{"id":148,"date":"2018-01-30T15:31:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/?p=148"},"modified":"2018-01-30T15:31:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:31:05","slug":"campaigners-plan-for-trump-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/campaigners-plan-for-trump-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaigners plan for Trump visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press release.<\/em><\/p>\n

• Anti-Trump campaigns announce united mobilisation
\n• \u201cTogether Against Trump\u201d to take place on Saturday before or during any Trump visit
\n• Demonstration could be a \u201cmarch of millions\u201d, say organisers<\/p>\n

An unprecedented coalition of anti-Trump campaigns has pledged to organise what could be a \u201cmarch of millions\u201d to coincide with Donald Trump\u2019s visit to the UK. Campaigners hope to capitalise on widespread opposition to Trump. 4% of the population – or around 2 million people have said that they would<\/a> \u201cdefinitely\u201d take part in protests against the visit.<\/p>\n

The Stop Trump Coalition is a network of grassroots campaigns, unions, NGOs and politicians initiated by journalist Owen Jones in February 2017. Stand Up to Trump includes a range of campaigns against war, austerity and racism, as well as public figures who have pledged to mobilise against a Trump visit. <\/p>\n

Both organisations have come together for a one-off national demonstration under the banner of \u201cTogether Against Trump\u201d. The march will take place in central London on the Saturday before or during Trump\u2019s visit, which is set to happen later this year. <\/p>\n

A mobilising network for the demonstration – with local contact points in every part of the country – will spring into action as soon as a date is announced, organising local actions and coaches to London.<\/p>\n

Shaista Aziz, from the Stop Trump Coalition, said: \u201cDonald Trump and Theresa May are running scared of protest. Last year, hundreds of thousands took to the streets at barely a day\u2019s notice in disgust at Trump\u2019s Muslim Ban. If Trump actually comes to London, we could be looking at a march of millions. This won\u2019t just be a movement against the President\u2019s visit – it will become a movement against racism, anti-migrant bigotry, sexism, transphobia and far right politics in the UK\u201d<\/p>\n

Maz Saleem, from Stand Up to Trump, said: \u201cDonald Trump is an open racist and sexist, a volatile and dangerous character who seems set on taking the West into further wars. Together we will put on a massive united show of opposition to him if Theresa May goes ahead with plans for a visit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press release. • Anti-Trump campaigns announce united mobilisation • \u201cTogether Against Trump\u201d to take place on Saturday before or during any Trump visit • Demonstration could be a \u201cmarch of millions\u201d, say organisers An unprecedented coalition of anti-Trump campaigns has pledged to organise what could be a \u201cmarch of millions\u201d to coincide with Donald Trump\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}