Standing United, We Can Turn It All Around
BACK TO THE STREETS for the National Day of Protest 2022!
Remember how it felt when we were in the streets of every city and town, challenging this violence, racism and impunity down to the foundations? For the first time in years, the PEOPLE were setting the terms, and this system knew it and feared it! In response, the Republican establishment unleashed its fascist goons in and out of uniform, while the Democrats started doling out huge grants and corporate donations to groups that often only delivered infighting and toothless reforms. One thing should be clear from the upsurge of violence and repression by cops and fascist vigilantes in 2022: when we give up the streets, we lose ground. We've got to get back out there, calling forward people from all parts of society to visibly oppose this dangerous tide of violence and repression in united and diverse ways.
The October 22nd Coalition has always united broadly across races, nationalities, and religious and political viewpoints, but we have also insisted that the only movement that stands a chance at turning back police violence is one that roots itself firmly among the people catching the most hell, mobilizes allies and collaborators throughout society, and remains independent of the powers that be. As we said in our Position Paper last year, we will work with and fight alongside those seeking reforms and electoral and policy changes who commit to stopping this genocide and escalating repression, as we build the kind of movement that keeps people mobilized and sees police violence and racist terror not as problems to be managed, but as ATROCITIES to be ENDED. At the core of our movement are the families and loved ones of the Stolen Lives, who know first-hand the devastation that unchecked police power brings. We stand with them resolutely and call on all justice-minded people to unite with Stolen Lives families nationwide, and take to the streets, the communities, the campuses and town squares to raise the demand, "Stop Police Brutality! Stop the Repression! Stop the Criminalization! NO MORE STOLEN LIVES!"
This October 22nd, stand with thousands across the country to express our collective outrage, creativity, and resistance in response to the crimes of this system. Uphold the tens of thousands of lives stolen by U.S. law enforcement over the past quarter century. Take part in the Fists Across America project. Join us if there is already an NDP event in your area. Create one if you are in an area where there is currently no one organizing. On October 22nd, WEAR BLACK, FIGHT BACK!
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