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Trump has been impeached! A cause for celebration and increased determination. Now let’s go all the way to drive Trump and the whole fascist regime from power. [see upcoming events below] Join the #OUTNOW! Movement The Trump/Pence Regime  Must Go NOW! EVERY DAY THAT THE TRUMP/PENCE REGIME REMAINS IN POWER THREATENS THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY AND THE PLANET. Everyone with a conscience must face this hard truth. But that alone is not enough—we must now ACT ON IT. There is a way to remove this whole regime—the #OUTNOW Movement of sustained, non-violent protest that doesn’t stop until the regime has been removed from power Donald Trump has been impeached in the House of Representatives, indicted on two charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. For all of us who have looked on in horror as this regime’s crimes escalate – children in cages, environmental protections shredded, violence threatened against political opponents, and more – it is a moment of celebration that at last this fascist criminal is getting a first taste of justice. This is a real advance. With impeachment, we enter 2020, the fourth year of this hateful presidency, on new terrain. The terms have now changed, in a way that greatly heightens the potential for driving out the whole fascist Trump/Pence regime. (continued below)

Come to a mass organizing meetings to dig into and plan how to develop the week after week movement of sustained mass protests involving a broad diversity of people demanding Trump/Pence Out NOW! Saturday, January 4 - 2:00 pm Mass Organizing Meeting About Face Theatre offices  5252 N. Broadway Chicago

With a new surge of hope and energy, now is the time to seize the moment and join together, recognizing that only a determined struggle of thousands and then millions taking to the streets in continuing protests can create a crisis from below that could force this whole regime from power. A great struggle still lies ahead. The stakes have been raised. The cracks and strains in our political class are more visible than ever. A Republican Party now well-hardened around its fascist core is in full standoff with a Democratic Party that felt compelled to take the momentous step of impeaching a President for only the third time in U.S. history. An impeachment trial is expected in the Senate in January to determine whether or not Trump will be removed from power. But Trump and with the fascist Republicans in lockstep are intensifying their threats and vowing not to convict him or have an impartial trial. The danger that impeachment without removal will leave intact a fascist regime – now full of vengeance and more emboldened to drive forward with its program – has never been higher. And in the unlikely scenario that the Senate votes to convict Trump and remove him from office, the Christian fascist wing of the regime, led by Mike Pence, is poised to take over and hammer in their own theocratic vision of society, backed by the Bible taken literally. In January, as the impeachment of Trump roils in the U.S. Senate, a mass movement of the people demanding Trump/Pence #OutNow must grow… each week making advances and becoming a magnetic force of all who feel that life here and around the world will be unbearable under the fascism the Trump/Pence regime is rapidly imposing. We must follow the examples of millions all over the world carrying out mass struggle to demand regime change because they feel they cannot go on another day with what their rulers are doing. Don’t we face a situation that demands this same level of determination? Can anyone dispute that the Trump/Pence regime poses a catastrophic danger to humanity? Concentration camps on the border… environmental devastation accelerated… war, even nuclear war, casually threatened… white supremacist rule… fascist mobs and racist mass murderers… truth and science erased… the right to abortion near gone… the rule of law and democratic and civil rights stripped away… THIS IS FASCISM UNFOLDING AND IN POWER. Our power is the power of the people acting with determination – not to protest one day and go home, but flood the streets, with people of many different points of view acting together, in sustained non-violent protest – starting in our hundreds, soon becoming thousands, and ultimately millions – refusing to stop until the whole Trump/ Pence regime has been removed from power. Together, we must make January a month of struggle, building a broad based #OUTNOW! Movement to advance this great cause.

Saturday January 4 or Sunday January 5 Come to mass organizing meetings around the country to discuss, brainstorm and plan how to develop the week after week movement of sustained mass protest. Come on behalf of your schools, congregations, social justice and student groups, neighborhood associations, or as unaffiliated individuals who want to take on the greatest challenge facing humanity today. How can we, together, win growing numbers of people to take up this demand and join us in the streets to make it real? Volunteer to join #OUTNOW in DC during the Impeachment trial. Contact us at info@refusefascism.org to volunteer, to donate to cover expenses, to provide places for people to stay… Saturday January 11 mass protests – as the Impeachment hearings are in full swing.  Go to refusefascism.org for a protest near you or how to organize your own #OUTNOW! protest. January 18-20 Bringing the OUTNOW program of continuing, sustained mass protest to demand  #OUTNOW! to the Women’s Marches. January 25 Mass protests in cities across the country that mark a leap in sustained non-violent protest demanding OUTNOW!

