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Refuse Fascism Episode 102: Uploaded March 13 Sam Goldman interviews student organizers of recent walk-outs in Florida
against the new law excluding LGBTQ people from primary school
curricula.
Then, voices from the International Women’s Day marches for
abortion on demand and without apology including: Michelle Xai, Merle
Hoffman, Lori Sokol, Kathy Najimy, Dr. Bruce Price, Beila, Betty,
Araceli Herrera, Sunsara Taylor, Rev. Jacqui Lewis, and V (formerly Eve
Ensler).
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Oliver (high school student, Florida) : It began when I was scrolling through Instagram and I found the hashtag group that #DontSayGay
WalkOut and I saw a bunch of schools in Flagler County doing it and I
thought no one in my county had been doing it yet. I knew that this is
something that we had to make happen, because there's so many people in
generations before me who fought so hard for our right to not be
silenced and to just exist, and it is our turn to continue that. All in
all, it's the principle behind erasing our existence to younger kids.
Sam Goldman: This law, the Parental Rights and Education bill
(which opponents call the "Don't Say Gay" bill) illustrates what kind
of "greatness" these fascists are talking about when they say Make
America Great Again. Their vision of greatness is white, patriarchal
domination, and the goal of this bill is to erase what they see as a
major deviation from that. The immediate implication of this bill is to
make school even more unsafe for LGBTQ students in middle and high
school, 52% of whom, according to the Trevor Project, already
experienced bullying and 42% of whom seriously consider suicide.
Araceli Herrera: (translated from Spanish, speaking March 9 in NYC) I was raped. I suffered for years. I
was made fun of by people, by my neighbors, by my family. But the worst
people were the ones that made the laws that prohibits abortions. And
today I’ve stopped crying. Today is the day we begin to take to the
streets and scream loudly. I have the right to choose! I have the right
to have an abortion! Because it is my life, because it is my body!
Because we have the right to decide! It’s my choice! I won’t allow them
to take it away. Women, raise your voice! Get into the streets!
Starting today until the day of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court
decision that will affect our lives. Let’s get out and shout: we will
not allow you to take away our right!
from RiseUp4AbortionRights.org:
Next steps to RiseUp4AbortionRights:
March 19-21 Nationwide organizing meetings
Friday April 8 Wear the green bandana, international symbol of legal abortion rights
Saturday April 9 Nationwide protests
It's an abortion rights emergency, with the Supreme Court posed to gut or overturn legal abortion. We refuse to let them deny women's humanity or decimate their rights. Now is the time for everyone who believes that women and girls are full human beings – not incubators – to act to prevent a great horror. -- from RiseUp4AbortionRights statement.
>> Find a meeting or host a meeting to organize RiseUp4AbortionRights
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NYC Meeting: Sunday March 20
2:00 pm New York Live Arts 219 West 19th Street RSVP
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Atlanta Meeting: Monday March 21 7:30 pm ZOOM RSVP
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Austin Meeting: Sunday March 20 2:00 pm on ZOOM RSVP
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Boston Meeting:
Saturday March 19 2:00 pm Spiegel Auditorium, Cambridge Center
for Adult Education, 56 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA RSVP
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Chicago Meeting: Sunday March 20 3:00 pm ZOOM RSVP
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Cleveland Meeting: Saturday March 19 3:00 pm East Cleveland Public Library, 14101 Euclid Ave, East Cleveland OH RSVP
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Detroit Meeting: Sunday March 27 3:00 pm 15925 East 8 Mile Road, Eastpointe MI RSVP
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Honolulu Meeting, Sunday March 20 10:00 am ZOOM RSVP
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Los Angeles Meeting: Saturday 3:30 pm March 19 Echo Park United Methodist Church 1226 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles RSVP
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San Francisco/Berkeley: Sunday March 20 12 noon, Sproul Steps, UC Berkeley RSVP
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Seattle Meeting: Saturday March 19 4:00 pm Zoom RSVP
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