STOP FASCISM & WHITE SUPREMACY: Solidarity with Berkeley
Sunday August 27th, NYC Union Square, south side 3pm – to coincide with the counter-demonstration against the fascist mobilization in Berkeley RSVP on Facebook
Fascists and other white supremacists are coming to Berkeley this weekend and activists there have put out the call for a national day of action in solidarity with them. In the wake of Charlottesville, the streets of Boston last weekend were an unmistakable showing of the mass outrage against fascist mobilizations. More than 40,000 anti-fascists in Boston outnumbered the fascists 800 to 1 and made it impossible for them to congregate on Boston Common.
We need to continue to show our numbers and our refusal to allow Nazis to grow or mobilize. Anywhere, including this Sunday in NYC, 3pm, Union Square, south side. This weekend’s Far Right call to action convening in Berkeley will be met with mass resistance. A large ad hoc coalition is organizing a broad United Front protest to counter the Far Right. They have put out a call for a national weekend of solidarity actions. As one chant in at demonstration today highlights: “Wherever you go, whatever you do, we are many, you are few!” So next weekend, let’s outnumber the Fascists in Berkeley, but let’s also organize Nationally to make it is untenable to hold open racist gatherings of Nazis anywhere in this county.
Sponsored by: American Muslims for Palestine, Decolonize This Place, Graduate Workers of Columbia – UAW Local 2110, International Socialist Organization, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, Jews say No, Labor for Palestine, Labor for Standing Rock, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Science for the People
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We have seen, all too chillingly, the impact the Trump presidency has had on an emboldened and rebranded “alt-right”. Charlottesville has exposed the nature of these organized racists who aim to enact violence against people of color, activists, and anyone who stands in their way. While mourning the life of Heather Heyer, we must redouble our commitment to stopping these murderers in their tracks. We need to unite every organization and every individual in the shared goal of marginalizing their message, halting their efforts at organizing, and refusing to accept the normalization of Nazis in the streets.
Tens of thousands have rallied against the right since Charlottesville. We have another upcoming opportunity to stake our ground next weekend. Berkeley, which has been at the center of right wing mobilizations since the election, is calling for a day of solidarity actions as a broad, united front of trade unions and political and faith-based organizations seek to counter a far-right provocation. Now is the time to take up the call. There is a renewed opening in the aftermath of Charlottesville to unite tens of thousands across the country against racism, against fear, and against fascist mobilizations.
Let’s take this opportunity to build as large and broad a demonstration as we can here in NYC on August 27th. This is a crucial next step in better organizing our side, and to take on the fights against racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, Zionism, anti-Semitism and all the forms of oppression and hatred stoked by the Trump regime. Showing in numbers that these forces are not welcome is the only way to demoralize and isolate them. This is an urgent task.
