Source: https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/trumps-state-of-the-union-against-socialism-women-immigrants/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 20:44:47+00:00

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This 6 February 2019 video from the USA is called Senator Bernie Sanders delivers a response to President Donald Trump‘s 2019 State of the Union address.
For the first time in American history, a president of the United States, in a nationwide television address, denounced the growing popular support for socialism. “We are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country,” Trump declared. He pledged, “Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.” His audience, Democrats and Republicans alike, registered their approval with applause.
Behind all the bombast and the inevitable declaration that “the state of the union is strong”, Trump’s remarks had the character of a speech from the bunker. The ruling class fears not only the mounting challenges to its global position, but, even more significantly, the signs of growing social discontent and the renewal of strike activity.
This is not only an American phenomenon. The past year has been characterized by a growth of the class struggle internationally.
What is true of France is true of the United States. Trump’s declaration gives a glimpse of the profound crisis of American capitalism and the real driving force of the political upheavals in Washington. It is the only thing that history will remember of his speech, which otherwise, consisted of the usual empty display of official pomp and ceremony, an endless and tedious barrage of lies and platitudes from the speaker, along with crass exploitation of victims of tragedies like the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre.
In the State of the Union speeches under previous administrations, the anti-socialist nightmares of the ruling elite were focused on the Soviet Union, China or another foreign country. Under Trump, these fears were directed against an internal enemy, radicalized American workers and youth.
As Trump’s blunt declaration suggests, the capitalist ruling class is not responding passively to the growing challenge from below. It is building up the police and military forces, as well as seeking to mobilize fascistic elements like those attracted to Trump’s nationalism and anti-immigrant racism.
Trump’s demand for a wall on the US-Mexico border has become a symbol of his efforts to develop an openly fascistic movement in the United States, which will mobilize the police, the military and gangs of thugs against the working class. In the week leading up to the State of the Union, Trump repeatedly hinted that if Congress refuses to fund the border wall by the deadline of February 15, he will declare a national emergency and order the Pentagon to build the wall without legislative authorization.
The Democratic Party adheres to a more traditional approach to the suppression of the class struggle … Democratic representatives demonstrated this during the State of the Union, rising to applaud every mention of the US military and police. While the Republicans chanted “USA! USA!” in response to Trump’s initial references to the economic “miracle”, the Democrats replied with the same nationalistic chant when Trump made reference to the record number of women now seated in Congress.
The representatives of both parties applauded Trump’s pledge to accelerate trade warfare with China, his denunciations of the NAFTA trade deal, and his boasts about imposing a new government in Venezuela, where he has made repeated threats of military intervention.
No speech by Trump will reverse the deepening crisis of American and world capitalism, and the consequent shift in political sentiments among American working people. Significantly, a CNN poll released the day before the State of the Union found 70 percent believed that the Trump administration was performing badly, with 43 percent saying it was the “worst in their lifetimes.” Other polls consistently show growing support for socialism and hostility to capitalism.
Socialism is resurging because capitalism has failed. The class struggle, long suppressed, is beginning to burst into the open. The great task is to provide this objective class movement with a program, perspective and political leadership, to put an end to capitalism and the danger of economic catastrophe, dictatorship and war.
This 5 February 2019 from the United States Congress is called Trump pushes anti-abortion agenda.
What you just heard is a president declaring war on women’s reproductive freedom.
President Trump’s disgusting lies and vicious attacks on abortion rights tonight were designed to serve only one purpose: to provide political cover for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court could start chipping away at Roe v. Wade as soon as THIS WEEK. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. Will you donate $5 to help save abortion rights?
Yes, I’ll chip in $5 to help fight back against Trump’s war on legal abortion.
It started when they attacked the reproductive health acts in New York and Virginia–bills that codified the protections of Roe v. Wade.2 These bills are widely supported by voters, so the anti-choice right is using wildly inflammatory and dishonest rhetoric to score political points.
What they really want to do is to criminalize abortion, shut down clinics, and throw women in jail.
Remember: This is the president who said that “there must be some form of punishment” for women who choose abortion.5 That’s what this is about, and we will fight back.
Trump just walked off the stage after giving his version of the state of our union. It’s no surprise that after bragging about his so-called accomplishments, he used the spotlight to spew more hatred and division.
In the middle of his speech, Trump stereotyped immigrants, pushed false facts, and announced he’s sending more than 3,000 additional troops to the “very dangerous” border to prepare for the “tremendous onslaught” of “large, organized caravans”. It was fear-mongering at its worst.
And after he riled up his base with these ugly attacks, painting immigrants as the #1 enemy of our country, he declared he will build his wall.
The real state of our union is that this administration has caused endless chaos, pain, and destruction. Trump has repeatedly ignored facts that don’t fit neatly into his right-wing agenda; he has cruelly ripped families apart at the border, leaving thousands of children in limbo; and he continues to dehumanize immigrants every chance he gets.
This 6 February 2019 video from the USA is called “Liar-in-Chief”: Representative Ilhan Omar Slams Trump’s SOTU Remarks on Border, Venezuela, Israel & More.
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Brett Kavanaugh just declared war on Roe v. Wade.
Last night, Kavanaugh joined three other anti-choice justices to support a law that would have shut down most of Louisiana’s abortion clinics.1 Thankfully, Kavanaugh wasn’t in the majority–but it’s a short-term victory. The case will come back for a final decision.
Now more than ever, it looks like it’s only a matter of time before such a clinic shutdown law is allowed to go into effect, severely gutting Roe v. Wade.
To fight back, we’re teaming up with the New Orleans Abortion Fund, which provides women with the financial help they need to access abortion care–and those needs are likely about to increase dramatically. Meanwhile, UltraViolet is mobilizing to block new anti-abortion laws in other states to keep abortion legal AND accessible.
Will you chip in $5 today? Your contribution will be split 50/50 between UltraViolet and the New Orleans Abortion Fund.
And that’s exactly what Kavanaugh voted to do, even writing a dissent saying he didn’t find the onerous requirements of the law that burdensome. Justice Roberts voted to uphold the Hellerstedt decision and block the Louisiana clone, even though he voted against Hellerstedt in the first place.3 We can’t rely on the good faith of Chief Justice Roberts to uphold precedent and protect Roe. We need to stop these unconstitutional laws from being passed, period.
With so much at stake, it’s all hands on deck to save abortion rights. Will you chip in $5? Your contribution will be split 50/50 between UltraViolet and the New Orleans Abortion Fund.
Make no mistake: Despite his ruling, Justice Roberts is not a friend. Roberts has voted for every other abortion restriction he’s ruled on.6 When the Court takes up Roe v. Wade in the future–whether by a challenge to Louisiana’s shutdown law, Iowa’s six-week abortion ban, or any of the other 20 cases moving through the system right now—Roberts will vote against Roe. And now we know for sure that Kavanaugh will, too.
A challenge to Roe v. Wade is coming, and it will happen soon. We need to be ready–or we could lose one of the most important rights women hold, the right to control our own bodies.

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