{"id":8342,"date":"2017-01-22T19:58:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T19:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/this-resistance-is-built-on-hope\/"},"modified":"2017-02-20T23:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T23:15:19","slug":"this-resistance-is-built-on-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/this-resistance-is-built-on-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"This resistance is built on hope."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The resistance to Trump is built on hope &#8212; and today we have more reason to hope than any day since November 9th. Tomorrow we need to keep building it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, Donald Trump took the oath of office while people shut down seven checkpoints to his inauguration. Yesterday millions of people hit the streets in demonstrations under the global banner of The Women\u2019s March &#8212; and it was the largest mobilization in US history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a global superpower rising up into action:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;We&#8217;re ready. We&#8217;re coming.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Climate?src=hash\">#Climate<\/a> blockade is in amazing spirits after two hours of shutting down the red gate. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/disruptj20?src=hash\">#disruptj20<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climateJ20?src=hash\">#climateJ20<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9zjp6N1ou\">pic.twitter.com\/P9zjp6N1ou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Turnbull (@david_turnbull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/david_turnbull\/status\/822462403715678210\">January 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We were in all 50 states + over 70 countries! See pics from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensMarch?src=hash\">#WomensMarch<\/a> all around the globe here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YRN7wa8n6B\">https:\/\/t.co\/YRN7wa8n6B<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhyIMarch?src=hash\">#WhyIMarch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Women&#8217;s March (@womensmarch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womensmarch\/status\/822949793471270912\">January 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donald Trump\u2019s first act as President was to delete White House web pages on climate change, LGBT rights and civil rights. On Monday he will begin signing executive orders and confirming his hateful cabinet nominees. We can expect more scary things to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Continuing to act is how we keep hope alive and build the resistance even stronger.<\/strong> The #ResistRejectDenial student day of action tomorrow will show that Trump\u2019s agenda of climate denial does not have the consent of our generation with walkouts, marches and rallies at campuses across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/resist-reject-denial\/\"><strong>Find an action near you here.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/resist-reject-denial\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12907\" src=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/resist-reject-share-v2-1024x535.jpg\" alt=\"resist-reject-share-v2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donald Trump&#8217;s administration is a threat to people everywhere &#8212; and people everywhere are standing up to resist him, with those most at risk leading the way. Young people are profoundly threatened by Trump\u2019s policies &#8212; and it\u2019s also young people who\u2019ve led the way with courageous mass mobilization in times of crisis throughout our history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gofossilfree.org\/resist-reject-denial\/\"><strong>#ResistRejectDenial nationwide student walkouts will be the first youth-led demonstration under Trump\u2019s administration. It\u2019s where we will continue to make history after this weekend.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to each of you who\u2019ve already marched, blockaded, or supported from afar &#8212; we are the people that bend the arc of history toward justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">14 powerful photos that show the unity of women&#8217;s marches around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h0EnHk2TZ6\">https:\/\/t.co\/h0EnHk2TZ6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JsYSc0EJhZ\">pic.twitter.com\/JsYSc0EJhZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mic (@mic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mic\/status\/822897000714764288\">January 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resistance to Trump is built on hope &#8212; and today we have more reason to hope than any day since November 9th. 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