Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

Re: Trump in the UK
Anna Liberadzki, SumOfUs.org Unsubscribe
11:17 AM (2 hours ago)
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Peter,

Last week, when Trump visited the UK, the country burst to life with protests from London to Glasgow. The message was clear: whilst world leaders welcome him with formal state visits, ordinary folk outright reject him and his foul brand of politics.

So much of this is down to SumOfUs members like you -- who made sure the mass protests dominated UK headlines and cut through all the pageantry of Trump’s official visit.

Check out this video of all the things we got up to:

video still image of marble arch with the words resist trumpism everywhere with link to the video





And here’s a breakdown of what members like you helped to achieve:

We lit up London with a bold message of global resistance to Trumpism on the night he arrived


words resist trumpism everywhere projected onto the houses of parliament in london(Credit: Darren Johnson)

We paid for coaches to bring people from across the country to join 250,000 other protesters in London


four people wearing sum of us t shirts at a protest(Credit: Eduardo Pérez-Vidal)

We plastered ads all over the internet to bring in thousands more people to the protests -- more than 43,000 people saw them!

All of this adds up to a message that world leaders can’t ignore -- that ordinary people like you and I reject politics that run on corporate greed, blame and bigotry.

The only winners of Trumpism’s agenda are big corporations. But days like last Friday remind us that, together, we are a powerful match for them.

This has ignited a fire for change that we can’t let dampen -- so we need your help, Peter.

Right now, we’re taking on the huge tech companies profiting from inhumane immigration policies in the US. If we can force these companies to cut their ties, we cut off the financial lifeline of these brutal policies.

If you don't have one already, please can you set up a small monthly donation today so we can keep resisting Trumpism together?

Yes! I’ll donate monthly to resist Trumpism and push for people over profit!

When SumOfUs members like you come together you are a force to be reckoned with. Last week's people-powered display of resistance is just what we need to keep up the momentum for change. And we couldn't have done it without you!

Thanks for all that you do,

Anna, Sondhya, Tom and the team at SumOfUs

P.S. It's only because of amazing SumOfUs members like you that Friday's protests made history. And to take on the big corporations propping up far-right politics like Trumpism we need your support. Please can you chip in a few coins each month so we can keep it up? Or you can make a one-off donation here.

More information:

Keep Resisting, Stop Trump, 16 July 2018

The anti-Trump protests put marginalised voices centre stage The Guardian, 19 July 2018

'Carnival of Resistance' as Hundreds of Thousands March Against Trump in UK, Common Dreams, 13 July 2018

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