Yes, we’re tired! We want it to stop….thanks, Canada!

A gem from online, sharing for those wr haven’t seen it or need a reminder.

“This Is the Line: A Canadian’s Call to Americans to Defeat the MAGA Fascist Project Before It Consumes Us All
From across the longest undefended border on Earth, we’ve watched with growing alarm, sorrow, and now fury. This isn’t just about politics anymore. This is not another pendulum swing in a loud and divided democracy. This is about whether the United States will remain a flawed, struggling democracy with the capacity for progress—or descend into a project of open fascism.

As a Canadian, I say this with no pleasure and no superiority. Our fates are tied—by geography, by economy, by culture, and by history. If America falls, Canada will not be spared. This isn’t just about red versus blue. It’s about liberty versus authoritarianism. If Americans do not stop the MAGA movement and its blueprint—Project 2025—we’re all in deep trouble.

Let me be blunt: I don’t want Canada to become the 51st state of a fascist empire run by a bloated, gold-plated strongman and his gallery of cowards, sycophants, and theocrats. But if you do not stop this—if you do not rise to meet this moment—we will have little choice but to live in the long, nuclear, climate-wracked, surveillance-shadowed shadow of your descent.

The MAGA Machine Is a Fascist Movement. Call It That.
Let’s not mince words: this is fascism, not just conservatism. Not populism. Not patriotism. It is a fascist movement fueled by white grievance, religious extremism, billionaire corruption, and a death drive toward absolute power.

The Project 2025 playbook is not a think tank fantasy. It’s a roadmap. And they are already implementing pieces of it. The aim is nothing short of replacing the democratic apparatus with a regime that criminalizes dissent, purges civil servants, targets minorities, destroys the free press, rolls back decades of human rights, and rewrites the Constitution by fiat.

Trump isn’t an aberration. He is the avatar of a movement that worships dominance, punishes the weak, and lies as a matter of principle. When he talks about denaturalizing citizens like Zorhan Mondami, when deportations become death sentences, when weather tracking systems are gutted as hurricanes and wildfires rage—that is not incompetence. It is ideology.

Democrats, You Have Been Cowards. And Collaborators.
This part hurts to say, but it must be said. The Democratic Party has failed—not just tactically, but morally. You watched fascism grow for years and too many of you chose decorum over defiance. You kept funding ICE while pretending to weep for the children it locked in cages. You bombed Gaza while preaching human rights. You compromised while the other side consolidated.

And you still think this is a matter of “messaging”?

This is not a moment for consultants. This is a moment for resistance. If you are not willing to lead that resistance—GET OUT OF THE WAY. Step down. Let the people take the fight where it belongs: to the streets, to the workplaces, to the neighborhoods, to every corner of public life.

Because the ballot box—essential though it is—is no longer enough. We need mass mobilization. Civil resistance. Full-spectrum confrontation. Not just once every four years, but every day until this beast is slain.

Citizens Have Defeated Fascism Before. Here's How.
You may feel alone, overwhelmed, or unsure. But know this: ordinary people have stood up to fascists and authoritarian regimes before—and won. Not always quickly. Not always cleanly. But history is full of examples where organized, brave, strategic civil resistance brought tyrants to their knees or derailed their machinery of power.

1. The Serbian Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević (2000)
   Milošević was a nationalist autocrat who controlled the media, the courts, and the military. Yet he was brought down not by an armed revolution, but by a youth-led movement called Otpor! (Resistance!). They used satire, civil disobedience, labor strikes, and relentless mass mobilization to build momentum and make his regime look ridiculous and illegitimate.

Tactics used:

Graffiti campaigns mocking the regime

Boycotts of state-run media

Coordinated street protests that grew until police refused to stop them

Election monitoring and exposure of vote-rigging

1. Chile’s Defeat of Pinochet’s Dictatorship (1988)
   General Pinochet held brutal control for 15 years. But when forced to hold a referendum, a broad coalition of opposition forces—including moderates, radicals, Christians, labor unions, and artists—used a powerful campaign called “NO.”

Tactics used:

Satirical and emotional TV spots highlighting regime brutality

Unity across political divisions

Street organizing, voter registration, and community building

Creative defiance, like nighttime noise-making protests called cacerolazos

1. The Indian Independence Movement
   Gandhi’s strategy against British colonialism was nonviolent resistance—satyagraha. But make no mistake: this was not passive. It was deeply organized, courageous, and relentless.

Tactics used:

Massive civil disobedience (Salt March, refusal to pay taxes)

Labor strikes, school boycotts, and merchant protests

Creating parallel institutions (independent schools, newspapers, courts)

Refusal to comply with unjust laws on a mass scale

1. The German White Rose Movement (1942–43)
   During Nazi Germany, a small group of students and a professor wrote and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, despite knowing the cost. They were executed, but their ideas lived on.

Tactics used:

Underground printing and distribution of banned literature

Anonymous information campaigns

Public dissent that broke the silence of complicity

1. The US Civil Rights Movement (1950s–60s)
   Led by giants like MLK and Ella Baker, but powered by thousands of ordinary Black Americans, this movement defeated Jim Crow laws through relentless nonviolent action.

