We are featuring here some of the voices of individuals and organizations—coming from a diverse range of political perspectives and viewpoints—who are courageously speaking against the brutal inhumanity of the Trump/MAGA fascist regime. Now is a time to unite all who can be united to demand: The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go NOW! In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America!
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Winooski, Vermont, School District
Photo: Winooskilearns
The Winooski, Vermont School District, in response to President Trump’s remarks about Somali people, raised the Somali flag next to the U.S. and Vermont flags at their combined elementary, junior high and high school. They said:
“We are raising the Somali flag this week in honor of our Somali youth and families in Winooski and Vermont. On Monday, we will be gathering to celebrate together and to learn more about our civil rights.”
In response, they received more than 200 threats the following day, as fascists reposted the picture on right-wing websites. The school district took down its website to deal with the attacks, and shut off phones that day due to threats against employees. Superintendent Chavarria responded:
“It’s given us even more of a mission to continue doing the right thing. Because if they are willing to attack our employees to that extent, I don’t want to find out what they’re willing to do to our most vulnerable students in the building who just happen to be of a different color, speak a different language, have a different family story.”
He posted this message about a student:
Congressman Jim McGovern: “The President is demonizing and dehumanizing human beings.”
Jim McGovern is a Congressman from Massachusetts. On December 4 he posted:
Chokehold – Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance: “No One Is Safe From Trump’s Quest to Control the Message.”
The nonprofit advocacy group Free Press published a report in December 2025, which characterized Trump regime actions as a systemic "war on free speech". The report says in part:
“We took the freedom of speech away.”
— President Trump in opening remarks at his “antifa roundtable” (October 2025)
…[W]hile the U.S. government has made efforts throughout this nation’s history to censor people’s expression and association — be it the exercise of freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress — the Trump administration’s incessant attacks on even the most tentatively oppositional speech are uniquely aggressive, pervasive and escalating.
Attacks on dissent have unfolded as a daily barrage of headlines. These come in countless forms: violent physical attacks on reporters covering protests against ICE, law enforcement targeting and detaining foreign students for months due to their political speech, the White House firing and the Justice Department prosecuting government servants who refuse to comply with Trump’s personal vendettas. While each attack is noteworthy and often an unprecedented show of censorship, the sheer volume of chilling attacks has helped ensure that even the most egregious assaults quickly fall out of the news cycle and public consciousness….
Free Press identifies five key findings:
1. Trump’s tyrannical playbook has infected the entire administration with an ethos of retaliation, targeting free speech that contradicts him….
2. No one is safe from attack in Trump’s quest to control the message, though the administration targets the press most of all….
3. The modes of attack are erratic, but they are also extensive and relentless….
4. While this chilling campaign is vastly unpopular and often loses in court, its speed and scale are unprecedented in U.S. history….
5. Collective resistance has blunted Trump’s censorship campaign and must be sustained….
Sustained and systemic resistance will be essential in the months and years ahead as a bulwark against tyranny.
Sunny Hostin: “Who are we to be able to bomb boats off the coast of Venezuela….It feels a lot to me like fascism”
Sunny Hostin is a lawyer, journalist and co-host of ABC’s The View. She responded to the U.S. seizure of the Venezuelan oil tanker:
Frank Ray: “There’s a difference between heroes … and systems that forget people are human.”
Country singer Frank Ray’s brother-in-law and nephew were detained by ICE on their way to the family Thanksgiving dinner. Before leaving to become a country singer, Ray was a policeman. Ray posted this on Facebook on December 8:
Statement by members of the American Psychological Association: “As Authoritarianism Grows, Psychologists Must Not Be Silent”
This statement published by Roy Eidelson and Ana Figueiredo in CounterPunch on December 12.
… We write to share our professional knowledge, so that our colleagues and the public gain a better understanding of the deeply disturbing psychological dimensions of authoritarianism. Its dangerous and destructive repercussions are now unfolding daily throughout this country, threatening the well-being — and the very survival — of individuals, communities, and the foundations of our democratic form of governance.
We are not writing in support of any political party or candidate. Indeed, we recognize that both major political parties have fallen woefully short in establishing and nurturing a society where prosperity, justice, and equal opportunity prevail for all. At the same time, it is clear to us that anti-democratic pressures have now escalated significantly under the Trump administration, and we worry that the gravity of the current situation is not receiving the attention it deserves — from the public or from our profession.
Guided by our ethical and scientific commitments and by our duty to oppose forces that dehumanize, divide, and destroy, we believe that we must not be silent at this time. Authoritarianism thrives on fear, disinformation, and the suppression of truth. Peace psychology compels us to name these threats and to work toward systems grounded in justice, empathy, and democratic participation….
We are convinced that, together, we must meet this moment. Through the power of collective action, radical hope, and ethics of care, we can resist the Trump administration’s authoritarian agenda and forestall its harmful and dangerous consequences…. There is no time to delay.
Nancy Sinatra: “My dad LOATHED Trump”
Nancy Sinatra is an American singer and actress, the eldest daughter of music legend Frank Sinatra, famous for her 1960 hit, “These Boots are Made for Walking.”
Responding to a video purporting to show ICE officers harassing Latino construction workers, Nancy Sinatra, 85, wrote on X on December 6: “This is not my father’s America. He would be devastated. Trump is so wrong in so many ways.” When someone commented, “Your Dad would have loved Trump,” Nancy shot back, “Do some homework before you make a fool of yourself. My dad LOATHED Trump.”
Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch: “I asked [my colleagues] if we were back in the days of the holocaust, would we stand up and speak out”
Illinois State Legislators passed a law designed, in the words of one of the sponsors State Senator Omar Aquino, to protect Illinois residents’ constitutional rights and secure access to essential services amid rampant immigration enforcement activities, including protections for hospitals and daycare centers. On December 9 Aquino said:
“Daycares and hospitals should be places of safety and security, not targets of intimidation. No parent should have to wonder if dropping off their child could put their family at risk, and no person should fear if going to get medical attention will cause them more suffering. We’ve already seen ICE agents come into a hospital room in my district. We’re not talking about what could happen – it’s already happening. The time to act is now.”
Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch spoke about the bill on December 6:
Voices of Resistance December 2 to December 8, 2025
Sabrina Carpenter: “This [ICE] video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
On Tuesday December 2 Sabrina Carpenter responded to a video put out by the Trump regime, which used her track “Juno” as the background to images of ICE agents chasing and handcuffing people. Other artists, including Kenny Loggins, Olivia Rodrigo and others, have also protested the fascists’ unauthorized use of their music.
Oscar Isaac accepting The Gothams film award for Frankenstein, “Immigrants: we get the job done.”
On December 1, director Guillermo del Toro, and actors Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi accepted the Vanguard Tribute for 'Frankenstein' at the Gotham Awards, and made the following statements:
St. Susanna Parish, Dedham, Massachutts: “I.C.E. WAS HERE”
St. Susanna Parish is a Roman Catholic church in Dedham, Massachusetts. They removed the traditional figures of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus from their nativity display this Christmas and replaced them with a sign that reads “I.C.E. WAS HERE” in bold, handwritten letters.
“It holds the mirror up to what’s happening,” said Father Stephen Josoma, whose congregation is active in helping immigrants in their community. “They’ve done everything that they’re supposed to do, but their status could be in jeopardy,” referring to the fact that many immigrants, community members with jobs and families and no criminal records, are being taken directly from their asylum court dates, from green card interviews and scheduled check-ins. “Some of our people would be in danger of being killed if they did go back. We can do a lot better as a country dealing with the many issues that face us.”
Saint Susanna‘s nativity scene also calls attention to ICE’s planned targeting of churches this holiday season — with orders to raid services and abduct people at worship.
Lake Street Church of Evanston, IL: “This installation is not subtle because the crisis it addresses is not abstract.”
Evanston, Illinois’s Lake Street Church created a nativity scene with the baby Jesus’ hands tied with zip ties, Mary and Joseph with gas masks resembling those worn by demonstrators, and Roman centuries with “ICE” on their chests.
Three Somali state legislators from Maine: “What we are witnessing is part of a coordinated effort to destabilize immigrant, Indigenous, and other communities of color, undermine democratic norms, and reshape the fabric of America through exclusion and extrajudicial force."
On December 4, three Somali state legislators from Maine, Mana Abdi, Deqa Dhalac, and Yusuf Yusuf, issued an open letter condemning the Trump administrations attacks on immigrants including the Somali community. The letter read in part:
...This moment is bigger than any one politician or any one community....
We must also be honest about who is being targeted right now. The vast majority of people affected by this administration’s immigration policies are law-abiding individuals who are legitimately working to attain citizenship. Many have called America their home for decades, raising families, contributing to our economy, and strengthening our communities.
Reckless rhetoric does not stay confined to speeches or screens. It spills into real life.
Dehumanizing language can embolden people with no governmental authority to harass, intimidate, or threaten our neighbors. There is no place in Maine or in America for vigilantism, racial profiling, or community members taking immigration enforcement into their own hands….
Every person in this nation, regardless of immigration status, is entitled to due process. That is not optional. It is a core American principle. Today, TPS holders are being targeted. If we remain silent, we normalize a politics that can, and will, be turned against others.
Students in Portland, Maine: “We are gathered here in solidarity with the immigrant community and against the hostile systems in our country.”
After hearing that two students from their schools had been grabbed by ICE and detained, along with their families, two student leaders met with the freshman class and organized a walkout and rally at the city hall. More than 500 students walked out of public schools December 4. They were joined by teachers, and the School Superintendent issued a supportive statement.
Two teen brothers track ICE attacks in Chicago
Armed with phone and body cameras, brothers Ben and Sam patrol the Chicago suburbs tracking ICE agents and filming raids they see as unwarranted and unjustified. They helped develop a rapid-response network of volunteers that documents ICE raids and assists families of those detained in the arrests.
Ryan Scallon: Based on this most recent statement from President Trump… I feel a need to reiterate our rejection of his hateful rhetoric and our support for all students, staff and community members.
On Dec. 3, Portland, Maine Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Scallon sent a letter to the Portland Public School community which read in part:
Yesterday, President Trump made horrible and disparaging comments about immigrants, and specifically Somali immigrants.
As an individual and as the Superintendent of Portland Public Schools, I want to be clear that I fully disagree with his statements and the harm that they create. These types of statements create fear and divide communities. In March 2025, I made comments about our support for our immigrant and LGBTQIA+ communities. Based on this most recent statement from President Trump and the impact it is having on our community, I feel a need to reiterate our rejection of his hateful rhetoric and our support for all students, staff and community members.
I also want to remind everyone that hateful speech that creates an environment of harassment and discrimination will not be tolerated in our schools or offices. Anyone can report concerns using our Harrasment, Discrimination, and Sexual Harassment/Title IX form.
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly: “It’s a dangerous moment for the United States of America when the President and his loyalists use every lever of power to silence United States Senators for speaking up."
The Pentagon has said it is investigating Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for “serious allegations of misconduct." The move came after Kelly joined a group of Democratic lawmakers who released a video telling service members they have the right not to obey orders they believe to be illegal. Shortly after the clip was released, Trump used social media posts to accused the Democratic lawmakers of "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" Kelly responded in part: