As democracy dismantled step by step, take these steps [View all]

By Tom Burke / Herald Columnist

For everyone who missed fighting for worker’s rights in the 1920s and ’30s; who missed fighting fascists in Europe and the Pacific in the 1940s; and who missed fighting the Red Scare and blacklists in the 1950s; don’t despair, you’re now getting another chance to fight for American values, the rule of law, and our Constitution.

And you’re getting a chance to find out if you’re tough enough to face an insidious foe who wants to rule over you as Mussolini ruled Italy, bust your head as the Pinkerton’s busted union skulls, and flat-out lie to you as Joe McCarthy lied when he accused half of America of being communist.

The fight for our rights and against attacks on free speech and long-standing government programs, institutions and norms by Trump and his Project 2025 MAGA stormtroopers has begun in earnest, and it’s time to stand up and be counted.

Now there is one surefire way to fight back; and that’s to vote.

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