[WSMDiscuss] Fw: [pga na] 6/13: New Campaign Prepares Mass Mobilization Should Trump Refuse to 'Leave Willingly' If Defeated in November
jasper teunissen
jasperteunissen at hotmail.com
Sun Jun 14 03:57:15 CEST 2020
Seriously? The dangers of Trump-world are completely clear, but this
"narrative" is worse than dangerous. What/who are we fighting for then?
A fearful and paranoid left is the best opposition Trump could wish for
in his battle against fellow bunkerboy Biden. The NGO's behind this are
the same career creeps who promoted Russiagate psychosis, a completely
dumb impeachment, and contributed to the sidetracking of "radical"
Sanders. This is no deep state darkness, this is very shallow stuff:
exploiting the fears of middle class America. They are willingly paving
the way for Trump burning down the White House and blame "the Antifa".
Because prematurely negotiating your right to 'safely take to the
streets' and 'potential work strikes' after the anticipated fact of
fascism coming to America openly, is just disgustingly cowardly. And
worse, it's disgustingly ignorant of an ongoing struggle of people who
have never ever been safe in the streets of America, a struggle that is
fully worthy to be supported by actual work strikes right now.
Op 13-6-2020 om 13:53 schreef kolya abramsky via WSM-Discuss:
> Seems this is a very real possibility that people outside of the US
> also need to be preparing for, both as movements and
> governments/diplomats and multilateral institutions.....
> ----- Forwarded message -----
> *From:* 李小轩 <pga at lists.riseup.net>
> *To:* "pga at lists.riseup.net" <pga at lists.riseup.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 13 June 2020, 08:30:13 BST
> *Subject:* [pga na] 6/13: New Campaign Prepares Mass Mobilization
> Should Trump Refuse to 'Leave Willingly' If Defeated in November
>
>
> New Campaign Prepares Mass Mobilization Should Trump Refuse to
> 'Leave Willingly' If Defeated in November
>
> "Preparing for the possibility of Trump refusing to concede isn't just
> reasonable, it's the responsible thing to do."
>
> June 13, 2020
> Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
>
> https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/12/new-campaign-prepares-mass-mobilization-should-trump-refuse-leave-willingly-if?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email
>
> "I will totally accept the results of this great and historic
> presidential election... /if I win/."
>
> That was then-candidate Donald Trump's message
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/us/politics/campaign-election-trump-clinton.html>
> to his supporters and the nation just a month before his victory over
> Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.
>
> "We're sounding the alarm: Trump could refuse to accept defeat this
> November. We have to be ready."
> —Indivisible
>
> Four years later, with less than five months to go until the 2020
> presidential election, progressive advocacy groups are preparing to
> mobilize millions of people should Trump lose to presumptive
> Democratic nominee Joe Biden and refuse to accept the results.
>
> On Friday, Stand Up America and Indivisible launched
> <https://protecttheresults.com/> a "Protect the Results" campaign
> aimed at encouraging all Americans to "protect and defend the valid
> results of the election whether their preferred candidate wins or loses."
>
> "Trump has no respect for the rule of law, and we have no reason to
> believe he will leave willingly after losing reelection," Ezra Levin,
> co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible, said in a
> statement. "Preparing for the possibility of Trump refusing to concede
> isn't just reasonable, it's the responsible thing to do."
>
> Indivisible and Stand Up warn on their campaign's website
> <https://protecttheresults.com/> that "there is no line he won't
> cross," pointing to Trump's threat
> <https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-by-the-president-39/>
> last week to deploy the U.S. military to quash nationwide protests
> against the police killing of George Floyd.
>
> "We cannot ignore the threat that Trump poses to our democracy and a
> peaceful transition," the groups said. "We will stand together to
> ensure that if Trump loses the 2020 presidential election he will not
> throw our country into a constitutional crisis."
>
> Indivisible and Stand Up said in a joint statement Friday that they
> hope to "build a network of millions of Americans who pledge to take
> action should Trump refuse to accept the results or if he attempts to
> declare victory while the actual outcome remains unclear."
>
> The groups said they plan to use a text alert system to:
>
> * Mobilize Americans to safely take to the streets;
> * Build a coalition of organizations willing to engage their members
> to take action, including protests and potential work strikes;
> * Drive calls to state and local election officials to ensure that
> every vote is being counted accurately, especially as tens of
> millions of Americans are likely to cast their ballots by mail;
> and/or,
> * Put pressure on key elected officials to stand up for our
> democracy and denounce any attempts by Trump to undermine the
> outcome of the election.
