TODAY / FRIDAY @ 5 PM - Pop Up Concert - The Art of Protest and the Sound of Resistance - Pershing Square

 

Pop Up Concert and Film Screening at Pershing Square The Art of Protest and the Sound of Resistance No Stolen Election! Trump/Pence Out Now! 5pm Music, Curated by Norwood Fisher of Fishbone 7pm Film Screening, The Art of Protest Just days before the election, in the face of Trump's rolling coup, in the face of widespread voter suppression, and armed MAGA thugs mobilizing, artists and musicians will come together in Downtown LA to say, No Stolen Election! Trump/Pence Out Now! “The enthusiasm behind my involvement in this event comes from careful listening to what the Trump administration has been saying all along and what the Supreme Court justices have been and are currently orchestrating. There is a coup underway.” said Norwood Fisher, the bass player from the well-known punk band Fishbone and band leader of Trulio Disgracias, “The Trump/Pence regime have no intention of vacating their position of power. Trump is threatening violence if he loses. The people must take to the streets in sustained, nonviolent protest, letting it be known that we will not sit and allow a fascist authoritarian government to take full control. Music and art are unifying. They are forms that all at once, allow us to protest tyranny and celebrate freedom. In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America!” Following the concert, there will be a screening of the new documentary from filmmaker Colin Day, The Art of Protest which Rolling Stone called “equal parts gut-wrenching and exhilarating...”

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To everyone who feels the need to end this nightmare

 

From RefuseFascism.org:

To everyone who feels the urgent need to end the nightmare that is the Trump/Pence regime: Election Day is upon us. The atmosphere is thick with threats from the Trump/Pence regime that there will not be a peaceful transfer of power, but rather a theft of the election – a “continuation” Trump called it … in reality, if they remain in power for 4 more years, it will be catastrophic for humanity with a leap in their fascist program. At the same time, tens of millions of people are flooding to the polls to defeat Trump and they are filled with both hope and dread. The stakes could not be higher, and people feel it. Refuse Fascism went into this fall calling for people to take to the streets everyday – gathering in the “City and Town Squares.” We struggled hard for people to recognize that facing a rolling theft of the election, and virulent MAGA caravans, rallies, and outright armed intimidation at the polls, requires mobilizing our side, a broad coalition of diverse forces learning, working, and acting together. While most people took to voting for now, and said to themselves and us, “we’ll take to the streets when Trump loses,” Refuse Fascism and those who responded to our call made real impact by “disturbing the air” with cages that people stayed in in Downtown LA, dramatizing what is being done to immigrants in our name. And, all across the country, in the Women’s Marches and during the illegitimate rubber stamp confirmation hearings of the theocratic patriarchal Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Refuse Fascism organized “Handmaids” to dramatize the stakes of this and the Demand: Trump/Pence Out Now! Now the elections are upon us. While we can’t completely rule out that there will be something that happens that causes the dam to break before the election and millions pour into the street, that is not likely now, and we need to prepare for the momentous struggle if Trump cries the election is a fraud, attempts to shut down counting the votes or in other ways nullify the election. To do this we have a 2-fold plan: [1] To continue from now through Election Day and likely beyond with making our central gathering places that are magnets for people who want to act. We should continue to develop creative and bold non-violent actions that disrupt business as usual and wake people up to the reality that Trump Is Already Stealing the Election. We Need to Vote. But Voting Alone Will Not Stop Trump! [2] We need to be preparing for the 5 Days from Election Day, November 3 through Saturday November 7. These 5 Days are going to be crucial should, as is likely, the Trump/Pence regime move to steal the election. Trump will demand a winner be declared on Election Night – knowing full well that Democratic Voters who follow the science of how to protect from COVID will have disproportionally voted by mail. They will move to end the counting. Fascist Fox News Network will sow doubt and confusion. MAGA militias and mobs will be in the streets. The first 5 days must not go unopposed. Millions of people must be moved to act. Orders from the regime to institutions responsible for delivering and counting the votes to stop doing so must be ignored and defied. The Demand TRUMP/PENCE OUTNOW! must be everywhere. And it has the potential to resonate even more widely as a demand against the illegitimacy of the regime’s theft of the election. In this situation – and particularly in these first 5 days … there has to be a clear pole – a rallying cry, an expression of feet on the streets, that is focused on the single demand: Trump/Pence OUTNOW!   What will be unfolding before people is that the institution that they wanted to and did rely on – voting – is, like so many other institutions and norms under this fascist regime being torn up and subverted by the regime. In this situation … while it will be necessary and right to join in demanding the votes be counted, simply relying on the “normal processes” of counting could very well “legitimize” a Trump victory, as he and the Republicans have changed many of the “rules of the game” and will do so even more. From its founding, RefuseFascism.org has said that a fascist regime, whether it comes to power by “fair” or foul means, is always illegitimate. This underscores the importance of massive numbers of people acting together in non-violent protest – not just reactive to the regime’s moves or to the Democratic leadership’s calls to “let the process play out,” as Biden said in the debate, but to insist on our demand. Then, the processes and institutions could be forced to respond, to concede to our demand that this regime must go! >> Put THESE plans in front of people looking for a way to end the nightmare by chipping in $5 or more today. Our Plan is this: Tuesday, November 3: Election Night! 6:00 pm ET, gather together online for a live webinar to watch election projections and returns and hear commentary from Refuse Fascism Editorial Board members. Hosted by Andy Zee and Coco Das. Where weather permits we will watch in the “public square.” 9:00 pm ET, go to the site of daily OutNow protests in the central square for vigils and gatherings to unite, discuss, plan, and organize. And, to be ready to take to the streets. Wednesday, November 4 This is the day that many groups have called for protests at 5:00 pm. Gather people in the square at 4:00 pm with Trump/Pence Out Now banners and signs and march as a group to other planned protests, with the demand throughout: TRUMP/PENCE OUTNOW! Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6 Stay in the streets to stop a fascist coup and demand Trump/Pence Out Now, with bold creative actions exposing the towering crimes of the Trump/Pence regime and the stakes for humanity if they are allowed to remain in power. Saturday, November 7 This will be a day of massive protests around the country. A time when we must flood the streets and fill the squares across the country to overwhelm this fascist regime and movement with OUR numbers and heart for humanity. Inside With Out Now by Refuse Fascism Listen wherever you get podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to hear more October 27 Ashley Dawson: We need to start preparing to resist Trump's fascist coup now.  Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed to the Supreme Court - appointed explicitly and illegitimately to cast a deciding vote in the expected contest over the election results. Coco Das (@Coco_Das) talks to writer, activist and professor Ashley Dawson (@ashleydawsonnyc) about his recent article for The Guardian, where he writes: "According to the civil rights activist George Lakey, planning to defeat a coup can actually help reduce the chances of attempts to overthrow democracy." October 25 Paul Street: A Clear Assault on The Electoral Process Trump is already stealing the election. We need to vote, but Trump will not be stopped just by voting. Andy Zee speaks at October 24 protest in LA. Samantha Goldman (@SamanthaGoldm19) talks with journalist and history professor Paul Street, whose new book is The Hollow Resistance: Obama, Trump, and Politics of Appeasement. >> Put THESE protest plans in front of people looking for a way to end the nightmare by chipping in $5 or more today. Venmo: @Refuse-Fascism CashApp: @RefuseFascism paypal.me/refusefascism RefuseFascism.org national team 917 407 1286 Make a donation online Donate via Venmo: @Refuse-Fascism | Donate via CashApp: @RefuseFascism Send checks or money orders, payable to "Refuse Fascism" To make a tax-deductible donation of $100 or more in support of Refuse Fascism's educational activities, please make checks out to "Alliance for Global Justice," a 501(3)(c) organization, note: Refuse Fascism Refuse Fascism | (917) 407-1286 | 305 West Broadway #185 NY, NY 10013

An Urgent Call To Action from Sunsara Taylor: STOP the Illegitimate Confirmation of Barrett

 

From RefuseFascism.org: An Urgent Call To Action from Sunsara Taylor, Washington DC Stop the Illegitimate Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett! TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW! >> Donate to this effort here I am calling on everyone who hears this to join me Monday in protesting the attempt of the Trump-Pence regime and the Republifascist Senate to implant the Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. Here’s why: “The rule of law was not openly and formally abandoned altogether, but the 'law' and 'the rule of law' became the same as what Hitler and the NAZIs said it was. Much of what Hitler and the NAZIs did, during their reign of terror and genocide, was 'in accordance with the law'—law that they had reduced to nothing more than their barbaric aims and means, murderously enforced by institutions which had been stripped of any meaning or purpose other than what conformed to and served the NAZI agenda, reduced to nothing more than instruments of NAZI atrocity. “In the whole of what Trump is currently doing—including his open calls to overturn Supreme Court decisions and precedents (for example, to outlaw abortion and punish flag burning), along with his repeated violations of the law and due process of the law and his insistence that he is the law—we can see the looming shadow of even more overt fascist dictatorship. For that is what fascism is: open and aggressive dictatorship, trampling on and perverting the rule of law, relying on violence and terror, on behalf of the predatory capitalist system and as an extreme attempt to deal with profound social division and acute crises (both within the country and in the global arena).”   Bob Avakian, in his August 1st Statement As soon as Monday night, if her confirmation is not stopped, Amy Coney Barrett could be sworn in as a Justice to the Supreme Court, locking in a firm fascist and theocratic majority on the highest court in the land. This would be a major leap in domesticating the courts and the 'rule of law' into an instrument of fascist atrocity. Immediately, this would provide Trump with another valuable weapon in his drive to steal the elections. Longer term, there is little doubt that her tenure on the court will see a wholesale assault on the rights and lives of millions. The Christian fascist movement that reared Amy Coney Barrett and backed her ascension to the Supreme Court has never reconciled itself to the hard-fought social advances of the last fifty years and more. Beneath their gauzy obsession with of the so-called “rights” of the fetus lies a thousand-years-old hatred of women, an Old Testament view that women deserve punishment in the form of forced motherhood and servitude to their husbands and fathers. It is not incidental that during her confirmation hearing Amy Coney Barrett refused not only to affirm the Supreme Court decision that granted women's right to abortion, but even to affirm the decision that granted the right to birth control. Beneath their rhetoric of “family values” lies a drive to cast LGBTQ people back into the closet and strip them of recently won rights and protections to their families, healthcare, jobs, housing and more. Beneath their talk of “religious freedom” lies their insistence on their “right” to use the state impose their Christian fascist bigotry and denial of science and climate change on the rest of society and world. And pulsing through all of this is the ugly white supremacy that sits at the foundation of this country and has led to a situation where, as the revolutionary leader Bob Avakian has analyzed, the Bible Belt in this country has always doubled as the Lynching Belt. Part of the rush to confirm Coney Barrett is to lock all this in place so this can be carried forward regardless of who wins the upcoming election. More immediately, as soon as Tuesday, Amy Coney Barrett could become part of Supreme Court that acts to put a stamp of “legitimacy” on a fascist theft of the upcoming election. Trump is preparing violent thugs – inside and outside of power – to enable him to hold onto power regardless of the results of the election. He would rather, however, win outright – or at least with enough confusion and “lawfulness” that he can claim a second term and mandate “legitimately.” He has openly admitted that his rush to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is to ensure that the Court rules in his favor should the election be contested. Linda Greenhouse, a Pulitzer Prize winner who covered the Supreme Court for 30 years (and who I interviewed on The RNL Show), detailed a recent case over whether to count certain late-arriving mail-in ballots in the swing state of Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court deadlocked, 4-4, allowed ballots to be counted if they arrived within three days of the election in order to accommodate the historically high level of mail-in ballots during a pandemic. It is reasonable to expect that had Coney Barrett been seated on the court already, this provision would have been struck down and many valid votes would have been thrown out. We can expect many such challenges in the days ahead. Republicans have an army of lawyers ready to contest ballot any place doing so would be to Trump's advantage. With Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, Trump could be relieved of the need to outright refuse to leave office in the face of a clear electoral loss. Rather, he and the Republicans hide their theft under their insistence that “we leave it up to the courts,” knowing full well that they've been stacked in his favor. For her part, during her confirmation hearings Amy Coney Barrett gave us every reason to believe she'd be an eager instrument of Trump's election theft, refusing to acknowledge that it would violate the Constitution for Trump to postpone the election, refusing to affirm that armed voter intimidation is against the law, and joining Trump in refusing to endorse a peaceful transfer of power. With all this at stake – both the long-term consequences for millions and millions of lives and in the near-term ability of Trump to steal the upcoming election – it would be wrong to treat this, even at this late hour, as a “done deal.” There are enough people – millions throughout society, stretching to the powers-that-be – who truly oppose and even hate what Amy Coney Barrett stands for, and can be mobilized, or compelled to move, to STOP this nomination!! WE HAVE TO ACT, NOW! In a situation this fraught, no one can say in advance what kind of impact the people can have when we act boldly and with moral clarity. And the more powerfully we act against this, the more we can stamp and render her confirmation as illegitimate if it does go forward – building our strength and creating a much stronger basis to call forward even greater numbers for the greater political battles ahead. TODAY Monday, across the country, we must go into the streets in protest. Here in Washington, DC, we will amass tonight at 5:00 pm at the Supreme Court. Many of us will dress as Handmaids, representing and opposing the theocratic nightmare this regime and confirmation will bring. Wherever you are across this country, go to courthouses and public squares: Washington DC 5:00 pm Gather at Supreme Court Cleveland  11:00 am Cleveland Board of Elections 2925 Euclid Avenue invite friends                      4:00 pm Market Square invite friends Los Angeles 4:00 pm DTLA Federal Court 350 West 1st Street invite friends NYC 6:00 pm Gather at 58th Street & 5th Avenue, Manhattan March to Trump Tower Come join a procession to protest the confirmation of “Aunt" Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. If you are a woman that cares about the future of humanity, come put on a Handmaids costume and join the procession. All men who agree are invited to march behind the procession. San Francisco 8:00 pm 16th & Valencia invite friends Philadelphia 6:00 pm Gather at Rittenhouse Square invite friends >> Donate for Handmaids protests No Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett! Christian Theocracy + Destroying the Election = FASCISM! TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW! Sunsara Taylor, Dispatch to the RNL show October 21, 2020 RefuseFascism.org 917 407 1286 Make a donation online Donate via Venmo: @Refuse-Fascism | Donate via CashApp: @RefuseFascism Send checks or money orders, payable to "Refuse Fascism" To make a tax-deductible donation of $100 or more in support of Refuse Fascism's educational activities, please make checks out to "Alliance for Global Justice," a 501(3)(c) organization, note: Refuse Fascism Refuse Fascism | (917) 407-1286 | 305 West Broadway #185 NY, NY 10013

