Week of January 18, 2017 Vol 36 • No 10 • www.thechicagocitizen.com
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REFUSE FASCISM VIEWS TRUMP PRESIDENCY AS FASCIST TAKEOVER By Safiyyah P. Muhammad
The Refuse Fascism group is calling Donald Trump's presidency a fascist administration and they are on a mission to squash it. According to Chicago Refuse Fascism Initiator, Tedd Sirota, Donald Trump’s presidency will be run by a fascist dictatorship. "What we’re saying is that there are many definitions of fascism, and if you look it up, you will see that Donald Trump fits these character traits. The most dangerous thing about it is this ‘marriage of convenience’ that Trump has put together between his unbridled capitalism and the Christian fascism of Mike Pence. He has whipped up the most racist statements in society and unleashed them on Black people, Muslims, the press and now he is attacking the arts on Twitter. The signs are clear. The evidence is clear,” Sirota said. The Refuse Fascism Group plans to galvanize marches and rallies to protest Trumps presidency before January 20th, and according to Sirota the “wait and see” approach after Trump becomes president might be too late. He said, “The lessons that we’ve learned from history is that we can’t wait and see. By the time you’ve done waiting and seeing, it’s too late for you to resist. There are tens of millions of us who oppose this kind of inhumanity forced upon us. What we
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NORMALIZING VIOLENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA By Monique Smith
The questions of the role social media and how it plays into propagating acts of violence have once again surfaced. Recently, Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper, and sister’s Brittany and Tanishia Covington, four African Americans were each charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint, and aggravated
battery with a deadly weapon in the attack of an 18-year-old mentally disabled man. The foursome’s crime was documented by their own hands as they posted the attack on Facebook. In the video they can be seen and heard making anti-white racial taunts, cutting the victims clothing and hair. Tanisha Covington is 24. Brittany and the two men are 18 years old. Cook County Judge
Maria Kuriakos Ciesil dismissed the suspect’s pleas for a reasonable bail denying them bail asking them, “Where was your sense of decency?” There have been other crimes posted or witnessed via Facebook live. According to a recent poll cited in an study published by the American Academy of > SEE MORE PAGE 2
“Thus, a large part of this generation’s social and emotional development is occurring while on the Internet and on cell phones. Because of their limited capacity for self- regulation and susceptibility to peer pressure, children and adolescents are at some risk as they navigate and experiment with social media.” Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked In and Snapchat are the most popular social media sites.
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