The more than 2,700 separate demonstrations, involving an estimated 7 million people, were, collectively, one of the largest political demonstrations in the history of the country.
Reflecting mass anger against attacks on democratic rights, rising inequality and fascism, millions of people gathered at thousands of demonstrations against dictatorship.
Trump did not equivocate in acknowledging his extraordinary escalation of US imperialist aggression in Venezuela and beyond.
The October 18 demonstrations express deep hostility to the Trump administration’s efforts to set up a fascistic dictatorship, but what is lacking, and what is most critical, is a clear program and conscious strategy.
It was not until Tuesday’s cabinet briefing that Starmer spoke against “calls to violence from [a] foreign billionaire”. But even then, the (unnamed) billionaire’s incitement of a far-right coup against his own government passed without comment.
Trump went on national television Wednesday to exploit the shooting and turn Kirk into a martyr to legitimize escalating violence from the far-right and threaten his political opponents.
Over the weekend three Republican governors announced plans to supplement Trump’s deployment of D.C. National Guard, bringing the total number of troops in the capital city to 1,500.
The appointment of E. J. Antoni, to what is supposedly a non-partisan position in the administration, is another significant step in Trump’s efforts to establish a personalised regime.