Oct. 24 - SoCal Mass Public Assembly, To Protest and Demand: Trump Pence Out Now!

 

From RefuseFascismLA.org:

SoCal Mass Public Assembly, To Protest and Demand: Trump Pence Out Now!   Saturday, Oct. 24 @ 2 PM Pershing Square (6th & Hill) Trump Is Already Stealing the Election. WE NEED TO VOTE, BUT TRUMP WILL NOT BE STOPPED JUST BY VOTING! MASS PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES Nationwide To Protest and Demand: Trump/Pence OutNow! Trump is already stealing the election. Black and latino people forced to stand in line 12 hours to vote, mail-in drop off locations shut down during a pandemic while armed white supremacist MAGA militias are being mobilized to intimidate. NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND TOGETHER IN THE STREETS AND PUBLIC SQUARES EVERYWHERE…SATURDAY OCTOBER 24 WE WILL ASSEMBLE IN PROTEST, TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE. We must vote in big numbers. But, the reality is that voting alone will not stop Trump. The illegitimate rushed confirmation of a theocratic fascist, Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court who is for the immediate purpose of throwing the election to Trump should he lose. Trump and Amy Coney Barrett refuse to commit to a peaceful transfer of power. We face a rolling coup — a theft of an election — heading to a showdown November 3. Let’s unite and rise like we did in the Spring for Black lives, coming back day after day in non-violent protest – now united by the demand Trump/Pence OutNow! and refusing to stop till they’re gone. If we base what we do on “news” dominated by the unrelenting hatred and threats at Trump’s rallies on the one hand, and “polls” that Biden is winning and Biden urging us to “just vote” while the Trump/Pence regime steals the election, humanity will lose. We can change the political situation, holding fast to principles of non-violence, yet determined to prevail. Our numbers, our diversity, and our heart for humanity can sustain us through whatever the Trump/Pence regime tries to do to remain in power. As we grow, we will inspire millions more to join this great struggle, until those in power, to stem the rising tide of protest, are compelled to concede to our single demand that the regime must go. On Saturday, October 24, come one and all into the public square for mass protest assemblies to demand Trump/Pence Out Now! Let us show the world that we are uniting, with courage and conviction, to drive the Trump and Pence from power. In the Name of Humanity, We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America *** Immediate things you can do: 1. Sign up on the RefuseFascism.org homepage 2. Share this event 3. Invite Friends 4. Donate: Donate.RefuseFascism.org/RFLA Venmo @ Refuse-Fascism (Note for RFLA) CashApp $ RefuseFascism (Note for RFLA)  See Less From RevCom.us: New Dispatch from the RNL Show just premiered:  https://www.youtube.com/therevcoms Andy Zee on the stakes of the moment & the need to take to the streets now! Sunsara Taylor reports from DC on the battle to stop the illegitimate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett. Pledge to the People Of The World from Refuse Fascism, read by Lilly Wachowski A Call to be in the streets: - October 22 National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality  (NEW article from Carl Dix) - October 24 Mass Public Assemblies to Demand: Trump/Pence Out Now! NOTE: Episode31 will not air on Thursday, Oct.22nd. It is scheduled to premiere Monday October 26th. Instead, we are bringing you an urgent and timely DISPATCH from the RNL Show tonight October 21st.

