The April 19 mass protests against Trump and the need for a revolutionary strategy
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Elevenlabs AudioNative PlayerThe latest round of mass demonstrations against the Trump administration which took place Saturday, April 19, in more than 700 cities and towns across the United States, marks an important development in the growing resistance to the threat of fascism.Exactly 250 years after the battles of Lexington and Concord, which initiated the American Revolution, hundreds of thousands—possibly approaching 1 million—took to the streets to voice their anger against the modern-day tyrants and would-be kings, Donald Trump and Elon Musk. From New York and Chicago, to rural Iowa and small-town Tennessee, the demonstrations once again revealed not only the breadth but the deepening radicalization of opposition to Trump and the capitalist system he represents.The most striking feature of this weekend’s protests was their more militant character compared to previous anti-Trump demonstrations. While the overall turnout was smaller than the April 5 protests, which drew an estima...