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You Are Invited… to A Holiday Party With a Mission

#OutNOW Holiday Party

Monday, Dec. 30, 7 pm to 10 pm
Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont, Chicago
Facebook event to join, invite, share

We'll have live performances, a raffle with some great prizes, and #OutNOW gear. $20 suggested donation

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Above, protests are sweeping India in response to
fascist measures imposed by their government

The Nativity scene at Claremont United Methodist
Church this year, showing the Holy Family in
cages and baby Jesus wrapped in silver mylar "blankets"

The holidays are a time of family (whether birth or chosen) coming together in celebration and reflection. While we remember loved ones, we also remember the young migrant children separated from their families, the families held in abominable ICE prisons, the desperate migrants waiting in camps across the border with no refuge, and our own neighbors living in dread and fear of ICE raids at their workplace, school or homes. So let us renew our commitment to end all of this - not just protest one day but end it.

There is a way. Millions of people in India and elsewhere are showing us how, right now! Here in the US, articles of impeachment have finally been passed, and this presents an opening and a challenge to bring thousands into the streets, determined to push that further and not stop until Trump and Pence are GONE! Join us in growing the #OutNOW movement, and commit to taking January by storm.

That will not happen without funds to fuel this movement. Nationwide, our goal is to raise $26,407 by January 1. Please dig deep and share whatever you can, knowing that every dollar will help turn dread for the future into a force for hope.

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Join us Saturday December 14th at Millennium Park at Randolph & Michigan Bring Joy To The World! Demand: Trump/Pence Out Now! There is No Santa Claus and He Won't Remove Trump/Pence. Trump/Pence Out NOW! Bring joy to children everywhere this season by acting to put an end to the regime that locks them in cages and imperils their future. We will rally and march through busy shopping areas with dramatic visuals and sounds to sound the alarm about the danger of the Trump/Pence regime and to shake people out of a mind-numbing consumerist daze that glosses over a society of unspeakable atrocities. December 14 is a day of protest nationwide. It’s part of a month of creative actions, banner drops and responding to unfolding fascist moves in order to disturb the normalization and complicity with fascism of far too many people who think they oppose Trump/Pence but are passively going along with it. The political system will not self-correct to halt fascism but there is the potential to arouse millions who do care to stand up and genuinely act in the interests of humanity.

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SATURDAY December 14 NATIONAL #OUTNOW Protest 1 pm, Millennium Park, Randolph & MichiganFacebook event to join, invite, share And now, a very special message from someone who knows something about saviors: there is no savior coming to stop Trump... Watch now on facebook >> DONATE TO STOP TRUMP / PENCE Phone: 312-488-9465 Chicago@refusefascism.org Facebook.com/refusefascismchicago @RefuseFascismCH For text alerts, text NOTRUMP to 33222

