Since Donald Trump took office, new waves of repression and attacks on oppressed communities, workers, and students threaten to undermine and destroy the civil and democratic rights won through decades of struggle in the mass movement in the streets as well as legal challenges that mobilized hundreds of thousands in support. It’s clear that the wealthy elite approve of the Trump administration’s “Project 2025” agenda to turn back the clocks to an era when unions were weak, Jim Crow ruled the South, voting rights for Black people were limited, LGBTQ people were in the closet, women couldn’t easily access safe abortions, free speech was limited to those who agreed with the status quo, and immigrant workers could be deported without due process.
Is it possible to overcome the obstacles and attacks put up by the Trump administration? Are we doomed to slide deeper into authoritarianism or even fascism? What lessons can we learn from the past to help prepare us for the fight today?
Hear Workers’ Voice member and union activist Erwin Freed discuss these important questions by highlighting how socialists organized against government repression — from the Palmer Raids to McCarthyism to today. Read Erwin’s latest article here: tinyurl.com/WVFREED
Thursday, May 15, 6 p.m.
Whitneyville Cultural Commons, Putnam Room
1253 Whitney Ave., Hampden, Conn.
Coming up at the Whitneyville Cultural Commons:
June 11 – Stop Trump’s attacks on trans and all LGBTQ people
July 16 – Defending abortion rights and reproductive justice
Aug. 13 – Climate crisis and the eco-socialist response