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DESCRIPTION:After Impeachment, urgently needed: struggle in the streets! \nCome to a 
 discussion drawing on this article from revcom.us:\n\nUrgently Needed: 
 Struggle in the Streets\nThe Senate Vote to Suppress Witness Testimony Is a 
 Victory for Fascism\n\nFriday, January 31, the Senate voted 51 to 49 to 
 refuse to hear further witnesses in the impeachment trial of Trump. Every 
 Republican senator, with two exceptions, voted against hearing witnesses. 
 They did this despite the fact that John Bolton, one of the former top 
 officials of the Trump/Pence regime, had offered to testify. By all 
 accounts, Bolton was ready to verify that Trump had personally admitted to 
 him withholding military aid to force Ukrainian president Zelensky to 
 publicly announce an investigation of Trump's political opponent Joe Biden 
 for corruption. In other words, Bolton would have likely given first person 
 direct evidence that Trump was corruptly and illegally using the power of 
 the presidency for personal gain to discredit his main political rival in 
 the upcoming presidential election.\n\nPrior to this, a large part of 
 Trump's defense had rested on the fact that no witness had yet been able to 
 testify that Trump had directly stated to them his motive for withholding 
 aid. Why? Because Trump refused to cooperate at all with the impeachment 
 inquiry. He forbade anyone in his administration from testifying. In other 
 words, Trump's lawyers and Senate Republicans had said that Trump should 
 not be impeached because there were no direct eyewitnesses. Now, when a 
 credible eyewitness presented himself, they refused to let that witness 
 testify and scurried to end the trial!\n\nThis cleared the Republican path 
 to acquit Trump this coming Wednesday, February 5. And in fact, this had 
 been part of their plan all along-with Mitch McConnell, the Republican 
 leader, openly saying before the trial that he was coordinating with Trump 
 and that Trump would be acquitted.\n\nA Big Step Towards Fascism\n\nAn 
 acquittal of Trump on these terms is a big step towards a fascist America. 
 Conducted by craven fascist Republicans, this trial seriously undermined 
 the rule of law. The trial legitimated the dangerous idea that truth has no 
 role in governing with the result being that whatever Trump, or any 
 president says and does, goes.\n\nRead the whole article here 
 https://revcom.us/a/632/the-senate-vote-a-vctory-for-fascism-en.html\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/05/18830395.php
SUMMARY:After Impeachment, urgently needed: struggle in the streets!
LOCATION:Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/05/18830395.php
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