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Andrew Champagne discusses

From the organizers:

The incoming Trump regime is a clear and present danger to all oppressed people and workers. He threatens mass deportations, a witch hunt against Trans people, attacks on abortion rights, an intensified racist backlash, tax cuts for the rich, massive deregulation of the economy, more climate-be-damned fracking and drilling, and deployment of the military against domestic protests and the so-called “enemy within.” Despite his claims to oppose war, he will greenlight Israel’s expanding genocide, pander to Putin and Russian imperialism in Ukraine, and intensify Washington’s imperialist rivalry with China. Come to this meeting to discuss the threat, how to unite against it, and ways to build the resistance from day one of Trump’s misrule.

Speakers include:

• Rossy Alfaro and Will Lambek, Migrant Justice
• Phoebe Zorn, Queer Community Leader
• Nolan Rampy, Howard Center, AFSCME 1674
• Samia Abbass, Southern Vermont for Palestine
• Jonathan Elwell, Free Her & Vermont Justice
• Emily Kelley, Reproductive Justice Activist
• Ashley Smith, Tempest Collective

Sponsored by the Vermont Tempest Collective. 

From the organizers:

From racial equality to trans rights, climate justice to Palestine solidarity, we are seeing alarming attacks on our constitutionally protected rights to free speech, assembly, and protest. Now the incoming Trump regime promises to intensify these attacks by targeting “the enemy within,” including using military force against protestors. How do we defend our rights? How do we come together to ensure justice for all? Come to this teach-in and hear from students, faculty, staff, union and community members about organizing for our collective liberation. Panelists will include members of Graduate Students United, Queer Student Union, Students for Justice in Palestine, United Academics, FreeHer, and more. The panel will be accompanied with discussion and brainstorming for building community and learning together in the year ahead.

Sponsored by: Department of Sociology, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program, United Academics, Staff United, Graduate Students United Palestine Solidarity Caucus, Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series, Department of Community Development & Applied Economics, UVM United Academics Palestine Solidarity Caucus, UVM Staff United Palestine Solidarity Caucus, Queer Student Union 

From the organizers:

Election 2024: What happened? What can we expect? What next for the Left?

Join Vermont Tempest, a revolutionary socialist collective, for a discussion on the Left, our movements, and possible paths forward in Vermont and beyond in the wake of the 2024 election.

Sponsored by The Tempest Collective