To the editor:
Our essential services and agencies plundered. Costs are going up. Our data stolen. Costs are going up. Hatred and intolerance used to gain power. Costs are going up. A president who is not held to the law. Costs are going up. Violent felons released. Costs are going up. The U.S. constitution in tatters. Costs are going up. Secret masked police in our communities. Costs are going up. Peaceful, essential members of the American work force, snatched away from families and lives. Costs are going up. Warehousing of humans without due process. Costs are going up. Build out of concentration camps and growing militarization in local and state policing. Costs are going up. American leadership aligned with oligarchs here and world-wide. Costs are going up. The world order destabilized. Costs are going up. Illegal seizure of voting data. Costs are going up. The billionaires in charge. Costs are going up. Cover-up for sex crimes against children. Costs are going up. Accurate information censored by major networks now owned by the oligarchs. Costs are going up. War that is killing thousands, further wrecking the planet . . . a war without clear objectives, a war of choice based on lies. Costs are going up. Humanitarian and environmental catastrophes continue and grow.
Have the costs become too much for you? Join millions in peaceful, nonviolent protest on Saturday, March 28, for No Kings 3. Currently these are scheduled for Hardwick, Montpelier, Morrisville, Newport, St. Johnsbury and Wolcott.
Experts on authoritarianism cite massive, peaceful protest with sustained resistance as the power that topples authoritarian regimes.
What have you got to lose, besides everything? Visit No kings.org, sign up, and show up. It’s free.
Anne Hanson
Craftsbury
