Day 4:
100 Hours Of NO! at The FOX FASCIST NEWS NETWORK
Culminating On July 15

Day 4:

Day 4:  Today was the day the Raging Grannies of New York City came to the 100 Hours of NO! at the Fox Fascist News Network.  They came to show their solidarity with the 5-day-long continuing protest, and the upcoming July 15th national demonstrations.  The Raging Grannies are a singing group known all over the country and internationally.  The “Grannies” sang their songs ridiculing the Trump regime with parodies and satire—and seriousness.  They finished their short “concert” by singing their parody— “Trump Will Make Us Great Again,” to the tune of “Happy Days Are Here Again!” 

Hour after hour people have been coming by and stopping to hear the speakers on the bullhorn, attend events like the Grannies, and learn more.  The huge posters have drawn a lot of interest; they are loaded with facts about what this regime has done, plans to do, and what they have unleashed around the country and world.  People are stopping, taking out their smart phones, and taking pictures of all of the posters in order to read them later! 

One of the organizers of the 100 Hours of NO! at the Fox Fascist News Network, described the response they’ve been getting from across the country.  “We’re here in New York City and we’re reaching people on the streets, but we’re reaching a lot more people on social media!  On Facebook people are commenting constantly on all of our videos and our posts saying how inspired they are by us.  People from around the country; from Michigan, some from Alabama, and from Texas, a lot of places.  People hearing Sunsara and others, saying, ‘I’m so proud of you.’ ‘We’re so proud of you.’ ‘Keep resisting!  Keep resisting!’  A lot of people say ‘I’m with you from here.’  ‘We support you.’ ‘How can I help?’  It’s really exciting.  Of course there are the fascist trolls, but way more often than not, you know there are signs of the tons of people who want to drive out this regime.” 

She said “More than one person has come up to us in tears.  Last night this one white guy came up to us, so racist, he was threatening us, hitting my phone with his umbrella, and someone, a man about 60-years-old, came walking by, and he stopped to watch us.  And afterwards I went to talk to him, and he just said, ‘I can’t believe what just happened.  And I’m so glad you guys are out here.’  And then he started crying.  He said, ‘I can’t believe this is happening.  Sometimes I just feel so sad at what’s happening, and what’s going to happen.’  So many times people come up and they are so emotional.  And we need to bring those people in.  If you don’t know that it’s possible to drive them out, if you don’t know there’s a way for you to act, it’s a terrible way to have to live.  It’s heartbreaking.”

Tonight, the Revolution Club, New York, is coming out for an Open Mic night. Stay tuned.

Day 3:

Thursday afternoon marked the halfway point of Refuse Fascism’s “100 Hours of NO!” in front of Fox Fascist News Network. The activists continued their striking and powerful protest. Chalked messages were written on the sidewalk today. The relentless exposure of the crimes of this regime spoken through the bullhorn, together with the large display of posters filled with facts about what they’ve done, and intend to do, drew forward people who hate Trump and all that he stands for. As they listened to the speakers, and read the posters, people were more deeply realizing the seriousness of the situation, and the seriousness of this movement to drive out this regime.

A woman who works on 6th Avenue just a few blocks away stopped, read, and listened. She said she stopped because “I heard the woman talking about the ‘horror show’ taking place in Syria, and I was reading the posters, and... I hate Trump. I think he should be made to go away. He’s unfit to be president. He’s unfit to run a country. He’s a narcissist, and megalomaniac, he’s just a horrible human being! But they both scare the hell out of me. I’m very afraid about what I know about Pence. If they get rid of Trump and give us Pence, he’ll take this country back, maybe to the ’50s? And those values are not my values. He does not represent me, and he does not represent a lot of people.” She got a copy of Revolution newspaper, and was very interested in the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America. And as she began to learn more about the call to drive out the Trump/Pence regime she decided on the spot she wanted to get involved with Refuse Fascism.

At 4 pm there was a speak-out, which drew attention to the mass incarceration of Black, Latino and other oppressed people, and the moves by Attorney General Sessions that are aimed at putting even more people into prison. To highlight this, two activists stood in orange jumpsuits and chains next to Sunsara Taylor as she spoke. They then gave statements themselves. Sunsara challenged people to break out of the thinking that it’s possible to just protest and “wait till the next election.” She said, “The ground we’re standing on is being undermined.” She talked about the protesters in DC arrested on Inauguration Day, now facing 75 years in jail. “This is a police state being imposed, being normalized. We can’t just do protest as usual. We have to go out of the boundaries they’re imposing on us. And the only way to do that is to come together and to put the demand, The Whole Regime Must Go!”

A statement was given by Hawk Newsome, the president of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York. He saluted the Refuse Fascism protest in front of Fox, and called on everyone to join in taking to the streets on July 15th. “I’m with you all out here in these streets. And I hope that every other American gets out into these streets and they say ‘enough is enough!’ Because your silence is your consent. Each time you sit back and talk trash and sit on your couch you’re co-signing oppression, you’re co-signing fascism. You need to get off of your couch and get into the streets, and July 15th is a perfect opportunity to do that. People are taking to the streets across the country to say, ‘enough is enough.’”

Later there was a candlelight vigil for those who have been or will be victims of the regime, a dramatic scene that caused people to stop and talk.

Wednesday, July 12, Day 2 of Refuse Fascism’s action in front of Fox Fascist News, condemning and indicting them for their role as a mouthpiece for the fascist Trump/Pence regime.

First up—the spirited delivering of their written indictment of the station inside Fox headquarters. Listen to an interview with Eva from Refuse Fascism who describes this delivery.

Then, at 4 pm, Refuse Fascism powerfully exposed and indicted Donald Trump and his regime for the horrific crimes they have already committed against women in this country and around the world, and the greater crimes they are threatening to commit. They were joined by four “Handmaids” who held the Refuse Fascism poster titled: “Women and LGBTQ people are full human beings, not objects to be grabbed, demeaned, victimized, and denied their fundamental right to control their reproduction, and how they choose to live.” The poster is filled with the damning facts about these crimes.

The speakers condemned the Christian fascist Mike Pence and his many actions against women and LGBTQ people when he was governor of Indiana, including his determination to end abortion entirely. They called out the threat to women’s lives by this regime and their Republi-fascist cohorts in Congress, who plan to slash health benefits for over 20 million people, and their plan to deprive women of life-saving medical assistance by blocking all funds going to Planned Parenthood.

They also called out the disgusting promotion of misogyny that Trump represents and has turned loose, and the impact this is already having in society, including on young children in the schools. Sunsara Taylor said: “The Fascist Fox News Network puts misogynists and women-haters on the air, because the fascist-backed news station is misogyny incorporated; women-hating incorporated.” And she spoke about how they whipped up a lynch mob atmosphere against abortion providers, including Dr. George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country who performed third-trimester abortions, who was assassinated in his church after he was called “Tiller, the baby killer” 28 times by Bill O’Reilly and other Fox News reporters.

During this passionate and inspiring event half a dozen or more passersby, mainly women, stopped and picked up the NO! signs, holding them while they listened intently to the speakers. Each of the Handmaids made statements, including a young writer who decided she had to come down and be a part of it. At the end the plans for the July 15th demonstrations were announced. This is the challenge: If any of these true crimes of the Trump regime move you, you need to be out there on July 15th, standing with the half of humanity who are women. The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!

Refuse Fascism Kicks Off 100 Hours of NO! at the Fox “Fascist News Network”

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Tuesday at noon, RefuseFascism.org kicked off 100 continuous hours of protest in front of “Fox Fascist News Network” in midtown Manhattan. In their press release they described Fox as “the Goebbels of the Fascist Trump/Pence Regime. This is not hyperbole. This statement is based on actual facts, unlike the steady stream of lies and threats spewed from the regime’s mouthpieces at FOX.” The plan is for Sunsara Taylor, RefuseFascism.org, and many others to “deliver a living indictment of the Fox Fascist News Network and the Trump/Pence Regime. For 100 Hours, day and night, they will call on people to come testify and protest against the Trump/Pence Regime and the hate-filled bullshit from the mouthpiece of FOX.”

