2016Elections &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:2016Elections News and Views from the People's Struggle Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:33:53 +0000 https://i.snap.as/RZCOEKyz.png 2016Elections &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:2016Elections Milwaukee march says ‘Not my president’ https://fightbacknews.org/milwaukee-march-says-not-my-president?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") More than 500 people marched on a warm night, Feb. 20, in downtown Milwaukee to mark the one-month anniversary of Trump’s inauguration. The action was organized by the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump (MCAT), a grassroots effort that has united much of the city’s progressive movement into a united fightback against the Trump agenda. !--more-- The rally and march focused on what the Trump agenda has looked like over the past 30 days, but also on the victories that the people’s movements have landed against his plans. Among these victories was Trump being forced to cancel his visit to a local Harley Davidson plant, after the threat of mass protests organized by MCAT rattled the executives at Harley. The group started at Zeidler Union Square, then marched to the federal courthouse, the location of U.S. Senator Ron Johnson’s office. There, a number of speakers condemned Johnson for his actions, as he has voted in favor of every one of Trump’s cabinet nominees, including Betsy DeVos and General “Mad Dog” Mattis. The march was high-energy and demonstrated that there has been little loss of momentum over the course of this one month. The coalition hopes to continue this momentum through to May Day and beyond, until all of Trump’s attacks have been beaten back. #MilwaukeeWI #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

More than 500 people marched on a warm night, Feb. 20, in downtown Milwaukee to mark the one-month anniversary of Trump’s inauguration. The action was organized by the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump (MCAT), a grassroots effort that has united much of the city’s progressive movement into a united fightback against the Trump agenda.

The rally and march focused on what the Trump agenda has looked like over the past 30 days, but also on the victories that the people’s movements have landed against his plans. Among these victories was Trump being forced to cancel his visit to a local Harley Davidson plant, after the threat of mass protests organized by MCAT rattled the executives at Harley.

The group started at Zeidler Union Square, then marched to the federal courthouse, the location of U.S. Senator Ron Johnson’s office. There, a number of speakers condemned Johnson for his actions, as he has voted in favor of every one of Trump’s cabinet nominees, including Betsy DeVos and General “Mad Dog” Mattis.

The march was high-energy and demonstrated that there has been little loss of momentum over the course of this one month. The coalition hopes to continue this momentum through to May Day and beyond, until all of Trump’s attacks have been beaten back.

#MilwaukeeWI #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/milwaukee-march-says-not-my-president Wed, 22 Feb 2017 03:22:35 +0000 The Farce of the Deal: Trump, the TPP and trade https://fightbacknews.org/farce-deal-trump-tpp-and-trade?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[On Jan. 23, President Donald Trump signed an executive action withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. Negotiated by then-president Barack Obama, the TPP would have standardized trade between the U.S., Japan, Mexico, and nine other countries in the Pacific Rim, lowering tariffs and regulations between countries to favor corporations. The agreement drew heavy criticism from labor unions and environmental groups, who argued the TPP would hurt workers and hamper efforts to address climate change. !--more-- Trump's executive action on trade has a lot of people confused, and it's understandable. Like he did on the campaign trail, Trump has played off his executive order as ‘anti-establishment’ and ‘shaking up Washington.’ After all, Wall Street and corporate America wanted the TPP passed, along with most Democrat and Republican leaders. But Trump immediately filled his cabinet with billionaires and corporate executives, who generally support the same 'free trade' deals he criticized. For instance, Trump's pick for treasury secretary, former Goldman Sachs executive Steve Mnuchin, is a major free trade proponent, as is investment banker Gary Cohn, who will head up Trump's National Economic Council. Even Vice President Mike Pence built his political career supporting free trade. So what the hell is going on, exactly? First off, Trump's executive order on the TPP barely drew a yawn from Wall Street, much less a harsh condemnation. Investors priced this move into the stock market months ago. Support in Congress for the TPP dried up even before Trump's unlikely victory in November 2016 due to widespread opposition to corporate outsourcing. To Wall Street, Trump's order was just a formality. An offer he can't refuse: Opposing free trade deals important to Trump's victory Wall Street has accepted the TPP isn't happening. The 2016 election pitted two candidates who represented Wall Street, and the billionaire, Donald Trump, won. While Trump now acts as the political representative for monopoly capitalism in the U.S., it's important to remember that he was not their first choice to win either the GOP primary or the presidency. Wall Street largely favored Clinton in the election, fearing Trump's unpredictable behavior and some of his populist rhetoric. Even Trump himself didn't expect to survive past the first few caucuses and primaries, according to campaign sources. But from literally the first day of his campaign, Trump made repealing trade deals a defining issue. Along with building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, opposing trade deals became his signature platform point. Both Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders campaigned against free trade, and this message resonated with many working class voters. It's one of the major reasons why Trump trounced the field of typical corporate Republicans in the primary and mobilized enough votes to win Rust Belt states in November. Trump had to kill the TPP. He's already walking back on other promises that were completely farcical - making Mexico pay for the wall; repeal-and-replace the Affordable Care Act on the first day; deport all undocumented immigrants. He's already made peace with Wall Street and corporate America - and they with him - but opposing free trade agreements struck a particular nerve with a massive part of Trump's mass base. He can't afford to turn them against him this early, especially in the face of giant street protests. Bring the jobs back: Lies and damned lies Trade deals have hurt workers on all sides of the U.S., Mexican and Canadian border. Beginning in the 1980s, Ronald Reagan launched an offensive against unions and struck down restrictions on trade. Wall Street began to buy up manufacturing businesses, outsource operations, cut jobs, bust unions, and slash wages and benefits. Corporations stepped up manufacturing goods in Third World countries because of lower wages, fewer labor laws and little to no regulations on safety or pollution. This continued into the 1990s under Bill Clinton, who signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico and Canada, and into the 2000s. From the signing of NAFTA in 1994 to 2015, the U.S. lost about 4.5 million manufacturing jobs total. Outsourcing and trade agreements contributed to this trend as corporations imported cheap goods manufactured in the Third World. However, the major source of U.S. manufacturing job losses was automation, not trade agreements as Trump claims. Technological innovations and robotics in the last 30 years phased out millions of jobs, which lowered labor costs while raising productivity - and profits. Rising wages in developing countries, where U.S. companies exploited cheap labor for decades, has made outsourcing manufacturing operations less profitable and riskier. As a result, quite a few companies have already moved manufacturing operations back to the U.S. They simply employ less workers. Trump's populist talk about the decline of good manufacturing jobs touched on real anger felt by workers, who saw their wages and standard of living decline because of capitalist greed. But he can't and won't deliver on his promises to "bring manufacturing jobs back" from Mexico, China and other countries - jobs largely eliminated by automation. Instead, Trump plans to viciously attack unions, wages and benefits with National Right to Work legislation and more, all in the name of corporate profits. Rise of the machines: Using automation to boost profits, hurt workers Contrary to Trump's claims, manufacturing output in the U.S. today is actually double that of 1979 when adjusted for inflation, totaling $1.91 trillion in 2015, according to the Department of Commerce. But while the industry produces more, it employs fewer workers due to automation. For example, auto manufacturers like General Motors employ roughly a third of their 1979 workforce despite producing far more cars. Even when productivity increases in the U.S., the workers don't see the benefits. From 1975 to 2015, productivity increased about six times more than wages, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In other words, corporations rake in greater profits from automation and technological progress while workers lose jobs and wages. Far from pushing a comeback of well-paid manufacturing jobs, Trump and his cabinet of billionaires plan to further leverage automation against workers. Andy Puzder, the former fast food CEO of CKE Restaurants and Trump's pick for labor secretary, strongly supports using robotics and technology to eliminate even more jobs. In 2014, Puzder argued for replacing workers with robots since, in his words, robots are "always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex or race discrimination case." For Puzder and other fast food CEOs facing pressure from workers in the Fight for $15 movement, they see automation as a weapon against labor's demands for higher wages and benefits. Trump and war against China: Wall Street's long-term policy Wall Street had already accepted the fact that the TPP wasn't going to pass. To them, the trade agreement was never particularly important as a purely economic initiative. In the short and medium term, most economists projected it would actually amount to a net loss for the U.S. The real value of the TPP to Washington was as a long-term foreign policy maneuver: a centerpiece of Obama's so-called ‘Pivot to Asia.’ Long-term, the overall policy of the U.S. is preparing for a war with the People's Republic of China. Most of Wall Street favored the Obama administration's approach of boxing out China in Southeast Asia and Latin America and positioning military pieces for war, all while avoiding direct conflicts in the meantime. They hoped the TPP would keep countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Mexico, New Zealand and Peru from aligning with China, bribing their national capitalists with unrestricted access to U.S. markets and investment. Trump, along with a huge section of industry, has something different in mind. They also plan on war with China, but they favor ramping up economic and military aggressions sooner rather than later. Steve Bannon, an avowed white nationalist advisor to Trump, recently placed in charge of the National Security Council, said on his radio show in March 2016, "We’re going to war in the South China Sea in five to ten years." Other key officials in Trump's cabinet, like commerce secretary nominee and billionaire Wilbur Ross, favor taking adverse economic action against China. Trump himself threatened to label China a "currency manipulator," slap tariffs on Chinese imports, and risk a trade war. Energy corporations like Exxon-Mobil - who’s former CEO Rex Tillerson now runs the state department under the Trump administration - want to speed up the time table for confronting China. In Africa, South America and even parts of Europe, Chinese investment continues to grow, which threatens U.S. energy corporations' control over key petroleum and natural gas reserves in countries like Angola and Nigeria. The Obama administration's gradual pivot to Asia offered few immediate benefits for the fossil fuel industry, especially in light of expanding domestic energy production in natural gas and shale oil. Similarly, the auto industry and other domestic manufacturers viewed the TPP with skepticism. While weaker regulations in the agreement could have boosted car exports, industry executives also feared an influx of cheap imports, especially from Asia. With rising wages in many developing countries and automation driving down production costs, the promise of exploiting cheap overseas labor isn't as attractive to corporate executives as it used to seem. Rather than large, multilateral free trade deals like the TPP, Trump has signaled moving towards a series of bilateral trade agreements between two countries. Britain seems particularly willing to take this approach with the U.S., following the country's vote to leave the European Union last year. Seeking to take advantage of the instability to the E.U. caused by far-right and fascist parties running for elections across the continent, many monopoly capitalists in the U.S. believe bilateral agreements grant them greater flexibility in consolidating their power in a rapidly changing international order. The master of optics Far from benefiting U.S. workers, Trump's protectionist trade policies are war preparation measures. Proposals to waive taxes on the repatriation of overseas corporate profits aim at bringing capital back to the U.S. in order to insulate the economy from the effects of war. Tariffs on foreign imports further incentivizes the return of manufacturing by negating the benefits of cheap overseas labor and speeding up the drive towards automation. These policies benefit big business and hurt working people, who will bear the heaviest burden from a trade war with China in the form of higher prices on basic goods. Before becoming president, Trump was best known for his shameless self-promotion and antics on his reality TV show, The Apprentice. As a grand showman with an eye for spectacle, Trump is particularly useful to the class of monopoly capitalists that rule the U.S. for selling their agenda to the public. Trump's game is optics designed to mask his pro-billionaire, anti-worker agenda. In a much publicized deal with Carrier corporation’s management shortly after the election, he claimed to have struck a deal to save 1100 jobs from outsourcing. It came or later that Trump's deal was a farce, saving less than 800 jobs - many of which were not manufacturing jobs - while granting the already profitable company an additional $6 million in tax cuts. When critics pointed out this deceptive corporate handout, Trump used it as an opportunity to attack United Steelworkers 1999, the union that represents Carrier workers in Indiana, and blame them for outsourcing. Similarly, Trump took to Twitter - his mass propaganda outlet of choice - to criticize auto manufacturers like Ford and General Motors over plans to outsource factories to Mexico. When corporate executives at both companies announced plans to expand operations in the U.S., Trump claimed victory again. Never mind that both companies had abandoned their outsourcing plans months before due to market demand and further automation. Trump used the moment to boost his ‘anti-establishment’ public image, even while Ford CEO Mark Fields praised him for "pro-growth policies" and pursuing "what's right for our business." Meanwhile, Trump has signaled an aggressive employer offensive against organized labor. He seeks to throw millions of working people off their health insurance, and opposes minimum wage increases. The TPP would have hurt working people in the U.S. and the other 11 countries that signed on to the deal. Unions lobbied against it, and widespread opposition to Wall Street and corporate America killed support for the agreement in Congress - long before Trump took office. From that perspective, this is a victory. But it's not a victory delivered by Trump. Workers in the U.S. need to see Trump's so-called opposition to free trade agreements and ‘anti-establishment’ rhetoric for what it really is: the farce of the deal. #JacksonvilleFL #CapitalismAndEconomy #Labor #US #Opinion #PeoplesStruggles #WorkersAndGlobalization #OpEd #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> On Jan. 23, President Donald Trump signed an executive action withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. Negotiated by then-president Barack Obama, the TPP would have standardized trade between the U.S., Japan, Mexico, and nine other countries in the Pacific Rim, lowering tariffs and regulations between countries to favor corporations. The agreement drew heavy criticism from labor unions and environmental groups, who argued the TPP would hurt workers and hamper efforts to address climate change.