What Are the Christian Fascists Trying to Hide About Amy Coney Barrett?

 

From Revolution / revcom.us:

What Are the Christian Fascists Trying to Hide About Amy Coney Barrett? October 12, 2020 | revcom.us   Editors’ Note: As we go to press, more information continues to come out about how Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, has attempted to hide her history of anti-abortion activity, along with her close and long-standing affiliations with a Christian fascist, mostly Catholic organization, People of Praise (PoP), an effort abetted by the organization itself in scrubbing mentions of her from its website.  As we wrote upon her nomination, Barrett told graduating law students in 2006 to “always keep in mind that your legal career is but a means to an end... that end is building the kingdom of God.” In addition, in a 1998 law journal article, she took issue with the stance of former Supreme Court Justice William Brennan that in a conflict between his Catholic faith and his duties as a justice, he would be governed by the “oath I took to support the Constitution and the laws of the United States.” i.e., subordinating his religious beliefs to the law, and not allowing it to influence legal interpretation and rulings. Brennan was correctly adhering to the principle of separation of church and state (it is one thing for religious beliefs to inform personal morality, but it is a whole other thing to have it dictate interpretations of the law, applying to all people). Leading Democrats, instead of leading the fight to expose Barrett’s religion-based misogynistic and oppressive views as part of opposing her confirmation to the Court, have conceded to the Republican position that even to raise questions about this is “anti-Catholic” bigotry. Senators like Blumenthal have said they have “no intention” of questioning Barrett in her upcoming confirmation hearings about her “religious faith or religious affiliation.” This position was echoed by Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, saying there is “ZERO” chance of asking about what he termed her “personal characteristics.” In a recent interview with The RNL Show, the Pulitzer Prize-winning legal writer Linda Greenhouse warned that America is “hurtling towards theocracy.” This means ending the constitutional “separation of church and state” and imposing the Christian fundamentalist “vision” of “God’s kingdom” on everyone. In that light, recent revelations about Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, and her connections with People of Praise (“PoP”)—a cult-like Christian fundamentalist group—are chilling. Amy Coney Bryant and the People of Praise Amy Coney Barrett, now a judge (appointed by Trump in 2017) on the U.S. Court of Appeals, was nominated to the Supreme Court. As we have covered before, this immediately set off alarm bells based on what was then known about her deep adherence to Catholic doctrine opposing all abortions, a vague sense that she had links to PoP and her public record of statements and rulings.  Since then, it has now further come out that Barrett is much more heavily involved in PoP, and that PoP is even more reactionary and “controlling” than was previously known. And that both she and PoP have systematically and dishonestly tried to hide this relationship. PoP openly and strongly opposes abortion, as well as gay marriage, but it turns out that is the tip of an iceberg of oppressive ideas and practices. Based on extensive interviews with present and former members, and examination of PoP documents, the Associated Press reports that PoP was formed in 1971 in conscious opposition to the liberating social and “counterculture movements” of that time which were challenging traditional gender roles and the oppression of women. In contrast, PoP is built around St. Paul’s biblical instruction that the husband is the “head” of his wife and the wife is to “submit in all things.” According to former members, “[a] married woman is expected always to reflect the fact that she is under her husband’s authority.” This includes “providing sex on demand” to him and being forbidden to use birth control because women should bear “as many babies as God would provide.” Leadership is hierarchical and male dominated. Some women (until recently known as “handmaids”) are assigned to lead other women, but these handmaids are subordinate to PoP’s all-male leadership. One former member said that she was