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Ex-Labor Secretary Robert Reich urges global boycott of travel to U.S. to protest Trump (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 6 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich urged a global boycott of U.S. travel to protest Trump’s policies, warning his administration is “brutally attacking U.S. democracy.”

In a Guardian op-ed, Reich called on foreign visitors, students, and skilled workers to reconsider coming, citing economic and safety concerns. He argued withholding tourism revenue could pressure Trump.

His plea follows Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown and rising tensions with Canada.

Reich’s call comes as Canadian travel to the U.S. has already shown signs of decline.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Considering European tourists keep getting detained there should be a travel ban in place until this administration is gone. If nothing changes within the next 3 months travel here could become a death sentence. The Alien enemies act allows him to send people to EL Salvador without due process. You've seen those videos and pictures. It will be on your country to get you out. Our courts are struggling to even get people back despite the fact that we are not at war so he cannot legally (lmao imagine a felon actually following the law) do that.

Don't risk your life to come here, and if there's a problem with your immigration status self deport. This country is going to be destroyed at this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 minutes ago

Not just any prison. It's a mega-prison.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 hours ago

Seeing all the stories of European tourists detained by ice despite their papers in good order, it's going to be the easiest advice to follow.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I'm an American living in Europe for almost 10 years and haven't been stateside since like 2018. I've been homesick a lot recently, but I'm trying to come to terms that there's a real chance I'm never going back.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago

Hate to break it to you, but your "home" no longer exists.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 hours ago

Your better off where you are

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As an American, I support this. Do not come here. Not only to send a monetary message, but because I genuinely don't feel like tourists are safe. ICE and DHS have gone off the rails, and nobody should risk their lives to visit what little beauty we have left.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

The country itself is beautiful, a friend of mine visited last year and he felt you , as a nation, all were very nice, caring, even the police... The photos he brought back were breathtaking...

You are going to get out of that stump when the country wakes up from the shock, I know it. but for now it's the unknown and most of you are still in shock or(worse) still infatuated with American exceptionalism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I appreciate your kind words and optimism. I sure hope we do! Trump's next sale will be of all our public lands and beauty to the highest bidders for oil or development. I hope before that happens, we do something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Exactly: Forget woke, just wake up!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I support the action and thoughts, but doesn't this play into the jingoism already on display and abate any further cultural interaction?

I want there to be a way to hurt the administration while opening the eyes of the decieved population.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

My only complaint about that is it'd be an easy thing for the Trumpet propaganda machine to spin.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 hours ago

As an American, I'm certainly not planning to visit any time in the near future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

This is stupid.

He doesn't care, because he doesn't have to care.

So long as he has his violent inbred redneck base, which he has to the death right now, he will paint any and all protests as proof to them that the evil libtard eurocucks are just angry that America is standing up to them for once.

There is literally nothing you can do to get through to the core of his base, and it's just large enough that he can ignore everything else, which is the only thing he learned in his first term, you only need 32% to win.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I don't know if getting through to his core base matters - they are and always will be a lost cause. But people should protect themselves and Americans should feel the pain economically, from the top to the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 24 minutes ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago)

I think we need a proper schism, the only way we got them under control last time was with a civil war, but personally kicking out all the vile southern trash sounds like the best possible outcome for everyone.

We can live in a civilized country, and they can wallow in their own shit raping their sisters, ok obviously that doesn't work out for their women but we can start an underground railroad to funnel them to the real world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's not necessarily about changing anything. It's a matter of safety for those visiting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 minutes ago

The coasts are still fairly safe, but I see your point.

I personally sent my family to Europe last year, they're citizens but our child is interracial, and being brown I know exactly what that means wrt the absolute subhuman monsterous filth in the south.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

I’ll never be visiting the USA ever again.

I’m trans. I’m not risking going to a country where a third of the population actively wants me dead and the other two thirds don’t seem to care either way. That country’s rotten to the core.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

the other two thirds don't seem to care

That couldn't possibly be more wrong, but you definitely shouldn't come here because of the first third.

