REFUSE FASCISM VIEWS TRUMP PRESIDENCY AS FASCIST TAKEOVER
REFUSE FASCISM VIEWS TRUMP PRESIDENCY AS FASCIST TAKEOVER
By Safiyyah P. Muhammad
The Refuse Fascism group is calling
Donald Trump's presidency a fascist
administration and they are on a mission to
squash it.
According to Chicago Refuse Fascism
Initiator, Tedd Sirota, Donald Trump’s
presidency will be run by a fascist dictatorship.
"What we’re saying is that there are many
definitions of fascism, and if you look it up, you
will see that Donald Trump fits these character
traits. The most dangerous thing about it is
this ‘marriage of convenience’ that Trump has
put together between his unbridled capitalism
and the Christian fascism of Mike Pence. He
has whipped up the most racist statements in
society and unleashed them on Black people,
Muslims, the press and now he is attacking
the arts on Twitter. The signs are clear. The
evidence is clear,” Sirota said.
The Refuse Fascism Group plans to
galvanize marches and rallies to protest
Trumps presidency before January 20th,
and according to Sirota the “wait and see”
approach after Trump becomes president
might be too late. He said, “The lessons that
we’ve learned from history is that we can’t wait
and see. By the time you’ve done waiting and
seeing, it’s too late for you to resist. There are
tens of millions of us who oppose this kind of
inhumanity forced upon us. What weneed to do is get up, rise up, be heard and get in the street and be
unruly. We need to let the system know
that we are not going to go along with
this. We don’t know what is going to
happen in this new cycle (of Trump’s
presidency).”
Recently, a press release stated
that Co-Initiator Carl Dix and several
protestors disrupted Senator Session’s
confirmation hearing and were
removed in handcuffs. The press
release stated that Dix was dragged
out of the hearing saying, “We refuse to
accept a fascist America. We must be in
the streets starting January 14th to stop
the Trump-Pence fascist regime from
coming to power.”
Sirota stated that people from all
sectors of society should be concerned
about the threat of an incoming fascist
government. He said, “We all should
show concern because what we face
right now is fear. You might fear of
being deported, or if you are a Black
and walk down the street with a hoodie
on, you might fear of being shot in the
back while walking down the street by
the police. There are so many different
communities that are under threat.”
Sirota, who is a jazz and reggae
musician stated that several celebrities
are involved in the Refuse Fascist
movement including Laila Hathaway,
Rosie O’Donnell, Alice Walker, Rapper,
Chuck D, Comedian Margaret Cho,
Debra Messing, among others.
To learn more about the Refuse
Fascism movement visit www.
RefuseFascism.org.
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