Donald Trump’s executive order branding antifa as a terrorist organization was never intended to quash political violence, but rather to criminalize dissent. Long time public interest attorney at City University of New York, Chaumtoli Huq, argues that Trump’s EO is a time-honored authoritarian tactic to crush political opposition and that our best defense is not legal challenges, but rather grassroots defense of our communities. Our Well Red Read, Patricia Kullberg, reads excerpts from her article, published October 3 at Huq Ithttps://substack.com/@huqit. The article, “Authoritarian Strategy: Criminalizing Dissent and Protest” can also be read on Portside.
2017 Women’s March; image by Ted Eyten, licensed for public use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_protests_against_Donald_Trump#/media/File:Women's_March_Washington,_DC_USA_33.jpg
