the rulers that back Trump, who have staked the future on changing the form of rule of this country, will not give up power easily.
Refusing to face this reality is unconscionable. Accommodation and conciliation with this fascism is immoral.
The danger we face is not only what the regime is doing. It is the millions who oppose fascism adjusting to, and being conditioned to, adapt to each new outrage. To tell themselves that the midterms or someone else will stop this. To learn to live with what they once swore they would never accept.
History is full of moments when people deluded themselves there was still time—until suddenly there wasn’t. The question now is whether that will happen again—or whether a force can be forged that is capable of providing the leadership needed to change the course of history.
As we approach this 250th anniversary, whether you believe in the promise of this country or think America has never been a land of the “free,” facing the truth about this fascism and acting nonviolently with others to stop it will decide whether or not we even have a future worth living in.
A fascist America is advancing, but it is not all-powerful. The more the regime seeks to impose its life-destroying program on society, the more different sections of the population may be driven to awaken and rise up. The more it relies on repression, intimidation, and war crimes, the more legitimacy it forfeits. A situation could emerge—a step too far by the regime—where millions refuse to cooperate and pour into the streets. If that moment comes, will there be the understanding, the organization, and a force capable of demanding and settling for nothing less than the removal of the Trump Fascist Regime? Or will that potential be squandered, and the moment slip away?
HOW MUCH WILL WE LEARN TO ACCEPT?
America at 250 has not been this divided since the Civil War. We are two countries within one border.
Right now, the fascist country is waging an all-out fight to win—to govern by fascist decree and brutal repression. What is the other “decent” country doing? Way too many are willfully or blindly hoping this goes away. Others have courageously stood up against the regime’s attacks—especially by ICE—but are not being led to link this fight to the necessary struggle to remove the Trump regime. And the mainstream opposition continues to herd people to the dead-end of the midterms and to rely on courts when the ultimate decider right now is the fascist Supreme Court.
Those who insist that lobbying and midterms will resolve this are asking people to place their hopes in a future the regime is actively working to foreclose. They are asking people to trust institutions that have failed to stop fascism’s advance and a Democratic Party that has repeatedly shown itself unwilling to wage the kind of struggle this moment demands. They are offering reassurance where alarm is needed, patience where resistance is needed, and the illusion of a painless way out where none exists. The greatest service that can be rendered to the Trump Regime is to convince people that someone else will stop it. That they can go on with their lives while fascism advances. And those directing people to place their hopes in the next election are not preparing them to stop fascism. They are preparing them to live with it.
Only a growing DEMAND: TRUMP MUST GO NOW! reaching into every corner of society, with people acting to assert it everywhere can stop this fascism… People choosing conscience over compliance. Students walking out. Communities defending those under attack. Educators and artists refusing censorship. Public servants refusing complicity. Refusing to let immigrants be disappeared, truth be censored, or whole groups of people be sacrificed. A growing refusal spreading from campuses to neighborhoods, from cultural institutions to the halls of power, disrupting business as usual until the regime faces a profound crisis of legitimacy—one in which millions, acting nonviolently and in concert, become an undeniable force compelling the removal of the Trump fascist regime for the threat it poses to humanity’s future.
In the Name of Humanity, We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America!
TRUMP MUST GO NOW !
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