Trump's executive action on trade has a lot of people confused, and it's understandable. Like he did on the campaign trail, Trump has played off his executive order as ‘anti-establishment’ and ‘shaking up Washington.’ After all, Wall Street and corporate America wanted the TPP passed, along with most Democrat and Republican leaders.

But Trump immediately filled his cabinet with billionaires and corporate executives, who generally support the same 'free trade' deals he criticized. For instance, Trump's pick for treasury secretary, former Goldman Sachs executive Steve Mnuchin, is a major free trade proponent, as is investment banker Gary Cohn, who will head up Trump's National Economic Council. Even Vice President Mike Pence built his political career supporting free trade. So what the hell is going on, exactly?

First off, Trump's executive order on the TPP barely drew a yawn from Wall Street, much less a harsh condemnation. Investors priced this move into the stock market months ago. Support in Congress for the TPP dried up even before Trump's unlikely victory in November 2016 due to widespread opposition to corporate outsourcing. To Wall Street, Trump's order was just a formality.

An offer he can't refuse: Opposing free trade deals important to Trump's victory

Wall Street has accepted the TPP isn't happening. The 2016 election pitted two candidates who represented Wall Street, and the billionaire, Donald Trump, won. While Trump now acts as the political representative for monopoly capitalism in the U.S., it's important to remember that he was not their first choice to win either the GOP primary or the presidency. Wall Street largely favored Clinton in the election, fearing Trump's unpredictable behavior and some of his populist rhetoric. Even Trump himself didn't expect to survive past the first few caucuses and primaries, according to campaign sources.

But from literally the first day of his campaign, Trump made repealing trade deals a defining issue. Along with building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, opposing trade deals became his signature platform point. Both Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders campaigned against free trade, and this message resonated with many working class voters. It's one of the major reasons why Trump trounced the field of typical corporate Republicans in the primary and mobilized enough votes to win Rust Belt states in November.

Trump had to kill the TPP. He's already walking back on other promises that were completely farcical – making Mexico pay for the wall; repeal-and-replace the Affordable Care Act on the first day; deport all undocumented immigrants. He's already made peace with Wall Street and corporate America – and they with him – but opposing free trade agreements struck a particular nerve with a massive part of Trump's mass base. He can't afford to turn them against him this early, especially in the face of giant street protests.

Bring the jobs back: Lies and damned lies

Trade deals have hurt workers on all sides of the U.S., Mexican and Canadian border. Beginning in the 1980s, Ronald Reagan launched an offensive against unions and struck down restrictions on trade. Wall Street began to buy up manufacturing businesses, outsource operations, cut jobs, bust unions, and slash wages and benefits. Corporations stepped up manufacturing goods in Third World countries because of lower wages, fewer labor laws and little to no regulations on safety or pollution. This continued into the 1990s under Bill Clinton, who signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico and Canada, and into the 2000s.

From the signing of NAFTA in 1994 to 2015, the U.S. lost about 4.5 million manufacturing jobs total. Outsourcing and trade agreements contributed to this trend as corporations imported cheap goods manufactured in the Third World.

However, the major source of U.S. manufacturing job losses was automation, not trade agreements as Trump claims. Technological innovations and robotics in the last 30 years phased out millions of jobs, which lowered labor costs while raising productivity – and profits. Rising wages in developing countries, where U.S. companies exploited cheap labor for decades, has made outsourcing manufacturing operations less profitable and riskier. As a result, quite a few companies have already moved manufacturing operations back to the U.S. They simply employ less workers.

Trump's populist talk about the decline of good manufacturing jobs touched on real anger felt by workers, who saw their wages and standard of living decline because of capitalist greed. But he can't and won't deliver on his promises to “bring manufacturing jobs back” from Mexico, China and other countries – jobs largely eliminated by automation. Instead, Trump plans to viciously attack unions, wages and benefits with National Right to Work legislation and more, all in the name of corporate profits.

Rise of the machines: Using automation to boost profits, hurt workers

Contrary to Trump's claims, manufacturing output in the U.S. today is actually double that of 1979 when adjusted for inflation, totaling $1.91 trillion in 2015, according to the Department of Commerce. But while the industry produces more, it employs fewer workers due to automation. For example, auto manufacturers like General Motors employ roughly a third of their 1979 workforce despite producing far more cars.

Even when productivity increases in the U.S., the workers don't see the benefits. From 1975 to 2015, productivity increased about six times more than wages, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In other words, corporations rake in greater profits from automation and technological progress while workers lose jobs and wages.

Far from pushing a comeback of well-paid manufacturing jobs, Trump and his cabinet of billionaires plan to further leverage automation against workers. Andy Puzder, the former fast food CEO of CKE Restaurants and Trump's pick for labor secretary, strongly supports using robotics and technology to eliminate even more jobs. In 2014, Puzder argued for replacing workers with robots since, in his words, robots are “always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex or race discrimination case.” For Puzder and other fast food CEOs facing pressure from workers in the Fight for $15 movement, they see automation as a weapon against labor's demands for higher wages and benefits.

Trump and war against China: Wall Street's long-term policy

Wall Street had already accepted the fact that the TPP wasn't going to pass. To them, the trade agreement was never particularly important as a purely economic initiative. In the short and medium term, most economists projected it would actually amount to a net loss for the U.S.

The real value of the TPP to Washington was as a long-term foreign policy maneuver: a centerpiece of Obama's so-called ‘Pivot to Asia.’ Long-term, the overall policy of the U.S. is preparing for a war with the People's Republic of China. Most of Wall Street favored the Obama administration's approach of boxing out China in Southeast Asia and Latin America and positioning military pieces for war, all while avoiding direct conflicts in the meantime. They hoped the TPP would keep countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Mexico, New Zealand and Peru from aligning with China, bribing their national capitalists with unrestricted access to U.S. markets and investment.

Trump, along with a huge section of industry, has something different in mind. They also plan on war with China, but they favor ramping up economic and military aggressions sooner rather than later. Steve Bannon, an avowed white nationalist advisor to Trump, recently placed in charge of the National Security Council, said on his radio show in March 2016, “We’re going to war in the South China Sea in five to ten years.” Other key officials in Trump's cabinet, like commerce secretary nominee and billionaire Wilbur Ross, favor taking adverse economic action against China. Trump himself threatened to label China a “currency manipulator,” slap tariffs on Chinese imports, and risk a trade war.

