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May 7, 18
Filed under: Announcement, Midwest, The State, White Supremacy
Trump is coming to Indiana on Thursday, May 10th. The following is a call from organizers on the ground for a mass mobilization in Elkhart, IN against Donald Trump. Students also organizing walk-out the day before.
Thursday, May 10th Trump is coming to Elkhart, IN for a campaign stop. Originally, Trump was set to speak at a local airport in South Bend, Indiana, in support of various Republicans running for office, but after calls for anti-Trump protests grew, Trump’s airport speech was cancelled, and was then moved to a nearby school.
Now Trump is set to speak at Elkhart Northside Middle School in the gymnasium. Parking can be found at 1300 Cassopolis St. in Elkhart, IN. The doors for the event are set to open at 3 PM, however organizers state Trump may not speak until 7 PM. More info can be found here.
The goal of our mobilization is simple.
Since Trump’s election, the rhetoric has been pushed so far to the Right that his followers have begun engaging in a series of ridiculous crimes against humanity including acts of murder, violence, and harassment while promoting the most authoritarian and reactionary policies in the history of this country. We want to show that it has no place in South Bend, Elkhart, or anywhere. Together, we will oppose the rise of fascism, whether it comes in white sheets or $1,000 suits protected by the Secret Service.
Above all, we will defend our communities from the fascists and racists. Everywhere that Trump goes, violence follows and he encourages it. From encouraging Nazi Matthew Heimbach to violence at a campaign rally in Kentucky to his reaction to Charlottesville (“good people on both sides”), Trump encourages the most ridiculous and shameful violence towards anybody he doesn’t like – basically everybody who’s not a rich, cishet, white male. With the potential for a large right wing presence that will surely be heavily protected by police, the need for a mass convergence is clear. This is all hands on deck.
For coordinating info or to get in contact with organizers, message the page:
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