Fight for Democracy – Stop the War / Out with ICE [Tysons VA]

This event takes place every Saturday, from 11 am to 12 pm. More than ever, we need you in the fight – we have a roque and megalomaniac president who now has started a war of choice for no reason or ten reasons, depending on when he opens his mouth, leading to a massive and ever-expanding war that should frighten us all. This recklessness is consistent with the lawlessness and brazenness of the megalomaniac’s first year in office – the cold-blooded murders on the high seas, the illegal kidnapping of a foreign leader for oil, the threatened invasion of an ally, the abandonment of Ukraine, and the undermining of NATO. Closer to home, remember Alex Pretti and Renee Good. We continue to watch ICE terrorizing our neighbors and setting up detention camps for our immigrant friends to rot in, the non-stop threats to the First Amendment, and the insidious undermining of the rule of law. How much worse can it get? This has got to end.

Third Act and Indivisible are sponsoring this weekly Fight for Democracy – Stop the War – Out with ICE protest. We are grassroots groups in all 50 states that believe in the possibility of change and are doing the work to make it happen. We believe that we, the people, through our members, and along with many other organizations, and with millions of residents, can turn around the current march towards autocracy. BUT ONLY WITH YOUR HELP.

We are facing attacks on the Constitution, the Rule of Law, every institution we cherish, and every racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic group in this country except that of the billionaire cronies of the regime. Our members will not stay silent, neither here in Northern Virginia nor throughout the country.

When all of our values and everything this country stands for are under attack, what do we do? Stand up and fight back. Stand up and fight back against attacks on the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press. Stand up and fight back against the armed and masked secret police force unleashed from all restraints in order to invade our democratic cities and kidnap our hard-working, non-criminal immigrant neighbors. Stand up against the use of the military to incite chaos and confusion as an excuse to crack down on protestors in cities that are to be the military’s “training grounds.” Stand up and fight back against hatred, bigotry, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and antisemitism. Stand up and fight back against the attacks on NIH, CDC, EPA, NPS, DOE, DOJ, CFPB, SSA, USAID, the Fed, universities, law firms, and non-profit organizations.

And we do not forget about our fellow citizens of the world – the continuing and unending genocide in Gaza supported by US arms, the unprovoked atrocities by Russia against a Ukrainian democracy abandoned by the US, and the mind-numbing degree of starvation and disease in Africa caused by the dismantling of US AID.

And NOW, we have had involuntarily thrust upon us the unprovoked and unjustified and totally immoral war in the Middle East started by the regime, which will solve nothing, cause immense suffering, and likely leave Iran worse off than before. And leave our national security in tatters.
Our Putin/Orban/Kim Jon Un–loving dictator is in the process of taking away all of our Constitutional rights and trying to take away our humanity. STAND UP AGAINST IT ALL. Come out with signs, banners, horns, whistles, pots and pans – whatever you can think of to get the attention of your fellow citizens who are passing by and may not be as focused as they should be on the desperate state of our country.
Stand up for the Constitution and for the Rule of Law. Stand up for Humanity.

This is not the time to sit on the sidelines. This is a time for action!

This a local Indivisible event!

*A core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.*