Thread by @RefuseFascism

THREAD on why we must PROTEST Federal Crackdown on Portland!
NO MORE POLICE MURDER of BLACK PEOPLE
NO FASCIST POLICE STATE
NO FASCIST MILITARY WAR on the PEOPLE
NO FEDERAL AGENTS SWEEPING up PROTESTERS
TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW! #PortlandKidnappings #TrumpPenceOutNow 1/ 14

This week, in an ominous escalation of fascism, the Trump/Pence regime sent federal troops from multiple agencies to storm the streets of Portland, Oregon and crush ongoing protests. #PortlandKidnappings 2/14

Dressed in camouflage with no identifying insignia, agents rolled up in unmarked vans, arrested people without telling them where they were going or why they were being taken into custody, deployed tear gas & shot 1 non-violent protester in the face.#PortlandKidnappings 3/14

Trump hasn't only threatened to “go & take over cities,” his regime is using PDX as a dress rehearsal for a militarized fascist police state. #PortlandKidnappings #TrumpPenceOutNow 4/14

This is NOT political theater. It is a dangerous advance from a regime that has declared their determination to crush the opposition and hammer in their rule by terror and brute force. #PortlandKidnappings #TrumpPenceOutNow 5/14

America is at a serious crossroads. A fierce struggle for the future is underway. Camouflaged soldiers that look virtually indistinguishable from right-wing militias, free to kidnap and detain anyone at their will, is a horror that must be stopped now. #TrumpPenceOutNow 6/14

Fascism has direction & momentum. Dissent is piece by piece criminalized. The truth is bludgeoned. Group after group is demonized & targeted along a trajectory that leads to real horrors. All of this has taken dramatic leaps under the Trump Regime. #TrumpPenceOutNow 7/14

History has shown that fascism must be stopped before it becomes too late. If we lose the right to protest – by legal or extralegal means – all bets are off. #PortlandKidnappings #TrumpPenceOutNow 8/14

Trump isn't “losing an election.” He's setting the stage to declare any outcome other than his victory illegitimate, backed up by a GOP willing to rig elections & the violence of “police, military, & bikers for Trump” to attack & suppress any opposition to their program. 9/14

Waiting for November to remove Trump is like waiting for rain when a house is on fire. #TrumpPenceOutNow 10/14

As Trump unleashes secret police, what will u do?Will u accept a fascist America?Will u stand aside hoping that politics as usual will remove a regime that is subverting elections & using military to crush dissent?Or will u join us in the streets to demand #TrumpPenceOutNow 11/14

Dangerous regimes all over the world have been driven out by the people in sustained, non-violent protest demanding the removal of the regime & refusing to go home until their demand is met. #TrumpPenceOutNow 12/13

To stop an American fascism that threatens the very future of humanity & the planet, the necessary demand is #TrumpPenceOutNow! We must not stop until our demand is won. In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America. 13/14
Get organized:
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Emergency PROTEST
TODAY
Protest #PortlandKidnappings
NO FASCIST POLICE STATE!
NO FASCIST MILITARY WAR on the PEOPLE!
#TrumpPenceOutNow

SF: 1PM Fed Building @SFRefuseFascism
NYC: 5PM Union Sq
LA: 5PM City Hall @RefuseFascismLA

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