Energy corporations like Exxon-Mobil – who’s former CEO Rex Tillerson now runs the state department under the Trump administration – want to speed up the time table for confronting China. In Africa, South America and even parts of Europe, Chinese investment continues to grow, which threatens U.S. energy corporations' control over key petroleum and natural gas reserves in countries like Angola and Nigeria. The Obama administration's gradual pivot to Asia offered few immediate benefits for the fossil fuel industry, especially in light of expanding domestic energy production in natural gas and shale oil.

Similarly, the auto industry and other domestic manufacturers viewed the TPP with skepticism. While weaker regulations in the agreement could have boosted car exports, industry executives also feared an influx of cheap imports, especially from Asia. With rising wages in many developing countries and automation driving down production costs, the promise of exploiting cheap overseas labor isn't as attractive to corporate executives as it used to seem.

Rather than large, multilateral free trade deals like the TPP, Trump has signaled moving towards a series of bilateral trade agreements between two countries. Britain seems particularly willing to take this approach with the U.S., following the country's vote to leave the European Union last year. Seeking to take advantage of the instability to the E.U. caused by far-right and fascist parties running for elections across the continent, many monopoly capitalists in the U.S. believe bilateral agreements grant them greater flexibility in consolidating their power in a rapidly changing international order.

The master of optics

Far from benefiting U.S. workers, Trump's protectionist trade policies are war preparation measures. Proposals to waive taxes on the repatriation of overseas corporate profits aim at bringing capital back to the U.S. in order to insulate the economy from the effects of war. Tariffs on foreign imports further incentivizes the return of manufacturing by negating the benefits of cheap overseas labor and speeding up the drive towards automation. These policies benefit big business and hurt working people, who will bear the heaviest burden from a trade war with China in the form of higher prices on basic goods.

Before becoming president, Trump was best known for his shameless self-promotion and antics on his reality TV show, The Apprentice. As a grand showman with an eye for spectacle, Trump is particularly useful to the class of monopoly capitalists that rule the U.S. for selling their agenda to the public.

Trump's game is optics designed to mask his pro-billionaire, anti-worker agenda. In a much publicized deal with Carrier corporation’s management shortly after the election, he claimed to have struck a deal to save 1100 jobs from outsourcing. It came or later that Trump's deal was a farce, saving less than 800 jobs – many of which were not manufacturing jobs – while granting the already profitable company an additional $6 million in tax cuts. When critics pointed out this deceptive corporate handout, Trump used it as an opportunity to attack United Steelworkers 1999, the union that represents Carrier workers in Indiana, and blame them for outsourcing.

Similarly, Trump took to Twitter – his mass propaganda outlet of choice – to criticize auto manufacturers like Ford and General Motors over plans to outsource factories to Mexico. When corporate executives at both companies announced plans to expand operations in the U.S., Trump claimed victory again. Never mind that both companies had abandoned their outsourcing plans months before due to market demand and further automation. Trump used the moment to boost his ‘anti-establishment’ public image, even while Ford CEO Mark Fields praised him for “pro-growth policies” and pursuing “what's right for our business.”

Meanwhile, Trump has signaled an aggressive employer offensive against organized labor. He seeks to throw millions of working people off their health insurance, and opposes minimum wage increases.

The TPP would have hurt working people in the U.S. and the other 11 countries that signed on to the deal. Unions lobbied against it, and widespread opposition to Wall Street and corporate America killed support for the agreement in Congress – long before Trump took office. From that perspective, this is a victory.

But it's not a victory delivered by Trump. Workers in the U.S. need to see Trump's so-called opposition to free trade agreements and ‘anti-establishment’ rhetoric for what it really is: the farce of the deal.

#JacksonvilleFL #CapitalismAndEconomy #Labor #US #Opinion #PeoplesStruggles #WorkersAndGlobalization #OpEd #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/farce-deal-trump-tpp-and-trade Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:11:52 +0000 Milwaukee rally celebrates a victory over Trump, vows to fight on https://fightbacknews.org/milwaukee-rally-celebrates-victory-over-trump-vows-fight?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") Hundreds gathered for a victory rally Feb. 2 organized by the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump. Protesters celebrated their success in stopping Trump from visiting and holding a press event at a Harley-Davidson plant in Milwaukee County. Speakers at the rally celebrated shutting down his press event and put an emphasis on putting this momentum and energy back into the fight against his racist agenda. !--more-- Speakers from Muslim, immigrant and refugee communities spoke out against Trump's racist executive orders and against the cooperation of Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. A representative of the coalition said, "We hope Trump's events get shut down wherever he goes, as activists have already done in Chicago. Wherever Trump goes, there will be resistance." The cancellation does set a precedent. The visit would have been one of his first events outside Washington as president. On Feb. 1, the cancellation made national news, with the White House denying it was ever scheduled to take place. Earlier this week, the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump learned of the secret venue for Trump's visit and quickly organized a protest outside the Harley-Davidson plant with thousands planning to attend. The coalition also organized a call-in to Harley-Davidson management, demanding they cancel the event. The next morning, the Harley Davidson company released a statement saying Trump was not coming. The coalition claimed victory for forcing the visit to be cancelled and changed the planned protest to be a celebration rally. But when questioned at a White House press conference, Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer would not say if Trump had planned to go to Harley-Davidson, and denied that he was deterred by protests saying, "We're not concerned, I think, we're not concerned about that." Before the Feb. 2 victory rally, the Washington Post published a detailed article titled "The mysterious saga of whether Trump planned to leave Washington and visit Harley-Davidson" which provides evidence supporting the claims made by the Coalition against Trump. The Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump is a broad coalition of over a dozen grassroots organizations and unions. At the victory rally they announced their Facebook page has grown rapidly since the national exposure, and many more actions and events will be taking place during what they are calling "100 Days of Resistance" to Trump's first 100 days in office. #MilwaukeeWI #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

Hundreds gathered for a victory rally Feb. 2 organized by the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump. Protesters celebrated their success in stopping Trump from visiting and holding a press event at a Harley-Davidson plant in Milwaukee County. Speakers at the rally celebrated shutting down his press event and put an emphasis on putting this momentum and energy back into the fight against his racist agenda.

Speakers from Muslim, immigrant and refugee communities spoke out against Trump's racist executive orders and against the cooperation of Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. A representative of the coalition said, “We hope Trump's events get shut down wherever he goes, as activists have already done in Chicago. Wherever Trump goes, there will be resistance.”

The cancellation does set a precedent. The visit would have been one of his first events outside Washington as president. On Feb. 1, the cancellation made national news, with the White House denying it was ever scheduled to take place.

Earlier this week, the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump learned of the secret venue for Trump's visit and quickly organized a protest outside the Harley-Davidson plant with thousands planning to attend. The coalition also organized a call-in to Harley-Davidson management, demanding they cancel the event.

The next morning, the Harley Davidson company released a statement saying Trump was not coming. The coalition claimed victory for forcing the visit to be cancelled and changed the planned protest to be a celebration rally. But when questioned at a White House press conference, Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer would not say if Trump had planned to go to Harley-Davidson, and denied that he was deterred by protests saying, “We're not concerned, I think, we're not concerned about that.”

Before the Feb. 2 victory rally, the Washington Post published a detailed article titled “The mysterious saga of whether Trump planned to leave Washington and visit Harley-Davidson” which provides evidence supporting the claims made by the Coalition against Trump.

The Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump is a broad coalition of over a dozen grassroots organizations and unions. At the victory rally they announced their Facebook page has grown rapidly since the national exposure, and many more actions and events will be taking place during what they are calling “100 Days of Resistance” to Trump's first 100 days in office.

#MilwaukeeWI #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/milwaukee-rally-celebrates-victory-over-trump-vows-fight Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:26:09 +0000 15,000 march in Minneapolis against Trump’s Muslim ban https://fightbacknews.org/15000-march-minneapolis-against-trump-s-muslim-ban?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") About 15,000 people marched through the streets of downtown here, Jan. 31 to protest Trump’s Muslim ban. The protest was organized by the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee. !--more-- Meredith Aby-Keirstead, a spokesperson from the Anti-War Committee stated, “We will not be silent as Trump promotes anti-Muslim bigotry. It is criminal for the U.S. to bomb and attack other countries and then turn away refugees when the U.S. has destroyed their homelands. It is outrageous for Trump to consider doing this while at the same time planning to expand the war in Iraq and Syria!” #MinneapolisMN #ImmigrantRights #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections #MuslimBan div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

About 15,000 people marched through the streets of downtown here, Jan. 31 to protest Trump’s Muslim ban. The protest was organized by the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee.

Meredith Aby-Keirstead, a spokesperson from the Anti-War Committee stated, “We will not be silent as Trump promotes anti-Muslim bigotry. It is criminal for the U.S. to bomb and attack other countries and then turn away refugees when the U.S. has destroyed their homelands. It is outrageous for Trump to consider doing this while at the same time planning to expand the war in Iraq and Syria!”