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CELEBRATION AND REPORT BACK FROM THE SLAVE REBELLION REENACTMENT SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17th 3PM to 6PM REVOLUTION CLUB CHICAGO ORGANIZING CENTER 1857 E 71st STREET Fundraiser for the National Revolution Tour On November 8th and 9th an historic work of art came to life in Louisiana, creating something new and inspiring that has disturbed the air with more reverberations yet to come. Slave Rebellion Reenactment involved hundreds of people bringing into the present the largest slave revolt in U.S. history, that happened in Louisiana in 1811. Hundreds of Black people carrying machetes and other weapons, marched 26 miles over two days on the route the rebelling slaves marched, now a modern landscape. They chanted “On to New Orleans! Freedom or death! We’re going to end slavery. Join us!” People came out to witness and take part. This artwork was conceived and led by artist Dread Scott, who said it is not about slavery, but about freedom and emancipation. He reimagined the outcome of the rebellion, with the slaves victorious and ending in a celebration in Congo Square in New Orleans. The question “What if” that rebellion had actually been successful – and the questions that opens up about the present and future – are part of the light this incredible artwork shines. Four members of Revolution Club, Chicago drove to Louisiana to take part in this work. They were part of the collective effort with people from all over who together changed something and in the process changed each other and themselves. Come hear from them, break bread, and share in the experience. This celebration and report-back will include dinner and will be a fundraiser for the Get Organized For An Actual Revolution National Tour: You Think You’re Woke, But You’re Sleepwalking Through a Nightmare, This System Cannot Be Reformed, It Must Be Overthrown. The tour has been traveling around the country since March, working to develop a growing movement for actual revolution for the emancipation of humanity, to organize thousands and put on the map the leadership and science to make this revolution, Bob Avakian and the new communism he has developed. This has required tens of thousands of dollars donated in large and small donations and by people who have stepped up to give monthly contributions, and much more is needed in order to continue and grow the tour. Volunteers on the tour have needed to travel all over the country, and have basic needs met (like eating food!) while they are working full-time on this. Money is also needed for materials like flyers and banners, etc. Currently the tour is in New York, but just in the last weekend, in addition to being part of this trip to Louisiana, members of the tour traveled to Washington D.C. and Atlanta, working to have an impact on the whole political situation in this country, throwing all-in with fierce determination and science to the fight to bring forward mass sustained non-violent protest to drive out the fascist Trump/Pence regime. Requested donations are $10, but nobody will be turned away for lack of funds, and those who can donate more are encouraged to give more to make up for those who can’t give as much. Contributions to the dinner of main dishes, desserts, or side dishes are welcome. Please call 312.804.9121 to coordinate if you would like to contribute food for the dinner.

NOW IS THE TIME to TAKE to the STREETS to DEMAND:

TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW!

Saturday, November 16

                                    1PM Millennium Park
                                   Randolph and Michigan

The Trump/Pence Regime poses a catastrophic danger to humanity. Concentration Camps on the border… environmental devastation accelerated… the danger of war, even nuclear, threatened… white supremacy rules… fascist mobs and racist mass murderers… truth and science erased… the right to abortion near gone… the rule of law and democratic and civil rights are stripped away… THIS IS FASCISM UNFOLDING.

If you are anguished by what the Trump/Pence regime has already done and filled with dread for the future, will you bury your hopes and conscience? Or, will you join us in protest? Come on out and make a real difference. NOW IS THE TIME.

Political lines are drawn, impeachment hearings have begun. We must not be spectators…it’s time for the people to act.

#OUTNOW Received from Refuse Fascism Chicago

3 dates left
Chicago: 
Rise Up and Demand Trump/Pence Must Go! -NOW
Saturday November 2, 
1 pm 
facebook event here

The time has come to launch mass, sustained, non-violent protests that come back week after week, refusing to stop until the Trump/Pence Regime has been removed from power. 

IT BEGAN: Saturday, October 19 in New York & Los Angeles

IT SPREAD NATIONWIDE : Saturday, October 26 

IT CONTINUES NATIONWIDE PROTESTS - 

In Chicago, meet at Millennium Park, Wrigley Square, 

corner of Randolph & Michigan Ave, Loop

and THE FOLLOWING SATURDAYS  11/9 and  11/16

Puerto Rico and Hong Kong show us how: 
TrumpPence #OutNOW!

Concentration camps on the border... the earth melts and burns... the danger of war, even nuclear... white supremacy rules... fascist mobs and mass murderers... truth and science erased... the right to abortion near gone... democratic and civil rights are stripped away... THIS IS FASCISM UNFOLDING.

The Trump/Pence regime must go now because of the danger it poses to humanity. It must go now because fascism eliminates the right to dissent, undermining every aspiration and struggle for justice... it has direction and momentum that must be stopped before it becomes too late.

Impeachment hearings have begun – opening a new stage of struggle. The Trump/Pence regime and their hardcore base are gearing up and will not give up. The Democratic Party leadership refuses to utter the word Fascism and have conciliated and facilitated the assault on fundamental rights. Any illusions that “we can leave things to the Democrats” or wait til 2020 would be extremely dangerous. The only way to stop is by manifesting the power of millions in the streets. We must seize on the crisis now erupting to take history into our own hands – turning dread for the future into a force for hope.

The world as we have known it is being torn asunder. We must cast off fear and passivity because the future depends on it. Let's refuse to allow our differences to stand in the way of rising together in an unprecedented, unrelenting mass struggle to confront the danger of a Trump/Pence fascist America.
In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! 

#TrumpPenceOutNow
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