John, Trump is rapidly expanding his “war from within” to control cities around the country with troop deployments and threats to invoke the Insurrection Act to militarize more soldiers against the same people they’ve sworn to protect.[1]
These are the moves of a dictator. But if Trump’s bringing “war” to our communities, we’ll respond with solutions rooted in human rights, justice, and peace.
We won’t let Trump trample on our rights without MASSIVE resistance. That’s why Win Without War is expanding our Know-Your-Rights billboard campaign to ensure servicemembers have access to resources when confronted with unethical or illegal orders.
Win Without War’s new digital billboard on I-57, which connects downtown Chicago to the base where the Texas National Guard are stationed
We’ve got to act fast: After deploying the National Guard to DC, Trump has issued similar orders in Chicago, Memphis, Portland, and beyond.
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When Trump deployed the National Guard to DC, Win Without War jumped into action. We launched mobile and highway billboards in the capital and outside Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, urging servicemembers to reflect on whether playing a role in Trump’s violent brand of authoritarianism and deportation machine is what they signed up for.
Our billboards outside Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune in North Carolina
Our billboards have received national attention in the press, and more than 13,000 people (and counting!) have already visited the site for information and resources within days of it going live.
That’s not all: Our simple questions also struck a nerve with the Pentagon’s Press Secretary and got the attention of right-wing media like the Daily Caller, along with military outlets like Task & Purpose. But the goal of this campaign was never clicks or clapbacks.
Our mission was, and remains, to defend our democracy and our communities — your community. Slowly but surely, it’s working. Even after a months-long attempt to dismantle it at every level, Trump still hasn’t changed the fact that we live in a democracy.
With the stakes so high, we can’t afford to give up one inch. That’s why Win Without War is expanding our Know-Your-Rights billboard campaign to reach as many servicemembers as possible when Trump tries to turn our communities into “training grounds for [the] military.”[1]
Getting new billboards live and preparing for whatever’s next won’t come cheap or without incredible risk. Luckily, we don’t work alone. Our work depends on grassroots donations from people like you, activists across the country donating what they can afford to strengthen a movement strong enough to push back. So we have to ask:
Trump’s domestic troop deployments are part of an expansive, likely illegal abuse of power that includes profiling, arresting, and detaining people without warrants, unleashing the Department of Justice against foundations that support democracy and human rights, leveraging the Federal Communications Commission to silence criticism, and waging an unnecessary, dangerous war in the Caribbean.
But folks like you aren’t giving in to Trump’s relentless march toward authoritarianism. Our vision for a world where people live and thrive free from violence is still possible when people like us do all we can, in ways big and small, to make it happen.
Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team
1. The Hill, “Trump suggests using ‘dangerous’ US cities as ‘training grounds’ for military”
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