#MinneapolisMN #ImmigrantRights #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections #MuslimBan

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/15000-march-minneapolis-against-trump-s-muslim-ban Wed, 01 Feb 2017 02:29:49 +0000 People’s movement forces cancelation of Trump speech at a Harley-Davidson factory https://fightbacknews.org/people-s-movement-forces-cancelation-trump-speech-harley-davidson-factory?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[The White House announced today, Jan. 31, that it would be canceling Trump's speaking event in the Milwaukee area on Thursday, Feb. 2. The news came after there was massive outcry against the decision, with the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump (MCAT) spearheading the resistance. !--more-- On Monday, it was revealed that Trump’s speech would happen at a Harley-Davidson factory in a suburb of the city. He would be making a major address concerning his administration’s economic plan. MCAT moved quickly when the news came. A Facebook event was made that quickly blew up to over a thousand attendees. Calls were made to the member organizations of MCAT and other allies to attend, plan a march route and have a set of speakers. MCAT also put out a public announcement to call the CEO of Harley and their public relations office demanding that they cancel the event, and letting them know of the planned demonstration outside the plant gates. On Tuesday, Harley Davidson announced that it would no longer be hosting Trump. According to CNN, a White House official said that “the company decided it wasn’t comfortable hosting him amid planned protests.” White House staff were already in the city, planning the trip, when the company made their announcement. Within hours, the White House confirmed that Trump is no longer planning on traveling to Milwaukee. “Today, Milwaukee let the world know that Trump is not welcome here,” stated MCAT in a press statement today. “Trump’s unpopular policies have ignited an unprecedented resistance movement that will block his every move. We hope our success in Milwaukee sets the tone for the rest of Trump’s presidency. Wherever he goes, there will be resistance!” #MilwaukeeWI #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> The White House announced today, Jan. 31, that it would be canceling Trump's speaking event in the Milwaukee area on Thursday, Feb. 2. The news came after there was massive outcry against the decision, with the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump (MCAT) spearheading the resistance.

On Monday, it was revealed that Trump’s speech would happen at a Harley-Davidson factory in a suburb of the city. He would be making a major address concerning his administration’s economic plan.

MCAT moved quickly when the news came. A Facebook event was made that quickly blew up to over a thousand attendees. Calls were made to the member organizations of MCAT and other allies to attend, plan a march route and have a set of speakers. MCAT also put out a public announcement to call the CEO of Harley and their public relations office demanding that they cancel the event, and letting them know of the planned demonstration outside the plant gates.

On Tuesday, Harley Davidson announced that it would no longer be hosting Trump. According to CNN, a White House official said that “the company decided it wasn’t comfortable hosting him amid planned protests.” White House staff were already in the city, planning the trip, when the company made their announcement. Within hours, the White House confirmed that Trump is no longer planning on traveling to Milwaukee.

“Today, Milwaukee let the world know that Trump is not welcome here,” stated MCAT in a press statement today. “Trump’s unpopular policies have ignited an unprecedented resistance movement that will block his every move. We hope our success in Milwaukee sets the tone for the rest of Trump’s presidency. Wherever he goes, there will be resistance!”

#MilwaukeeWI #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/people-s-movement-forces-cancelation-trump-speech-harley-davidson-factory Wed, 01 Feb 2017 02:22:39 +0000 Protest at LAX against Muslim ban https://fightbacknews.org/protest-lax-against-muslim-ban?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") The chants “Refugees are welcome here!” “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” “Let them in!” and others were heard at the LAX Tom Bradley International Arrivals Terminal, where protesters rallied Jan. 29 against Trump’s Muslim ban. !--more-- Protesters rallied outside and inside the terminal’s lobby, and some participated in a sit-in. People of different backgrounds and communities gathered at LAX in to stand in solidarity with Muslims and refugees. The people united will never be defeated. #LosAngelesCA #US #PeoplesStruggles #immigrantRights #Elections #2016Elections #DonaldTrump div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

The chants “Refugees are welcome here!” “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” “Let them in!” and others were heard at the LAX Tom Bradley International Arrivals Terminal, where protesters rallied Jan. 29 against Trump’s Muslim ban.

Protesters rallied outside and inside the terminal’s lobby, and some participated in a sit-in. People of different backgrounds and communities gathered at LAX in to stand in solidarity with Muslims and refugees. The people united will never be defeated.

#LosAngelesCA #US #PeoplesStruggles #immigrantRights #Elections #2016Elections #DonaldTrump

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/protest-lax-against-muslim-ban Tue, 31 Jan 2017 02:02:32 +0000 Over 1000 protest at Houston Airport against Trump's Muslim ban https://fightbacknews.org/over-1000-protest-houston-airport-against-trumps-muslim-ban?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Over 1000 people protested at Bush Intercontinental Airport against Trump's Muslim ban. According to various news sources, multiple people are being detained at the airport due to the new executive order. The protesters occupied the international terminal and demanded that all the detained be released. The police tried to disperse the crowd, but were unsuccessful as more people poured into the terminal. There were people both inside and outside. At the height of the action, the entire hallway was filled with people from all walks of life. They chanted, "No more borders!” and ''Stop the hate, stop the fear, Muslims are welcome here.” !--more-- Phillip Scots, a student at the University of Houston, said, "The new Trump administration is attacking Muslims here at home in order to continue their wars abroad. The U.S. has created the refugee crisis by waging war in the Middle East, which has driven people out of their country. By attacking Muslims and undocumented people, they don't address the real problems of society, such as poverty, economic exploitation and homelessness. The real solution to the refugee crisis is a complete end to the war in the Middle East and a society free from all forms of oppression." More protests are planned for the coming week, although the exact details have not yet been released #HoustonTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #immigrantRights #Elections #2016Elections #DonaldTrump div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Over 1000 people protested at Bush Intercontinental Airport against Trump's Muslim ban. According to various news sources, multiple people are being detained at the airport due to the new executive order. The protesters occupied the international terminal and demanded that all the detained be released. The police tried to disperse the crowd, but were unsuccessful as more people poured into the terminal. There were people both inside and outside. At the height of the action, the entire hallway was filled with people from all walks of life. They chanted, “No more borders!” and ''Stop the hate, stop the fear, Muslims are welcome here.”

Phillip Scots, a student at the University of Houston, said, “The new Trump administration is attacking Muslims here at home in order to continue their wars abroad. The U.S. has created the refugee crisis by waging war in the Middle East, which has driven people out of their country. By attacking Muslims and undocumented people, they don't address the real problems of society, such as poverty, economic exploitation and homelessness. The real solution to the refugee crisis is a complete end to the war in the Middle East and a society free from all forms of oppression.”

More protests are planned for the coming week, although the exact details have not yet been released

#HoustonTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #immigrantRights #Elections #2016Elections #DonaldTrump

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/over-1000-protest-houston-airport-against-trumps-muslim-ban Tue, 31 Jan 2017 01:59:38 +0000 Philadelphia marches against Trump and Republican lawmakers’ meeting https://fightbacknews.org/philadelphia-marches-against-trump-and-republican-lawmakers-meeting?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") 2000 people gathered here, Jan. 26, to protest Trump and the Republican agenda. Protesters gathered at Thomas Paine Plaza to rally against Trump’s recent decisions and executive orders. These include continued construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. Other issues of the day are the freezing of aid to all overseas organizations providing access to and promotion of safe abortions, and the recent signing of an executive order to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. !--more-- “I’m excited about this broad coalition to oppose Trump at every turn. I think confronting power in this direct manner will be educational for us all, and hopefully radicalizing for our liberal friends,” said West Chester SDS member Aaron Gallant. After rallying, protesters marched toward the Loews Hotel on Market Street. The people chanted “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here,” “What do we want? Healthcare! If we don’t get it shut it down” and “Who’s street’s? Our streets!” Protesters marched right up to a police barricade and continued chanting towards the Republican retreat. Protesters then decided to turn the march around to go to Senator Pat Toomey’s office. In front of Sen. Toomey’s office the protesters rallied for one last time against the Republican agenda of bigotry, hate and racist discrimination. A “No DAPL” contingent put on the protest, which was joined by many groups including the West Chester University of Pennsylvania chapter of Students for a Democratic Society. #PhiladelphiaPA #StudentMovement #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

2000 people gathered here, Jan. 26, to protest Trump and the Republican agenda. Protesters gathered at Thomas Paine Plaza to rally against Trump’s recent decisions and executive orders. These include continued construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. Other issues of the day are the freezing of aid to all overseas organizations providing access to and promotion of safe abortions, and the recent signing of an executive order to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

“I’m excited about this broad coalition to oppose Trump at every turn. I think confronting power in this direct manner will be educational for us all, and hopefully radicalizing for our liberal friends,” said West Chester SDS member Aaron Gallant.

After rallying, protesters marched toward the Loews Hotel on Market Street. The people chanted “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here,” “What do we want? Healthcare! If we don’t get it shut it down” and “Who’s street’s? Our streets!” Protesters marched right up to a police barricade and continued chanting towards the Republican retreat.

Protesters then decided to turn the march around to go to Senator Pat Toomey’s office. In front of Sen. Toomey’s office the protesters rallied for one last time against the Republican agenda of bigotry, hate and racist discrimination.

A “No DAPL” contingent put on the protest, which was joined by many groups including the West Chester University of Pennsylvania chapter of Students for a Democratic Society.