It did not take long to attract attention and draw sharp dividing lines among the streams of passersby. Sunsara and a number of speakers from Refuse Fascism called out the vicious, racist, anti-Muslim, misogynist actions and more already carried out by the Trump/Pence regime, and what they have in store if they aren’t forced out of power. They have set up a powerful display of seven 4-foot high posters at street level, each with facts about the Trump regime—about what they have done; what they say they will do; and what they have unleashed across the country—to women and the LGBTQ community; to immigrants; to Muslims; to Black, Latino and other oppressed people; to the environment; to civil liberties; and to the countries and people of the world. Right away people began stopping to listen, to read, and many to learn about the movement to Drive Out the Trump/Pence Regime and the call for the July 15 nationwide protests.

Many were glad to see and hear a raw, uncompromising condemnation of the Trump/Pence regime and the role that Fox News has been playing as the regime’s leading propaganda organ. They listened to the agitation; looked at, read, and took pictures of the posters to read later; and some signed up to become a part of Refuse Fascism and July 15. Others stopped, horrified and in some cases angered to see “their” president being so boldly exposed and denounced. Some of these people were so steeped in their own “alternative” facts they denied every actual fact on the posters. According to NBC News, things “quickly came to a boil” and a passerby shouted, “Make America great again!” And there were many others who were challenged, some because they are attracted to Trump’s “America First” call, while having questions about many of the things Trump has said and done.

This “occupation” is a very dynamic situation; it calls for many, many people to spread the word about and join the protest in front of Fox, and to get organized for July 15.

12 noon Tuesday July 11
100 Hours Of NO! at The FOX FASCIST NEWS NETWORK

Culminating on July 15 in protests in 15 cities to demand:
THE TRUMP/PENCE REGIME MUST GO!
In the name of humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America!

What: 100 continuous hours of indictment of FOX Fascist News
When: 12:00 pm Tuesday 7/11 going for 100 hours
Where: Fox Fascist News Network 1211 Ave of the Americas, NYC

FOX is the Fascist News Network — the Goebbels of the Fascist Trump/Pence Regime. This is not hyperbole. This statement is based on actual facts, unlike the steady stream of lies and threats spewed from the regime’s mouthpieces at FOX.

RefuseFascism.org says that this must be stopped and can only be stopped by the mass action of the people.

For 100 hours beginning at high noon Tuesday, July 11, building towards and culminating in nation-wide protests on Saturday July 15 to demand, “The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!” Sunsara Taylor, RefuseFascism.org, and many others will deliver a living indictment of the Fox Fascist News Network and the Trump/Pence Regime. For 100 Hours, day and night, they will call on people to come testify and protest against the Trump/Pence Regime and the hate-filled bullshit from the mouthpiece of FOX.

Mexicans are “rapists.” Punch protesters “in the face.” Grab women by their genitals. This is Trump. This is what FOX promotes. The Trump/Pence Regime is using the full force of the state to terrorize and tear apart immigrant families; to ban Muslims; to pour gasoline on the flames of a climate in crisis; to deprive women, LGBTQ people, disabled people, and Black, Latino, Native American people of basic rights; to menace the world with nuclear weapons; and to fire, bludgeon, threaten, and unleash violence against all opposition. The Trump/Pence Regime is a fascist regime. Fox is their biggest bullhorn. History has shown that fascism must be stopped before it becomes too late.

It starts on Tuesday July 11. The truth about this regime will be spoken. The lies of Trump/Pence/FOX refuted. We are calling on people to come down and testify. 100 HOURS OF GETTING READY for July 15 Nationwide Protests to Demand: The Trump Pence Regime Must GO!

#100HoursOfNo
#J15TrumpPenceMustGo

Sunsara Taylor is a writer for Revolution newspaper and co-initiator of RefuseFascism.org who has sparred over years on Fox with Bill O’Reilly and other hosts, most recently with Tucker Carlson when she compared Trump to Hitler.

RefuseFascism.org is a nationwide movement that unites people of many perspectives and from all walks of life who recognize that the Trump/Pence Regime is a fascist regime that must be driven from power through the mass political protest of millions of people. They do this not just for themselves, but in the name of humanity.