Dear John,

God I hate sending you this email.

Yesterday afternoon, Kamala Harris conceded the presidential election to Donald Trump. Republicans have also won control of the Senate, and possibly the House of Representatives too.

Tens of millions of people are now endangered on a scale and intensity almost unheard of in modern America.

If you are grieving or frightened, you are not alone. Tens of millions of Americans feel the way you do.

However, today I have a clear and urgent message for you: It’s time to get to work, because the resistance begins immediately, right now.

That’s why I’m asking you today: If you can afford it, will you donate $5 a month to Inequality Media and help jump-start our efforts to stop Donald Trump’s cruel and radical agenda and protect those most in harm’s way?

Yes, Robert! I’ll start a monthly donation.

No, I’m sorry, I can’t chip in monthly.

Inequality Media was the front lines back in 2017 when Donald Trump’s first presidency began. We know how to stop the worst parts of his agenda, and we will do it again.

We will do that by organizing our communities. By fighting through the courts. By arguing our case through social media. By circumventing the mainstream media and getting the truth out directly to people online.

We will ask other Americans to join us — left and right, progressive and conservative, white people and people of color. It will be the largest and most powerful resistance since the American revolution.

It will be peaceful. We will not succumb to violence, which would only give Trump and his regime an excuse to use organized violence against us.

This will not be easy, but in the face of Donald Trump’s tyranny, it is our sacred responsibility to protect those who are in harm’s way.

Millions of people must now live in fear of being swept up by Trump’s cruel mass deportation plan — documented immigrants as well as undocumented, and millions of American citizens with undocumented parents or spouses.

Women and girls must now fear that they’ll be forced to give birth or be denied life-saving care during an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage.

America has become less safe for trans people — including trans kids — who were already at risk of violence and discrimination.

Also in danger are people who have stood up to Trump, who has promised to seek revenge against his political opponents.

I still have faith in America. But right now, that’s little comfort to the people who are most at risk.

All I can say to reassure you is that time and again, Americans have opted for the common good. We have come to each other’s aid. We have resisted cruelty.

We supported one another during the Great Depression. We were victorious over Hitler’s fascism and Soviet communism. We survived Joe McCarthy’s witch-hunts, Richard Nixon’s crimes, Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam war, the horrors of 9/11, and George W. Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Although peaceful and non-violent, this resistance will nonetheless be committed and determined. It will encompass every community in America. And it will endure as long as necessary.

So please, if you’re in a position, will you chip in $5 a month to Inequality Media and help support our efforts to stop Donald Trump’s cruel and radical agenda?

Yes, Robert! I’ll start a monthly donation.

No, I’m sorry, I can’t chip in monthly.

Robert Reich
Inequality Media