>
> "We can't bury our heads in the sand and pretend that Trump is not a
> threat to our democracy," said Stand Up founder and president Sean
> Eldridge. "The American people must be ready to protect the results of
> the 2020 election."
>
> Since taking office in 2017, Trump has repeatedly
> <https://theweek.com/speedreads/852099/trump-just-joked-about-being-president-life--6th-time>
> floated the possibility
> <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/30/be-given-our-stolen-time-back-trump-once-again-signals-desire-illegally-extend-term?fbclid=IwAR274PiV43mMjxDvttO9QWRC1dNO7gCmnVzblZSEfMcqdUF0BtfK0RYuErs>
> of remaining in office beyond his constitutionally allotted term
> during rallies
> <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kentucky-rally-21-years-white-house-2020-election-a9185336.html>
> and on Twitter
> <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/22/trolling-america-trump-pins-tweet-showing-him-staying-power-until-forever>.
>
> "The Fake News is not as important, or as powerful, as Social Media,"
> Trump tweeted
> <https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1149345680189722630> last
> July. "When I ultimately leave office in six years, or maybe 10 or 14
> (just kidding), they will quickly go out of business."
>
> A month later, Trump suggested
> <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/30/be-given-our-stolen-time-back-trump-once-again-signals-desire-illegally-extend-term?fbclid=IwAR274PiV43mMjxDvttO9QWRC1dNO7gCmnVzblZSEfMcqdUF0BtfK0RYuErs>
> on Twitter that his administration "should be given our stolen time
> back," referring to the Russia investigation that consumed much of the
> president's first two years in the White House.
>
> Levin told
> <https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-groups-plan-campaign-against-president-amid-fears-he-wont-leave-office-if-he-isnt-1510316?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1591952918>
> /Newsweek/ on Friday that there is good reason to believe Trump's
> remarks were more than mere jokes meant to rile up the media and his
> political opponents.
>
> "He wasn't joking when he teargassed peaceful protesters for a
> photo-op," Levin said. "This is a real concern people have."
>
>
> --
>
>
> --
> ***National Immigrant Solidarity Network
> http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org <http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/> *
> ************
> *ActionLA Coalition http://www.ActionLA.org <http://www.actionla.org/>
> Peace NO War Network http://www..PeaceNOWar.net
> <http://www.peacenowar.net/>
> Activist Video Service http://www.ActivistVideo.org
> <http://www.activistvideo.org/>
> China-US Bi-National Activist Solidarity Network
> http://www.chinadelegation.org <http://www.chinadelegation.org/>
>
> e-mail: ActivistWeb at gmail.com <http://ActivistWeb@gmail.com/>**
>
> Los Angeles: (213)403-0131
> Washington D.C.: (202)595-8990
>
> Please consider making a donation to the important work of National
> Immigrant Solidarity Network，Action LA and Peace NO War
>
> *
> image.jpeg
> *On-line Donation:
> https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/7315/donate_page/actionla-nisn
>
> Send check pay to:_
> Action LA/AFGJ_
>
> Actipn LA Network
> P.O. Box 751
> South Pasadena, CA 91031-0751*
> ---
> To unsubscribe: <mailto:pga-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net
> <mailto:pga-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net>>
> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists>
>
> ________________________________________
> ** Inspired by the World Social Forum, WSMDiscuss – the successor to a list named ‘WSFDiscuss’ started in 2005 - is an open, unmoderated, and self-organising forum for the exchange of information and views on the experience, practice, and theory of social and political movement at any level (local, national, regional, and global), including the World Social Forum. Join in ! **
> _______________________________________________
> World Social Movement Discuss mailing list
> POST to LIST : Send email to wsm-discuss at lists.openspaceforum.net
> SUBSCRIBE : Send empty email to wsm-discuss-subscribe at lists.openspaceforum.net
> UNSUBSCRIBE : Send empty email to wsm-discuss-unsubscribe at lists.openspaceforum.net
> LIST ARCHIVES : https://lists.openspaceforum.net/pipermail/wsm-discuss/
> LIST INFORMATION : https://lists.openspaceforum.net/mailman/listinfo/wsm-discuss
> POSTING GUIDELINES : http://openspaceforum.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=Mailing+List+Posting+Guidelines
> Old / previous WSFDiscuss List Archives : http://openspaceforum.net/pipermail/worldsocialforum-discuss_openspaceforum.net/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.openspaceforum.net/pipermail/wsm-discuss/attachments/20200614/ee179291/attachment.htm>
More information about the WSM-Discuss
mailing list