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DESCRIPTION:The Issue is Not Free Speech: The Issue is FASCISM\n\nSproul Plaza is where 
 students, faculty, and all concerned people should be on September 14 when 
 Ben Shapiro speaks at 7pm on so-called "Campus Thuggery."\n\nShapiro is 
 coming to campus to spread ugly fascist views dressed up in slick-talking 
 “intellectual” garb. Beneath his “reasonable” tone lies Shapiro’s 
 real thuggery: Shapiro mocked Trayvon Martin on what would have been his 
 21st birthday, insists that being transgender is a “mental illness,” 
 compares abortion to the Holocaust and thinks women should be forced to 
 bear children against their will, argues that racial discrimination is not 
 a “continuing factor in American life” and that poverty among Black 
 people is not a result of racism but of Black culture, believes in a 
 “clash of civilizations” and calls Islamic civilization “the polar 
 opposite of the West,” wrote that “Arabs like to bomb crap and live in 
 open sewage,” and more.\n\nThis is harmful! Shapiro, along with fascists 
 of many stripes, have targeted Berkeley because reversing Berkeley’s 
 radical history would be a major advance for the consolidation of fascism 
 on campuses everywhere and throughout society.\n\nFascists must NOT have an 
 audience. DON’T GO. Or if you do go, WALK OUT when Shapiro starts to 
 speak, and come to the Speak Out.\n\nNo, Chancellor Christ, speech by 
 fascists and those who intellectually defend them is not what humanity 
 needs and will not contribute to campuses acting as centers of critical 
 thought and debate. Fascism already has a platform – the biggest and most 
 powerful platform in the world: the White House! Not only do Trump, Pence, 
 Sessions, Kelly, and the rest of the Regime constantly put forward fascist 
 ideas about Muslims, immigrants, women, LGBTQ, Black people, people around 
 the world, and more... they are using the power of the state – and 
 unleashing the extra-legal mob – to destroy countless lives and threaten 
 humanity as a whole.\n\nWhat this moment in history requires is RESISTANCE 
 TO FASCISM, including discussion and debate over what fascism is, its 
 roots, where it can lead, and what needs to be done to stop it. And, people 
 -- especially students -- joining in the fight to drive the fascist 
 Trump/Pence regime from power!\n\nStand up on Sept 14 and start getting 
 organized for November 4th, when many thousands will take to the streets in 
 cities and towns across the country, day after day and night after night, 
 growing to millions and refusing to leave until our demand is met:\n\nThis 
 Nightmare Must End: The Trump/Pence Regime Must 
 Go!\n\n---------------------------------------------------\nContact Refuse 
 Fascism to endorse, to speak or perform, or bring your class or 
 organization to participate. EVERYONE, from a diversity of perspectives, 
 who refuses to accept a fascist America is invited!\n\n(510) 
 253-5551\nnorcal@refusefascism.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/09/13/18802884.php
SUMMARY:A People's Speakout Against White Supremacy, Misogyny, Xenophobia and Fascism
LOCATION:Sproul Plaza (near Telegraph & Bancroft), Berkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/09/13/18802884.php
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