“The biggest domestic threat to our Constitution is Donald Trump and those that support him,” said one marcher, describing himself as a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Army.
Deceleration stumbled into former and current Republicans at the Hands Off! march in San Antonio joining millions worldwide rallying against recent Trump actions, including the dismantling of federal agencies and social services, and in favor of fundamental human rights.
With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond — including refusal, resistance, and ridicule.
If we don’t successfully challenge the government’s unconstitutional seizure of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, this behavior will become the model for repressing labor organizers, racial justice advocates, reproductive justice efforts, climate activists, and more, the authors write.
As Trump launched a tariff war on Tuesday with the U.S.’s largest trading partners and attacked his political enemies, thousands rallied across the nation—including San Antonio—to fight back against the autocratic executive’s power grab.
‘People were frozen, I knew that. It wasn’t the stunned shock of 2016; this time around, it was exhaustion. But it also felt like people were thinking. What we’d done before hadn’t worked. What would? No one knew. Yet.’
‘Why is CenterPoint Energy making billions while people die? Why is Encor and other electric utilities making massive profits, when none of that comes back to us?’ — Dave Cortez, Texas Sierra Club
History is full of lessons from those who’ve faced — and defeated — authoritarian regimes. Their victories remind us that in crisis there is also opportunity.