#PhiladelphiaPA #StudentMovement #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/philadelphia-marches-against-trump-and-republican-lawmakers-meeting Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:15:46 +0000 Trump decreta orden ejecutiva para la construcción del muro fronterizo con México https://fightbacknews.org/trump-decreta-orden-ejecutiva-para-la-construcci-n-del-muro-fronterizo-con-m-xico?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here. El 25 de enero, el presidente Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva que da inicio a la construcción de un muro fronterizo entre México y los EE.UU., incrementa el número de agentes de patrulla fronteriza, y aumenta la cooperación entre las autoridades federales de inmigración y las agencias locales de policía. Esta es la primera orden ejecutiva de Trump contra los inmigrantes y sin duda alguna no será la última. !--more-- La orden ejecutiva de Trump parte de mitos racistas que culpan a los inmigrantes indocumentados mexicanos de ser la causa de crímenes y actos terroristas. De hecho, solamente una de cada cinco personas arrestadas en los EE.UU. son inmigrantes, significa una persona nacida en los EE.UU. tienen más probabilidades de ser arrestadas que un inmigrante. Esta orden ejecutiva ordena iniciar la planificación y construcción de un muro entre los EE.UU. y México. Este muro puede costar hasta $20 billones y requiere que el congreso federal designe fondos para su construcción. Trump ha prometido que México pagará por el muro, y parte de la orden ejecutiva busca indagar sobre la asistencia internacional que recibe México de los EE.UU. Sin embargo, aunque los EE.UU. elimine toda asistencia a México, esto tomará alrededor de 50 años para pagar por el muro. Además, la mayoría de la asistencia de los EE.UU. hacia México es mayormente para programas anti-drogas y asistencia militar, cuestiones supuestamente de importancia para Trump. Otro componente de la orden ejecutiva es agregar miles de agentes nuevos a la agencia de patrulla fronteriza. La orden ejecutiva también reinicia el llamado programa de “comunidades seguras”, conocido en inglés como Secure Communities - 287(g) program. Este programa obliga a las autoridades estatales y locales a cooperar con los agentes de ICE y otras agencias federales de inmigración. La misma orden ejecutiva también busca expandir los centros de detención en toda la región fronteriza. La construcción de un muro fronterizo entre los EE.UU. y México, y la expansión de agentes de la patrulla fronteriza han sido política bipartidista desde 1996, cuando la administración del presidente Bill Clinton aprobó el Acta de Reforma de Inmigración Ilegal y Responsabilidad Migratoria. La expansión del muro fronterizo y el incremento de agentes de inmigración también fueron partes de las propuestas de ley del 2005, 2006 y 2007, llamadas Reforma Integral de Inmigración (CIR por sus siglas en ingles), apoyadas todas tanto por los Republicanos como por los Demócratas del Senado. La realidad es que, aunque desde 1996 se ha promovido la construcción de un muro fronterizo y la incrementación de la “seguridad fronteriza” entre EE.UU. y México, esto no ha detenido la inmigración indocumentada de México, la cual se multiplicó entre 1995 y 2007. Al contrario, durante este periodo la inmigración indocumentada proveniente de México incrementó más rápida que la inmigración indocumentada de otros países. De igual forma se espera que Trump apruebe otras órdenes ejecutivas contra la Acción Diferida Para Llegados en la Infancia o DACA, como también contra personas musulmanes y ciudades santuario. La orden ejecutiva del 25 de enero fue tan solo el primer golpe de su política anti-mexicana, anti-inmigrante y anti-musulmana. El movimiento de defensa por los derechos de los inmigrantes debe organizar un amplio movimiento popular para apoyar y defender a las personas indocumentados y musulmanas. Debemos todos oponernos y luchar contra los planes racistas y xenófobos de Trump. Traducción por Edward C Tolentino #SanJoséCA #ImmigrantRights #Mexico #US #Americas #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

El 25 de enero, el presidente Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva que da inicio a la construcción de un muro fronterizo entre México y los EE.UU., incrementa el número de agentes de patrulla fronteriza, y aumenta la cooperación entre las autoridades federales de inmigración y las agencias locales de policía. Esta es la primera orden ejecutiva de Trump contra los inmigrantes y sin duda alguna no será la última.

La orden ejecutiva de Trump parte de mitos racistas que culpan a los inmigrantes indocumentados mexicanos de ser la causa de crímenes y actos terroristas. De hecho, solamente una de cada cinco personas arrestadas en los EE.UU. son inmigrantes, significa una persona nacida en los EE.UU. tienen más probabilidades de ser arrestadas que un inmigrante.

Esta orden ejecutiva ordena iniciar la planificación y construcción de un muro entre los EE.UU. y México. Este muro puede costar hasta $20 billones y requiere que el congreso federal designe fondos para su construcción. Trump ha prometido que México pagará por el muro, y parte de la orden ejecutiva busca indagar sobre la asistencia internacional que recibe México de los EE.UU. Sin embargo, aunque los EE.UU. elimine toda asistencia a México, esto tomará alrededor de 50 años para pagar por el muro. Además, la mayoría de la asistencia de los EE.UU. hacia México es mayormente para programas anti-drogas y asistencia militar, cuestiones supuestamente de importancia para Trump.

Otro componente de la orden ejecutiva es agregar miles de agentes nuevos a la agencia de patrulla fronteriza. La orden ejecutiva también reinicia el llamado programa de “comunidades seguras”, conocido en inglés como Secure Communities – 287(g) program. Este programa obliga a las autoridades estatales y locales a cooperar con los agentes de ICE y otras agencias federales de inmigración. La misma orden ejecutiva también busca expandir los centros de detención en toda la región fronteriza.

La construcción de un muro fronterizo entre los EE.UU. y México, y la expansión de agentes de la patrulla fronteriza han sido política bipartidista desde 1996, cuando la administración del presidente Bill Clinton aprobó el Acta de Reforma de Inmigración Ilegal y Responsabilidad Migratoria. La expansión del muro fronterizo y el incremento de agentes de inmigración también fueron partes de las propuestas de ley del 2005, 2006 y 2007, llamadas Reforma Integral de Inmigración (CIR por sus siglas en ingles), apoyadas todas tanto por los Republicanos como por los Demócratas del Senado.

La realidad es que, aunque desde 1996 se ha promovido la construcción de un muro fronterizo y la incrementación de la “seguridad fronteriza” entre EE.UU. y México, esto no ha detenido la inmigración indocumentada de México, la cual se multiplicó entre 1995 y 2007. Al contrario, durante este periodo la inmigración indocumentada proveniente de México incrementó más rápida que la inmigración indocumentada de otros países.

De igual forma se espera que Trump apruebe otras órdenes ejecutivas contra la Acción Diferida Para Llegados en la Infancia o DACA, como también contra personas musulmanes y ciudades santuario. La orden ejecutiva del 25 de enero fue tan solo el primer golpe de su política anti-mexicana, anti-inmigrante y anti-musulmana. El movimiento de defensa por los derechos de los inmigrantes debe organizar un amplio movimiento popular para apoyar y defender a las personas indocumentados y musulmanas. Debemos todos oponernos y luchar contra los planes racistas y xenófobos de Trump.

Traducción por Edward C Tolentino

#SanJoséCA #ImmigrantRights #Mexico #US #Americas #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/trump-decreta-orden-ejecutiva-para-la-construcci-n-del-muro-fronterizo-con-m-xico Fri, 27 Jan 2017 02:03:20 +0000 North Texas Resistance leads Inauguration Day anti-Trump protest https://fightbacknews.org/north-texas-resistance-leads-inauguration-day-anti-trump-protest-0?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[On the evening of Jan. 20, about 400 protesters rallied at Dealey Plaza before marching through downtown Dallas to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. The action was organized by North Texas Resistance, a community organization formed in the wake of Trump's electoral victory to fight against the new president and the reactionary policies and political forces he represents. !--more-- Protesters chanted, "Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here," and "The people united will never be defeated," among other chants in both English and Spanish. There was a wide variety of signs, including one which read "Aquí estamos y no nos vamos y si nos hechan nos regresamos." Other signs referenced SB6, the new anti-trans bathroom bill which has been introduced in the Texas legislature. The event featured about ten speakers, including some from North Texas Resistance and other community organizations. The speakers generally focused on the negative effects the Trump election will have and already is having on various oppressed groups, including immigrants, women and the LGBTQ community. One of the speakers, Val Brown-Clark, also added some analysis, calling Trump "The ultimate, and possibly inevitable, product of a form of democracy which, from the beginning has been a democracy for the rich and the privileged," and urged that the movement against him be "independent of the system, and never fall into the trap of becoming a part of what it’s fighting against." After marching through the West End entertainment district, past the West End DART station and Rosa Parks Plaza, the marchers passed along Elm Street about halfway through downtown, before returning to Dealey Plaza along Main Street. #DallasTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> On the evening of Jan. 20, about 400 protesters rallied at Dealey Plaza before marching through downtown Dallas to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. The action was organized by North Texas Resistance, a community organization formed in the wake of Trump's electoral victory to fight against the new president and the reactionary policies and political forces he represents.

Protesters chanted, “Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here,” and “The people united will never be defeated,” among other chants in both English and Spanish. There was a wide variety of signs, including one which read “Aquí estamos y no nos vamos y si nos hechan nos regresamos.” Other signs referenced SB6, the new anti-trans bathroom bill which has been introduced in the Texas legislature.

The event featured about ten speakers, including some from North Texas Resistance and other community organizations. The speakers generally focused on the negative effects the Trump election will have and already is having on various oppressed groups, including immigrants, women and the LGBTQ community.

One of the speakers, Val Brown-Clark, also added some analysis, calling Trump “The ultimate, and possibly inevitable, product of a form of democracy which, from the beginning has been a democracy for the rich and the privileged,” and urged that the movement against him be “independent of the system, and never fall into the trap of becoming a part of what it’s fighting against.”

After marching through the West End entertainment district, past the West End DART station and Rosa Parks Plaza, the marchers passed along Elm Street about halfway through downtown, before returning to Dealey Plaza along Main Street.

#DallasTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/north-texas-resistance-leads-inauguration-day-anti-trump-protest-0 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:00:18 +0000 North Texas Resistance leads Inauguration Day anti-Trump protest https://fightbacknews.org/north-texas-resistance-leads-inauguration-day-anti-trump-protest?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[On the evening of Jan. 20, about 400 protesters rallied at Dealey Plaza before marching through downtown Dallas to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. The action was organized by North Texas Resistance, a community organization formed in the wake of Trump's electoral victory to fight against the new president and the reactionary policies and political forces he represents. !--more-- Protesters chanted, "Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here," and "The people united will never be defeated," among other chants in both English and Spanish. There was a wide variety of signs, including one which read "Aquí estamos y no nos vamos y si nos hechan nos regresamos." Other signs referenced SB6, the new anti-trans bathroom bill which has been introduced in the Texas legislature. The event featured about ten speakers, including some from North Texas Resistance and other community organizations. The speakers generally focused on the negative effects the Trump election will have and already is having on various oppressed groups, including immigrants, women and the LGBTQ community. One of the speakers, Val Brown-Clark, also added some analysis, calling Trump "The ultimate, and possibly inevitable, product of a form of democracy which, from the beginning has been a democracy for the rich and the privileged," and urged that the movement against him be "independent of the system, and never fall into the trap of becoming a part of what it’s fighting against." After marching through the West End entertainment district, past the West End DART station and Rosa Parks Plaza, the marchers passed along Elm Street about halfway through downtown, before returning to Dealey Plaza along Main Street. #DallasTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> On the evening of Jan. 20, about 400 protesters rallied at Dealey Plaza before marching through downtown Dallas to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. The action was organized by North Texas Resistance, a community organization formed in the wake of Trump's electoral victory to fight against the new president and the reactionary policies and political forces he represents.

