State of Emergency and Beyond “Indivisible"

WE MUST FIND ANY AND ALL EFFECTIVE WAYS TO EXERT ENOUGH PRESSURE TO DIMINISH THE HARM OF THE TRUMP/REPUBLICAN AGENDA.

With the Trump Administration past the initial inauguration stage, Americans will be negatively impacted by more and more actions and policies, either executive or Congressional, that harm our democracy, undermine hard won norms of respect in our multicultural society and, generally, further disadvantage the 99%.

Trump's strategic vision of chaos: Inventing a
non-existent crisis  so he can "solve" it
by Heather Digby Parton, Salon, February 22, 2017

In particular, given the ineptitude of the Trump Administration and the President's deception and emotional volatility, we are now at a vastly increased risk for many different kinds of crises, domestic and international. Also, the Trump Administration increases the real possibility of profound worldwide economic decline, heightened levels of international tensions, and increased, outright military conflicts. 

THIS IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND IF IT IS MADE TO SEEM NORMAL, 

IT IS DONE SO AT OUR PERIL.

What can we do to avoid a dark future under an incompetent, deceitful, mentally unstable President and Republican Congress? 

How do we deal with the “Donald” and his GOP supporters who are concerned with promoting the well-being of the economic elite and demonstrate an absence of sympathy/concern for the 99%? 

Our hope is an on-going and growing,
active and popular resistance movement.

The Resistance movement has to move beyond attempts to lobby/pressure the Republican Congress to be responsive to the MANDATE OF THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST TRUMP -  AND THE EVEN LARGER MAJORITY OPPOSED TO TRUMP (as measured by all the National voter surveys before the election).

A permanent resistance is needed and this permanent resistance must use varied creative ways of mobilizing more voters to oppose the radically backward attack upon central American values and hard won gains!

• frequent, regular, (and spontaneous) protest demonstrations (including work stoppages, etc.)
• “ town hall meetings”
• community political education meetings
• teach-ins
• coordinate efforts with other like-minded groups - locally, statewide, nationwide

Please check out the article and video below.

"Studies show it takes just 3.5 percent of a population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance to topple a dictatorship."  By Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet February 8, 2017

WE MUST FIND ANY AND ALL EFFECTIVE WAYS TO EXERT ENOUGH PRESSURE TO DIMINISH THE HARM
OF THE TRUMP/REPUBLICAN AGENDA.

#TheResistance

Never give up. Never give in. We must WIN.

#resist Trump’s Assault on America’s Democracy

We need a CONTINUAL RESISTANCE to President Trump's BIGOTRY and his ASSAULT upon America's FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES!

"Donald Trump has changed his mind on these 7 campaign promises", by Amy Graff; The San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 2016

NO objective observer can doubt that President Trump does not give the press basic adequate access to his policy positions and that he routinely purveys falsehoods as well as vague and frequently changeable versions of his beliefs and policy positions.

"Trump wages war against the media as demonstrators
protest his presidency" 

Moreover, President Trump shares this with other demagogic leaders that have attempted to undermine democratic governance (and too frequently succeeded in creating Authoritarian regimes) – that he ENGAGES IN A “WAR” AGAINST PRESS COVERAGE that results in the public not being adequately able to fully and accurately understand reality, e.g. the threat from human driven global warming.

            

"Media critic: Press needs to stop acting like Trump’s ‘botoxed Riefenstahls’ and realize he’s at war with them." by Tom Boggioni, Raw Story, Feb. 4, 2017

The most important issue in regard to President Trump's WAR AGAINST THE PRESS is not the lack of access, the falsehoods or the frequent flipping positions/meanings. It is the implicit and explicit bullying treatment and threats of punishment – familiar in authoritarian regimes (ideological – China, oligarchic – Russia, military - Egypt, nominally democratic – Turkey). Whether and how President Trump will cross the line by using the legal system for punishment, remains to be seen.

AN INFORMED, ACTIVELY ENGAGED CITIZENRY IS
THE GREAT BULWARK AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM.

CONTINUAL RESISTANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WAR ON A FREE PRESS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO PROTECTING AMERICA'S DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.

#TheResistance

LEAD by EXAMPLE? Not a positive thing with Trump!

NEEDED: 

CONTINUAL RESISTANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BIGOTRY AND HIS ATTEMPT TO DESTROY ALL OF AMERICA'S FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES

It is by now clear that President Trump is a demagogic leader having gained popular support in the primaries and the election by appealing to wide ranging prejudices and also showing complete ignorance of the consequences of his (generally vague) policy statements/positions. It is, at least, just as obvious that President Trump relies primarily upon bullying and threats to try to get what he wants.

One unmistakable consequence of President Trump's bigotry and bullying is that the President is modeling the acceptability of bigotry and demeaning behavior by his supporters- based on any and all of their prejudices. Bigotry and bullying are “normalized” among the President's supporters (and for many of the young).

Twitter user suspended for 'calling out bigotry (Jan. 9, 2017)

Another implication of the contemptuous ways in which President Trump has publicly exhibited his bigotry is to treat individuals and groups that he is prejudiced towards as well as opponents and critics of his practices and policies etc. as types of “objects” that are worthy of belittling with DEHUMANIZING words and, by implication, DEHUMANIZING treatment. WIDESPREAD DEMEANING BEHAVIOR UNDERMINES SOCIETAL UNITY AND THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUE OF INCLUSIVENESS AND RESPECT FOR ALL.

Furthermore, fundamentally disrespectful treatment by those in positions of greater power, in this case great power, has additional negative impacts upon the individuals and groups that are targets of bigotry – socially damaging (reducing opportunities, supportive resources etc.) and diminishing the power of social action/agency. 

Therefore, we must act together against this challenge to the multiculturalism that is synonymous with the American Democratic ideal around the world. 

RESISTANCE TO PRESIDENT'S TRUMP'S BIGOTRY MUST BE WIDELY BASED - AND CONTINUAL.

Don't give up. Don't give in. We MUST WIN.

#TheResistance