Tucson Shutdown
Please join us for the first Shutdown Trump Committee meeting, by Zoom, on Sunday evening, July 12, 7-8 pm and weekly thereafter. You will be given the zoom link after you sign up. This meeting is for anyone who wants to volunteer.
Trump has threatened to cancel the mid-term elections. This would be a crucial step in completing his authoritarian takeover. The only thing that has been shown to reliably stop such a takeover is large-scale, non-violent noncooperation. An historic coalition came together in St. Louis in late May to call for exactly such a shutdown–if he does try to cancel the election. MayDayStrong.org has 600 labor unions and community groups as members. Seven representatives from Tucson organizations went to St. Louis, including Democracy Unites Us, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Tucson Democratic Socialists of American and the local African-heritage ministerial alliance, although none has yet officially endorsed the plan. Nine cities representing 30% of the economy have already committed to disrupt their economies for two weeks in case he does try to cancel the elections, so called “Tier 1” cities. Some of us in Tucson seek to make us a “Tier 2” city, to support the national Shutdown by disrupting our local economy as much as possible, at or above the scale of January 30th, for as long as we can.
Please join us as individuals or representing a group.