Protesters chanted, “Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here,” and “The people united will never be defeated,” among other chants in both English and Spanish. There was a wide variety of signs, including one which read “Aquí estamos y no nos vamos y si nos hechan nos regresamos.” Other signs referenced SB6, the new anti-trans bathroom bill which has been introduced in the Texas legislature.

The event featured about ten speakers, including some from North Texas Resistance and other community organizations. The speakers generally focused on the negative effects the Trump election will have and already is having on various oppressed groups, including immigrants, women and the LGBTQ community.

One of the speakers, Val Brown-Clark, also added some analysis, calling Trump “The ultimate, and possibly inevitable, product of a form of democracy which, from the beginning has been a democracy for the rich and the privileged,” and urged that the movement against him be “independent of the system, and never fall into the trap of becoming a part of what it’s fighting against.”

After marching through the West End entertainment district, past the West End DART station and Rosa Parks Plaza, the marchers passed along Elm Street about halfway through downtown, before returning to Dealey Plaza along Main Street.

#DallasTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/north-texas-resistance-leads-inauguration-day-anti-trump-protest Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:00:05 +0000 Arlington, TX students march against Trump https://fightbacknews.org/arlington-tx-students-march-against-trump-1?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[On Jan. 20, the Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) held a march against the inauguration of Donald Trump. About 40 students marched across campus chanting slogans and holding signs and a banner, before delivering a written demand to the office of the president of the university. !--more-- Progressive Student Union (PSU) President Mark Napieralski began the event with a speech. “We reject Trump, we reject Trump's cabinet, but more than that we reject Trump's agenda. We will defend all of those under attack from Trump, beginning with undocumented people.” The march began with only about a dozen people, but grew as it traveled around the campus, with students chanting, "We reject Trump and Pence, they only serve the 1%," and "When Muslims are under attack, what do we do? Fight back!" The march ended at Davis Hall where a PSU delegation delivered a letter to the president of UTA, demanding that the university be made into a sanctuary campus. PSU says that a number of Texas campuses have already declared themselves sanctuary campuses, and, since UT Arlington claims to have a strong stance in favor of diversity, it must prove its real commitment to diversity by joining those campuses. While the president was not there, the letter was delivered and the administration was notified that PSU would expect a response within the week before persuing further action. PSU members say this is the beginning of its struggle against the Trump presidency and there is much more to come. #ArlingtonTX #StudentMovement #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> On Jan. 20, the Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) held a march against the inauguration of Donald Trump. About 40 students marched across campus chanting slogans and holding signs and a banner, before delivering a written demand to the office of the president of the university.

Progressive Student Union (PSU) President Mark Napieralski began the event with a speech. “We reject Trump, we reject Trump's cabinet, but more than that we reject Trump's agenda. We will defend all of those under attack from Trump, beginning with undocumented people.”

The march began with only about a dozen people, but grew as it traveled around the campus, with students chanting, “We reject Trump and Pence, they only serve the 1%,” and “When Muslims are under attack, what do we do? Fight back!”

The march ended at Davis Hall where a PSU delegation delivered a letter to the president of UTA, demanding that the university be made into a sanctuary campus. PSU says that a number of Texas campuses have already declared themselves sanctuary campuses, and, since UT Arlington claims to have a strong stance in favor of diversity, it must prove its real commitment to diversity by joining those campuses. While the president was not there, the letter was delivered and the administration was notified that PSU would expect a response within the week before persuing further action.

PSU members say this is the beginning of its struggle against the Trump presidency and there is much more to come.

#ArlingtonTX #StudentMovement #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/arlington-tx-students-march-against-trump-1 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:47:57 +0000 Arlington, TX students march against Trump https://fightbacknews.org/arlington-tx-students-march-against-trump-0?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[On Jan. 20, the Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) held a march against the inauguration of Donald Trump. About 40 students marched across campus chanting slogans and holding signs and a banner, before delivering a written demand to the office of the president of the university. !--more-- Progressive Student Union (PSU) President Mark Napieralski began the event with a speech. “We reject Trump, we reject Trump's cabinet, but more than that we reject Trump's agenda. We will defend all of those under attack from Trump, beginning with undocumented people.” The march began with only about a dozen people, but grew as it traveled around the campus, with students chanting, "We reject Trump and Pence, they only serve the 1%," and "When Muslims are under attack, what do we do? Fight back!" The march ended at Davis Hall where a PSU delegation delivered a letter to the president of UTA, demanding that the university be made into a sanctuary campus. PSU says that a number of Texas campuses have already declared themselves sanctuary campuses, and, since UT Arlington claims to have a strong stance in favor of diversity, it must prove its real commitment to diversity by joining those campuses. While the president was not there, the letter was delivered and the administration was notified that PSU would expect a response within the week before persuing further action. PSU members say this is the beginning of its struggle against the Trump presidency and there is much more to come. #ArlingtonTX #StudentMovement #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> On Jan. 20, the Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) held a march against the inauguration of Donald Trump. About 40 students marched across campus chanting slogans and holding signs and a banner, before delivering a written demand to the office of the president of the university.

Progressive Student Union (PSU) President Mark Napieralski began the event with a speech. “We reject Trump, we reject Trump's cabinet, but more than that we reject Trump's agenda. We will defend all of those under attack from Trump, beginning with undocumented people.”

The march began with only about a dozen people, but grew as it traveled around the campus, with students chanting, “We reject Trump and Pence, they only serve the 1%,” and “When Muslims are under attack, what do we do? Fight back!”

The march ended at Davis Hall where a PSU delegation delivered a letter to the president of UTA, demanding that the university be made into a sanctuary campus. PSU says that a number of Texas campuses have already declared themselves sanctuary campuses, and, since UT Arlington claims to have a strong stance in favor of diversity, it must prove its real commitment to diversity by joining those campuses. While the president was not there, the letter was delivered and the administration was notified that PSU would expect a response within the week before persuing further action.

PSU members say this is the beginning of its struggle against the Trump presidency and there is much more to come.

#ArlingtonTX #StudentMovement #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/arlington-tx-students-march-against-trump-0 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:47:57 +0000 New Orleans working people march against Trump https://fightbacknews.org/new-orleans-working-people-march-against-trump?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[On Jan. 20, about 600 protesters led by the New Orleans Workers Group and Take 'em Down Nola assembled at Duncan Plaza near the New Orleans City Hall before marching through New Orleans in a protest against Donald Trump. Protesters chanted "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA," and "Capitalism must go! When? Now!" !--more-- In a series of speeches, organizers blamed capitalism for the rise of Donald Trump. New Orleans Workers Group member Gavrielle Gemma explained to the crowd at Duncan Plaza how Russia can't be blamed for the electoral system or the problems of the workers in the U.S. "It's the billionaires on Wall Street who manipulate the political system, not Russia!" she said. Michael "Quess" Moore of Take 'Em Down Nola asked those present to embrace each other's struggles "regardless of their differences in race, gender or sexuality," and as per the goal of Take 'Em Down Nola, to "take down Robert E. Lee," referring to the many Confederate statues that haunt the Black workers of New Orleans. The marchers were largely working class, and many of them oppressed nationalities. Support for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party seemed to be very limited among protesters. #NewOrleansLA #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> On Jan. 20, about 600 protesters led by the New Orleans Workers Group and Take 'em Down Nola assembled at Duncan Plaza near the New Orleans City Hall before marching through New Orleans in a protest against Donald Trump. Protesters chanted “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,” and “Capitalism must go! When? Now!”

In a series of speeches, organizers blamed capitalism for the rise of Donald Trump. New Orleans Workers Group member Gavrielle Gemma explained to the crowd at Duncan Plaza how Russia can't be blamed for the electoral system or the problems of the workers in the U.S. “It's the billionaires on Wall Street who manipulate the political system, not Russia!” she said.

Michael “Quess” Moore of Take 'Em Down Nola asked those present to embrace each other's struggles “regardless of their differences in race, gender or sexuality,” and as per the goal of Take 'Em Down Nola, to “take down Robert E. Lee,” referring to the many Confederate statues that haunt the Black workers of New Orleans.

The marchers were largely working class, and many of them oppressed nationalities. Support for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party seemed to be very limited among protesters.

#NewOrleansLA #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/new-orleans-working-people-march-against-trump Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:43:30 +0000 Arlington, TX students march against Trump https://fightbacknews.org/arlington-tx-students-march-against-trump?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[On Jan. 20, the Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) held a march against the inauguration of Donald Trump. About 40 students marched across campus chanting slogans and holding signs and a banner, before delivering a written demand to the office of the president of the university. !--more-- Progressive Student Union (PSU) President Mark Napieralski began the event with a speech. “We reject Trump, we reject Trump's cabinet, but more than that we reject Trump's agenda. We will defend all of those under attack from Trump, beginning with undocumented people.” The march began with only about a dozen people, but grew as it traveled around the campus, with students chanting, "We reject Trump and Pence, they only serve the 1%," and "When Muslims are under attack, what do we do? Fight back!" The march ended at Davis Hall where a PSU delegation delivered a letter to the president of UTA, demanding that the university be made into a sanctuary campus. PSU says that a number of Texas campuses have already declared themselves sanctuary campuses, and, since UT Arlington claims to have a strong stance in favor of diversity, it must prove its real commitment to diversity by joining those campuses. While the president was not there, the letter was delivered and the administration was notified that PSU would expect a response within the week before persuing further action. PSU members say this is the beginning of its struggle against the Trump presidency and there is much more to come. #ArlingtonTX #StudentMovement #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> On Jan. 20, the Progressive Student Union at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) held a march against the inauguration of Donald Trump. About 40 students marched across campus chanting slogans and holding signs and a banner, before delivering a written demand to the office of the president of the university.