instructed to share her innermost feelings with her “handmaid”—who then “repeated what she said to the male heads, who would consult her husband on the proper correction.” Members are encouraged to “speak in tongues,” and then their gibberish is “interpreted” by male leaders and “relayed back to the wider group” as guidance. Almost everyone who remains in the group for more than six years takes an oath (“covenant”), which includes, “We agree to obey the direction of the Holy Spirit manifested in and through these ministries [i.e., PoP] in full harmony with the church.” [Emphasis added.] Barrett was brought into PoP as a child and has belonged for decades. She and her husband lived in a PoP house while in law school in the 1990s. In 2006 she attended a PoP women’s leadership conference; in 2010 she was a PoP “handmaid.” Her father sat on PoP’s all-male national leadership. Her mother was a handmaid in the New Orleans chapter. Amy Barrett was on the board of a Christian school connected to PoP in which most classes were segregated by gender. Barrett and People of Praise Deliberately Concealed Their Connections PoP is clearly an enormous influence in shaping Barrett’s view of the world, and quite possibly her life decisions. And yet: In 2017, Barrett was required to give written responses to questions about her personal and professional life as part of being confirmed to the appeals court. This included: “List all professional, business, fraternal, scholarly, civic, charitable or other organizations” that she had belonged to since law school. According to the AP, she did not mention belonging to People of Praise, nor the affiliation of the school on whose board she sat with PoP. She filled out a very similar form in 2020, and again “forgot” to mention PoP. Barrett has repeatedly and for years “declined” to discuss PoP or even confirm that she had a relationship to it, and PoP has likewise refused to affirm or deny her connection. In 2017, before her confirmation hearings for the appeals court, and at a time when she was reportedly on Trump’s “short list” for future SCOTUS appointments, PoP began scrubbing their website of any mention of Barrett, even deleting birth announcements of her children. In 2020, after Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, PoP stepped up this effort, including deleting all copies of their own magazine from their website. Despite Barrett telling graduating law students in 2006 to “always keep in mind that your legal career is but a means to an end ... that end is building the kingdom of God,” Republi-fascists claim that even to ask questions about PoP amounts to “anti-Catholic bigotry.” And key Democrats have already capitulated to this, saying they have “no intention” of questioning Barrett about her “religious faith or religious affiliation.” For the Democrats to abandon this line of questioning in advance is indicative of their overall inability and unwillingness to stand up to the fascists—the Christian fascists in particular—and is an urgent reminder of the need not to rely on the Democratic Party or on just voting, but instead for people to take up the call of Refuse Fascism, to be out in the streets in massive and growing numbers to drive out this regime and end this nightmare. From RefuseFascism.org: TRUMP PENCE OUT NOW! Events PROTEST EVERY DAY: TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW! In Washington, DC:  Starting Monday, Oct 12, 8am, U.S. Supreme Court: Non-Violent Protests EVERY DAY: No Fascist Court! No Fascist Coup! Trump/Pence OUT NOW! Protest the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court and call forward millions to demand: TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW! Read and share Sunsara Taylor's first report from the front lines in Washington, D.C. HERE. Cheers to all who put their bodies on the line, with civil disobedience, blocking the entrance to Supreme Court confirmation hearing Monday morning - more than a dozen were arrested: https://twitter.com/RefuseFascism/status/1315670163732271104 IN LOS ANGELES: Every day in Pershing Square, 6th & Hill in downtown L.A. Saturday, Oct. 17 @ Noon - Join RefuseFascism's Rebel Handmaids contingent at the Women's March to march for Women's Rights, LGBTQ rights and for Black Lives.  Meet at Pershing Square.  Bring your own costume or join us to make costumes Thursday in DTLA time tbd.  Facebook page 323.946.1742 @RefuseFascismLA Socal  @refusefascism.org