Yay Ron! ("Hundreds rally in Boston against Trump’s immigrant policies")

[serious-noir.livejournal.com]

From the Boston Globe: Hundreds rally in Boston against Trump’s immigrant policies

Ron Newman of Somerville, who attended the rally, said the order reminded him of how the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away by countries including the United States in 1939. Many of the refugees later died in concentration camps.

“It seems like Donald Trump wants to repeat that history,” said Newman, who is Jewish. “I think anyone who fought in World War II, whose family fought in World War II, should consider this [executive order] to be a betrayal of what they fought for.”
[. . .]
Marching toward the State House, the protesters held signs reading, “Immigrants make America great” and “No trade war,” as they chanted, “Donald Trump, you racist clown! Build a wall, we’ll tear it down!”

Wish I had known about this rally. Is there a super secret mailing list or something?

Comments

[irilyth]

I don't know where people hear about these things, but I heard about this one tomorrow: http://www.cairma.org/boston-protest-muslim-ban-sun-jan-29/

[sovay]

Wish I had known about this rally. Is there a super secret mailing list or something?

I have been getting my protest news from a combination of Facebook and friends who read different parts of Facebook than I do.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Oh well said, Ron!

[gingicat]

There's http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/

I subscribe to this list for Boston announcements: surjboston@googlegroups.com

[guthmeister.livejournal.com]

Follow local chapters of both SURJ and Black Lives Matter on FB to find out about protests in Greater Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville.

[taxishoes.livejournal.com]

I first heard about the rally from the airport protest facebook live video from Cosecha.

This was the video: https://www.facebook.com/movimientocosecha/videos/1182324211862880/?pnref=story

Their page: https://www.facebook.com/movimientocosecha/?fref=ts

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

The experience of Bosnian Muslims lays to rest one myth at least -- that if the world knew in detail what Hitler was doing, we would have acted differently. -- James Carroll, Boston Globe

Remember that we didn't get into WW II to save the Jews, or even to save Europe. We were motivated to preserve our own safety, and acted only once the US itself was attacked. The idea that w should save, or at least improve, the rest of the world has only been policy starting in maybe 1950, and it seems, ending in 2017.