Progressive Student Union (PSU) President Mark Napieralski began the event with a speech. “We reject Trump, we reject Trump's cabinet, but more than that we reject Trump's agenda. We will defend all of those under attack from Trump, beginning with undocumented people.”

The march began with only about a dozen people, but grew as it traveled around the campus, with students chanting, “We reject Trump and Pence, they only serve the 1%,” and “When Muslims are under attack, what do we do? Fight back!”

The march ended at Davis Hall where a PSU delegation delivered a letter to the president of UTA, demanding that the university be made into a sanctuary campus. PSU says that a number of Texas campuses have already declared themselves sanctuary campuses, and, since UT Arlington claims to have a strong stance in favor of diversity, it must prove its real commitment to diversity by joining those campuses. While the president was not there, the letter was delivered and the administration was notified that PSU would expect a response within the week before persuing further action.

PSU members say this is the beginning of its struggle against the Trump presidency and there is much more to come.

#ArlingtonTX #StudentMovement #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/arlington-tx-students-march-against-trump Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:33:37 +0000 500 march against Trump in Miami, protest shuts down I-95 https://fightbacknews.org/500-march-against-trump-miami-protest-shuts-down-i-95?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[500 people marched through the streets of downtown Miami, Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, in opposition to the Trump/Pence agenda. The protest was called for by the Anti-Trump Action Committee and brought together a diverse crowd of labor, immigrant rights, anti-war and Black Lives Matter activists. The groups united around the slogan: “Stop the Trump Agenda.” !--more-- The march started in Bayfront Park at 6:30 p.m. and shut down the entire downtown area for three hours. Despite efforts by the City of Miami Police Department and the Florida Highway Patrol to end the march by blockading the roads, protesters were able outfox and confuse the police and successfully shut down I-95. At one point, police cars formed a barricade across the highway, but the determined protesters were unfazed and poured through, over, and around the cars chanting, “Take the streets!” The protest ended on the steps of the American Airlines Arena with speeches by leaders from various organizations and movements. The speeches focused on ways that people can continue to fight back by joining local grassroots organizations and continuing to attend mass mobilizations against Trump, Pence and their agenda. #MiamiFL #AntiwarMovement #ImmigrantRights #Labor #US #PeoplesStruggles #Antiracism #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> 500 people marched through the streets of downtown Miami, Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, in opposition to the Trump/Pence agenda. The protest was called for by the Anti-Trump Action Committee and brought together a diverse crowd of labor, immigrant rights, anti-war and Black Lives Matter activists. The groups united around the slogan: “Stop the Trump Agenda.”

The march started in Bayfront Park at 6:30 p.m. and shut down the entire downtown area for three hours. Despite efforts by the City of Miami Police Department and the Florida Highway Patrol to end the march by blockading the roads, protesters were able outfox and confuse the police and successfully shut down I-95. At one point, police cars formed a barricade across the highway, but the determined protesters were unfazed and poured through, over, and around the cars chanting, “Take the streets!”

The protest ended on the steps of the American Airlines Arena with speeches by leaders from various organizations and movements. The speeches focused on ways that people can continue to fight back by joining local grassroots organizations and continuing to attend mass mobilizations against Trump, Pence and their agenda.

#MiamiFL #AntiwarMovement #ImmigrantRights #Labor #US #PeoplesStruggles #Antiracism #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/500-march-against-trump-miami-protest-shuts-down-i-95 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:24:06 +0000 Houston protesters brave storm, torrential rain to march on Trump's inauguration day https://fightbacknews.org/houston-protesters-brave-storm-torrential-rain-march-trumps-inauguration-day-0?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") On Jan. 20 Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America. That same night, the People's Coalition Against Trump, made up of working-class people and organizations, rallied at Houston City Hall in protest of the inauguration. !--more-- Despite torrential rain and flooding across the city, every organization that was a part of the coalition attended and there was good turnout. They began with some rousing speeches about the importance of the masses to stand up against Trump and his oppressive policies. The crowd then marched from city hall for over a mile around downtown Houston. The message people wanted to get across was summed up in the most popular chant, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump you cannot stay!" It may have stormed the entire night, but much as Donald Trump's election was not stopped by weather, the protesters continued to march on. The action ended with one last rally in the pouring rain after people had marched the rest of the way back to city hall. The protesters attempted to march in the street, but the police rushed on horseback to push the crowd back. No one was arrested. When the rain became torrential at the closing rally, the police on horseback left. Fabian Sneevliet, with Students for a Democratic Society, said "The masses have come out here in opposition to the inauguration of Donald Trump. We will make this country ungovernable by building the people’s movements to fight back against his racist and sexist policies. Whether it is women or undocumented people we will be in the streets protesting and fighting back. Even if it rains, we will flood the streets with resistance." Ian Cox of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization said, "Donald Trump ran his campaign by calling all Mexican and Chicano peoples criminals, by classifying all Arab and Islamic peoples as terrorists, by being a sexist and gloating about his objectification of women and by preaching the ideology of white supremacy. It is important to remember however, that these anti-people policies didn't originate with Trump, they are a symptom of the oppressive capitalist system. The only way working people and oppressed nationalities will ever have true freedom and liberation is if we replace this oppressive system with people-based system, and that system is undoubtedly socialism." Some of the organizations that participated were Students for a Democratic Society, Socialist Alternative, the Peoples New Black Panther Party, and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. #HoustonTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

On Jan. 20 Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America. That same night, the People's Coalition Against Trump, made up of working-class people and organizations, rallied at Houston City Hall in protest of the inauguration.

Despite torrential rain and flooding across the city, every organization that was a part of the coalition attended and there was good turnout. They began with some rousing speeches about the importance of the masses to stand up against Trump and his oppressive policies.

The crowd then marched from city hall for over a mile around downtown Houston. The message people wanted to get across was summed up in the most popular chant, “Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump you cannot stay!” It may have stormed the entire night, but much as Donald Trump's election was not stopped by weather, the protesters continued to march on. The action ended with one last rally in the pouring rain after people had marched the rest of the way back to city hall.

The protesters attempted to march in the street, but the police rushed on horseback to push the crowd back. No one was arrested. When the rain became torrential at the closing rally, the police on horseback left.

Fabian Sneevliet, with Students for a Democratic Society, said “The masses have come out here in opposition to the inauguration of Donald Trump. We will make this country ungovernable by building the people’s movements to fight back against his racist and sexist policies. Whether it is women or undocumented people we will be in the streets protesting and fighting back. Even if it rains, we will flood the streets with resistance.”

Ian Cox of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization said, “Donald Trump ran his campaign by calling all Mexican and Chicano peoples criminals, by classifying all Arab and Islamic peoples as terrorists, by being a sexist and gloating about his objectification of women and by preaching the ideology of white supremacy. It is important to remember however, that these anti-people policies didn't originate with Trump, they are a symptom of the oppressive capitalist system. The only way working people and oppressed nationalities will ever have true freedom and liberation is if we replace this oppressive system with people-based system, and that system is undoubtedly socialism.”

Some of the organizations that participated were Students for a Democratic Society, Socialist Alternative, the Peoples New Black Panther Party, and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

#HoustonTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/houston-protesters-brave-storm-torrential-rain-march-trumps-inauguration-day-0 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:20:41 +0000 Houston protesters brave storm, torrential rain to march on Trump's inauguration day https://fightbacknews.org/houston-protesters-brave-storm-torrential-rain-march-trumps-inauguration-day?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") On Jan. 20 Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America. That same night, the People's Coalition Against Trump, made up of working-class people and organizations, rallied at Houston City Hall in protest of the inauguration. !--more-- Despite torrential rain and flooding across the city, every organization that was a part of the coalition attended and there was good turnout. They began with some rousing speeches about the importance of the masses to stand up against Trump and his oppressive policies. The crowd then marched from city hall for over a mile around downtown Houston. The message people wanted to get across was summed up in the most popular chant, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump you cannot stay!" It may have stormed the entire night, but much as Donald Trump's election was not stopped by weather, the protesters continued to march on. The action ended with one last rally in the pouring rain after people had marched the rest of the way back to city hall. The protesters attempted to march in the street, but the police rushed on horseback to push the crowd back. No one was arrested. When the rain became torrential at the closing rally, the police on horseback left. Fabian Sneevliet, with Students for a Democratic Society, said "The masses have come out here in opposition to the inauguration of Donald Trump. We will make this country ungovernable by building the people’s movements to fight back against his racist and sexist policies. Whether it is women or undocumented people we will be in the streets protesting and fighting back. Even if it rains, we will flood the streets with resistance." Ian Cox of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization said, "Donald Trump ran his campaign by calling all Mexican and Chicano peoples criminals, by classifying all Arab and Islamic peoples as terrorists, by being a sexist and gloating about his objectification of women and by preaching the ideology of white supremacy. It is important to remember however, that these anti-people policies didn't originate with Trump, they are a symptom of the oppressive capitalist system. The only way working people and oppressed nationalities will ever have true freedom and liberation is if we replace this oppressive system with people-based system, and that system is undoubtedly socialism." Some of the organizations that participated were Students for a Democratic Society, Socialist Alternative, the Peoples New Black Panther Party, and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. #HoustonTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

On Jan. 20 Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America. That same night, the People's Coalition Against Trump, made up of working-class people and organizations, rallied at Houston City Hall in protest of the inauguration.