Tactics used:

Sit-ins, boycotts (Montgomery), freedom rides

Voter registration drives in hostile territory

Creating visible, moral contrast between brutality and peaceful protest

Forming networks of mutual aid, legal support, and defense

How Americans Can Build Resistance—Now
If you’re reading this, you’re already part of it. Here’s what to do:

🔧 1. Organize Locally, Decentralize Nationally
Build or join local mutual aid groups, tenant unions, civil rights orgs.
Form neighborhood defense committees—not to fight, but to protect.
Practice decentralized coordination: shared values, different tactics.

📡 2. Control Your Communications
Use encrypted apps (Signal, ProtonMail).
Avoid mainstream social media for organizing—it's heavily surveilled.
Create anonymous zines, posters, podcasts, and newsletters.
Share banned books and truth wherever you can.

🛡️ 3. Practice Defensive Solidarity
Create sanctuary spaces in homes, churches, libraries.
Learn how to conduct nonviolent de-escalation at protests.
Record everything—cops, ICE, federal agents. Share quickly.
Form legal aid pools, bail funds, and support networks.

🎭 4. Use Satire, Art, and Culture to Undermine Fascist Legitimacy
Make them ridiculous. Authoritarians hate mockery.
Create street art, memes, videos, zines that expose their hypocrisy.
Celebrate freedom, joy, and resistance—it's part of the fight.

🗳️ 5. Use the Ballot—but Don’t Be Trapped By It
Vote. Campaign. But understand this system was already failing.
Mobilize people who feel abandoned by both parties.
Push hard for democratic reforms and do not settle for symbolic wins.

🔥 When People Had to Face the Police and Military Directly

1. The Battle of Blair Mountain (1921, USA)
   One of the largest labor uprisings in American history—10,000 coal miners in West Virginia took up arms to fight coal barons’ private armies and corrupt police after years of brutal exploitation, surveillance, and murder. The U.S. Army was eventually called in, but the resistance sparked nationwide labor reforms.

Lesson: When the state serves corporations and crushes organizing, the people may need to defend themselves to survive and be heard.

1. The Soweto Uprising (1976, South Africa)
   Black South African students protested the forced imposition of Afrikaans as the language of instruction. Police opened fire on unarmed teenagers. Over 600 were killed. But the resistance didn’t stop—it ignited the final phase of anti-apartheid rebellion that helped topple the regime.

Lesson: Brutal repression can fuel movements, not stop them—if people stay united and relentless.

1. Stonewall Uprising (1969, USA)
   Queer folks, trans people, and drag performers fought back against a violent police raid on the Stonewall Inn. They did not “go quietly.” They defended themselves in the street for nights on end. That riot sparked the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Lesson: Sometimes survival requires resistance, not obedience. Sometimes justice begins with a brick thrown back.

1. Tahrir Square (2011, Egypt)
   Ordinary Egyptians flooded the streets to topple a U.S.-backed dictator, despite being shot at, gassed, surveilled, and arrested. Military and police repression was immense, but millions stood their ground. Mubarak fell.

Lesson: Massive, unyielding physical presence—and refusal to be afraid—can unmake even the most entrenched regimes.

1. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943)
   In Nazi-occupied Poland, Jewish resistance fighters held off Hitler’s SS troops for nearly a month using homemade weapons and street-level strategy. They knew they would die. They fought anyway—to die on their feet rather than in silence.

Lesson: When extermination is the agenda, resistance becomes sacred.

🛡️ How to Defend Yourselves and Your Communities—Without Losing Your Soul
The point here is not to glamorize violence or call for open warfare. It is to prepare Americans for the reality that state forces may be turned against the public in defense of a fascist regime—and that resistance can still be organized, strategic, and moral.

📌 Things you can do:
Organize Copwatch Patrols: Train people to document abuse, livestream safely, and de-escalate confrontation while protecting the vulnerable.

Form Mutual Aid Defense Circles: People with legal knowledge, first aid training, safe houses, transportation—all coordinated.

Protect Protest Zones: Use human chains, body shields, and noise disruption to protect communities from raids and detentions.

Build Resistance Culture: Songs, rituals, street theatre, satire—build collective identity and defiance. Authoritarians try to make you feel small. Don’t let them.

Learn Tactical Nonviolent Defense: From Hong Kong to Standing Rock, protesters have used umbrellas, leaf blowers, and laser pointers to resist tear gas, drones, and police lines.

To the MAGA Base: You’ve Been Lied To. You’ve Been Used.
And to those caught in the MAGA machine—if you’re still human underneath all that fear and fury—know this: they are not saving you. They are using you. They are not fighting for your rights. They are stealing your future. They feed you myths and rage while they loot your communities and silence your children.

Your “strongman” would let you rot in a flood zone if it meant cutting taxes for his donors. Your “movement” will disappear you the moment you question it. If you truly love your country, now is the time to reclaim it from those who want to destroy it in your name.

This Is the Line.
This is the border. Not between nations, but between eras. One path leads to a dark century of control, chaos, and collapse. The other still holds the fragile, flickering promise of democracy, justice, and shared humanity.

The line is not between Canada and America. It is between truth and the MAGA lie. Between freedom and fascism. Between survival and oblivion.

Americans: RISE NOW.
With courage, with unity, with fury and discipline.

Because if you don’t—we’ll all go down with you.

With defiance,
Your Canadian Neighbor Who Refuses to Be Silent”

Cormac McCann
July 3 2025

Julie BoleJack, MBA