[–] jubilationtcornpone 47 points 4 hours ago

I care. Granted I'm just one American and I'm not in a position of power, but the blatant bigotry being pushed by some of us is shameful and makes me very angry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Jesus you need to chill.

The whole point of America is not caring, I shouldn't care about your decisions and you shouldn't care about mine, we call that freedom.

It's the people who care who are the problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And that's precisely why you have a country but lack a civilisation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 26 minutes ago (1 children)

So I'm ... Binational i guess, 1 foot in the us and 1 in northern Europe.

Until recently I preferred the coasts of the US, but it was a close thing, both were nice, the lack of a patronizing state was quite pleasant.

Now clearly the balance shifted to shit and northern Europe knocks the us into a cocked hat.

But when the us is good, it's actually quite good.

You can have a civilization made of many civilizations, that's how our multiculturalism worked (when it worked) and it was incredible.

But like saying all of Europe has no civilization because they don't all share the same uniform culture.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

You can't have one when everyone's alienated from each other, that's the point. Civilisation is more than the mere sum of its parts: When you do not care about someone else deciding to e.g. oppress a fellow compatriot you only have the sum, not the more. A population, but not a civilisation.

You can have a civilization made of many civilizations

That's not what e pluribus unum means. That's what in varietate concordia means.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

I can understand your point of not wanting to travel to the US and you're correct that there is a high number of people that have a negative view of anyone "different" than them. And I would probably say it's a good idea not to for the reason you gave and more, but there are many very passionate people that are fighting for the rights of everyone in America, they just don't get the press so it can be easily interpreted that no one in the US cares.

There are rotten people in power and due to their station they have control of the microphone which makes it sound like that is what everyone thinks. That isn't true.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

there are many very passionate people that are fighting for the rights of everyone in America

Yeah, that fight has been lost. Nobody should voluntarily come to this country. It's just not worth the risk.

rotten people in power and due to their station they have control of the microphone which makes it sound like that is what everyone thinks. That isn't true.

Maybe, but it is what the voting majority thinks. The US is, in fact, garbage.

[–] wildbus8979 20 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That's great to hear, I'm sure it'll be a huge comfort when I rot in an ICE cell for weeks, months, because the CBP agent didn't like my face!

Yeah, I ain't comin'.

[–] Shiggles 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Dude I love the guys that are like “well WaPo isn’t reporting it and the Americans didn’t email me specifically about their plans to resist so they must all be rolling over”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Considering how absolutely pathetic the American "resistance" has been for the past eight years I'd say you're solidly in the "put up or shut up" phase now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I wrote all my reps asking what they were doing about the rise of fascism.

"We're voting as hard as we can!" was their answer. Oh good. Thanks for fighting SO hard, ya fuckin useless sacks of shit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

The people who care are a minority.

An important one, yes, but hardly large enough to even protect themselves.

But most US citizens are either reactionary conservative or neoliberal - and neither truly care about minorities.

I honestly believe the number of Americans who actively oppose Trump, to the extent of fighting instead of tolerating him, rivals your tech unionization rates.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Its more like a third activey wants you dead and a third would prefer that not be the case and a third somehow wanted to stop the horribleness of the democrats by being those friends to folk that makes them not need enemies.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

It’s still years out. Boycott the 2028 Olympics. Sorry for the athletes, but America is Rancid and unsafe.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 hours ago

Start with all the US held games of the World Cup next year, would make quite the statement if the Mexican and Canadian held legs sold out but the US did not. Would be noticed by Trump as well as hes been cosying up to the head of UEFA

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago

Absolutely!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I was in the US once because of a business trip, I was there for 4 days and had 3 interviews with the border police. Not doing that again even if the company is paying for it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 hours ago

That's because you looked "other".

Just don't do that next time, you should be fine.

(/S, just in case)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

Way ahead of you, Robert