Despite torrential rain and flooding across the city, every organization that was a part of the coalition attended and there was good turnout. They began with some rousing speeches about the importance of the masses to stand up against Trump and his oppressive policies.

The crowd then marched from city hall for over a mile around downtown Houston. The message people wanted to get across was summed up in the most popular chant, “Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump you cannot stay!” It may have stormed the entire night, but much as Donald Trump's election was not stopped by weather, the protesters continued to march on. The action ended with one last rally in the pouring rain after people had marched the rest of the way back to city hall.

The protesters attempted to march in the street, but the police rushed on horseback to push the crowd back. No one was arrested. When the rain became torrential at the closing rally, the police on horseback left.

Fabian Sneevliet, with Students for a Democratic Society, said “The masses have come out here in opposition to the inauguration of Donald Trump. We will make this country ungovernable by building the people’s movements to fight back against his racist and sexist policies. Whether it is women or undocumented people we will be in the streets protesting and fighting back. Even if it rains, we will flood the streets with resistance.”

Ian Cox of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization said, “Donald Trump ran his campaign by calling all Mexican and Chicano peoples criminals, by classifying all Arab and Islamic peoples as terrorists, by being a sexist and gloating about his objectification of women and by preaching the ideology of white supremacy. It is important to remember however, that these anti-people policies didn't originate with Trump, they are a symptom of the oppressive capitalist system. The only way working people and oppressed nationalities will ever have true freedom and liberation is if we replace this oppressive system with people-based system, and that system is undoubtedly socialism.”

Some of the organizations that participated were Students for a Democratic Society, Socialist Alternative, the Peoples New Black Panther Party, and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

#HoustonTX #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/houston-protesters-brave-storm-torrential-rain-march-trumps-inauguration-day Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:20:14 +0000 Florida State students walk out to protest Trump https://fightbacknews.org/florida-state-students-walk-out-protest-trump?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") 100 students gathered on the Florida State University (FSU) Landis Green, Jan.20, at noon to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. The walkout was part of a nationwide effort led by Students for a Democratic Society to mobilize students around the country against Trump’s agenda. !--more-- The event began with chants such as “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,” and “Donald Trump, let’s be clear, refugees are welcome here.” Afterwards, speakers from Muslim Student Association, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gave speeches to the crowd. From there the protesters marched to the Westcott fountain on the edge of campus. Cea Moline of Students for a Democratic Society pointed out the Francis Eppes statue; FSU honors Eppes as the founder of the school. “Eppes was also a racist slave owner, who owned 91 slaves.” Moline went on to say “I’m here to fight against all the hate that Trump stands for and endorses. I’m fighting against it on my campus because I see it all the time, from the keeping of Francis Eppes to the threats I have received online.” The students then marched the to the steps of the Florida capitol building. On the way, the protesters took the street and they chanted “Black lives matter!” The police continuously harassed the protesters during the course of the event. Chief Perry of the FSUPD tried to drive through the crowd, bumping against several protesters. Fortunately, none of the protesters sustained injuries. The students converged on the steps of the Old Capitol, meeting with students from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and Tallahassee Community College. Several people read poems and gave speeches and singers and bands performed on the capitol steps. The protesters chanted despite the rain, which temporarily prevented them from using the sound equipment. The organizers of the event urged everyone to join SDS and the movement against Donald Trump’s agenda. “We need to mobilize students and fight against Donald Trump’s oppressive agenda, including repealing DACA. Now more than ever, students should join SDS if they want to make effective actual change,” said Corinna Vall, a member of SDS. #TallahasseeFL #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

100 students gathered on the Florida State University (FSU) Landis Green, Jan.20, at noon to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. The walkout was part of a nationwide effort led by Students for a Democratic Society to mobilize students around the country against Trump’s agenda.

The event began with chants such as “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,” and “Donald Trump, let’s be clear, refugees are welcome here.”

Afterwards, speakers from Muslim Student Association, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gave speeches to the crowd.

From there the protesters marched to the Westcott fountain on the edge of campus. Cea Moline of Students for a Democratic Society pointed out the Francis Eppes statue; FSU honors Eppes as the founder of the school. “Eppes was also a racist slave owner, who owned 91 slaves.” Moline went on to say “I’m here to fight against all the hate that Trump stands for and endorses. I’m fighting against it on my campus because I see it all the time, from the keeping of Francis Eppes to the threats I have received online.”

The students then marched the to the steps of the Florida capitol building. On the way, the protesters took the street and they chanted “Black lives matter!” The police continuously harassed the protesters during the course of the event. Chief Perry of the FSUPD tried to drive through the crowd, bumping against several protesters. Fortunately, none of the protesters sustained injuries.

The students converged on the steps of the Old Capitol, meeting with students from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and Tallahassee Community College. Several people read poems and gave speeches and singers and bands performed on the capitol steps.

The protesters chanted despite the rain, which temporarily prevented them from using the sound equipment. The organizers of the event urged everyone to join SDS and the movement against Donald Trump’s agenda.

“We need to mobilize students and fight against Donald Trump’s oppressive agenda, including repealing DACA. Now more than ever, students should join SDS if they want to make effective actual change,” said Corinna Vall, a member of SDS.

#TallahasseeFL #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/florida-state-students-walk-out-protest-trump Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:25:50 +0000 1000 march in Milwaukee on Trump’s inauguration day https://fightbacknews.org/1000-march-milwaukee-trump-s-inauguration-day?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.") Nearly 1000 people participated in a rally and march led by the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump (MCAT), a grassroots effort by more than a dozen organizations to resist the Trump agenda. After a number of speakers addressed the demands of the coalition, which included Legalization for all; Indigenous sovereignty now, and Free Palestine. After the speeches, the march took off on a two-mile trek through downtown Milwaukee. !--more-- MCAT used the event to draw attention to the city’s own contribution to the Trump agenda. Milwaukee is home to one of Trump's most vocal supporters, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. While Clarke has been busy campaigning for Trump and appearing on Fox News in recent months, four people have died in his county jail, including a newborn baby who was born in the jail and neglected by Clarke's staff. Clarke's jail has been under scrutiny and an audit for the deaths that have occurred, and Clarke himself has been the center of many controversies. Days before the protest, Clarke had a formal complaint filed against him by a Milwaukee man who was harassed by Clarke on an airplane. The man shook his head at Clarke on the plane, and Clarke retaliated by having his deputies follow and question him when he got off the plane. Clarke then released a statement on Facebook saying he would "knock out" anyone who shook their head at him. The day before the rally, the coalition held a press conference to show the banners for the march, one of them reading "Indict and convict Sheriff Clarke." The coalition also announced that the thousands of protesters would collectively shake their heads at Clarke as they marched past his Jail. Clarke again responded on the official Sheriffs Department Facebook page, making a threatening post that implied that anyone he chose to harass would end up dead. Despite Clarke's threats, hundreds of people shook their heads at Clarke while chanting "Indict, convict, remove Sheriff Clarke," and marching past his office and jail. The march ended in high spirits at Red Arrow Park. Milwaukee stands ready to do whatever it takes to beat back the Trump agenda. Juan Perez, an undocumented immigrant and member of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, called for militant action if Trump follows through on his campaign promises. “If and when the immigration raids come, I’m telling you, we will paralyze this country’s economy. They seem to have forgotten that we make this place run. But they’ll remember when every restaurant, factory, mall, office building and farm is shut down.” #MilwaukeeWI #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.

Nearly 1000 people participated in a rally and march led by the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump (MCAT), a grassroots effort by more than a dozen organizations to resist the Trump agenda. After a number of speakers addressed the demands of the coalition, which included Legalization for all; Indigenous sovereignty now, and Free Palestine. After the speeches, the march took off on a two-mile trek through downtown Milwaukee.

MCAT used the event to draw attention to the city’s own contribution to the Trump agenda. Milwaukee is home to one of Trump's most vocal supporters, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. While Clarke has been busy campaigning for Trump and appearing on Fox News in recent months, four people have died in his county jail, including a newborn baby who was born in the jail and neglected by Clarke's staff. Clarke's jail has been under scrutiny and an audit for the deaths that have occurred, and Clarke himself has been the center of many controversies.

Days before the protest, Clarke had a formal complaint filed against him by a Milwaukee man who was harassed by Clarke on an airplane. The man shook his head at Clarke on the plane, and Clarke retaliated by having his deputies follow and question him when he got off the plane. Clarke then released a statement on Facebook saying he would “knock out” anyone who shook their head at him.

The day before the rally, the coalition held a press conference to show the banners for the march, one of them reading “Indict and convict Sheriff Clarke.” The coalition also announced that the thousands of protesters would collectively shake their heads at Clarke as they marched past his Jail.

Clarke again responded on the official Sheriffs Department Facebook page, making a threatening post that implied that anyone he chose to harass would end up dead. Despite Clarke's threats, hundreds of people shook their heads at Clarke while chanting “Indict, convict, remove Sheriff Clarke,” and marching past his office and jail. The march ended in high spirits at Red Arrow Park.

Milwaukee stands ready to do whatever it takes to beat back the Trump agenda. Juan Perez, an undocumented immigrant and member of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, called for militant action if Trump follows through on his campaign promises. “If and when the immigration raids come, I’m telling you, we will paralyze this country’s economy. They seem to have forgotten that we make this place run. But they’ll remember when every restaurant, factory, mall, office building and farm is shut down.”

#MilwaukeeWI #US #PeoplesStruggles #Elections #2016Elections

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/1000-march-milwaukee-trump-s-inauguration-day Sun, 22 Jan 2017 02:28:51 +0000