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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProtest against what Donald Trump represents, not who he is
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Trumpism is on the march everywhere: Donald Trump himself is simply its most striking manifestation. There is every chance it will further radicalise and shift to extremes, particularly if there is another economic downturn, for which we are overdue. History tells us that when the racist right is on the rise, we dont sit back and hope for the best: we mobilise and fight back. And thats why the mass protests against his visit will be a launchpad for a decisive pushback against increasingly triumphalist right and far-right movements.
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Yes, Trump is a contemptible misogynist, an anti-Muslim bigot, a scapegoater of migrants, a man whose administration separates screaming children from their parents and locks them in cages. Yet the protests against him must not see him simply as a pantomime villain, but as the chief representative of an extremely dangerous global movement.
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/12/protest-donald-trump-protest-hatred|
Owen Jones is right, baby blimp aside.....as we protest tomorrow we need to be calling out the policies because all of our safeties are at risk....
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)a conservative, entitled, racist, malignant narcissist.
Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)about certain GOP and/or tRump policies.....anti-gun support, DACA, the ACA, tax scam, kidnapped immigrant children, the climate, the Russia investigation, Women's rights, etc. Perhaps the article is regarding the outside of the US protests, but those "foreign" protests do not occur as frequently as the US domestic ones do. Because there are so many domestic issues as well as international ones, the international protests can and should focus on the issues that apply to them such as NATO, Climate Change, global economy, etc. Of course they hate the moron as much as we do and I am grateful for any and all support from them and their govt to help us in this fight. The foreign protests are against the man/baby and he IS his policies...that is all that needs to be seen as far as I am concerned. RESIST! RESIST IN THE US AND ABROAD!