Voices of the Resistance — Issue #4
This is your column. This is our resistance.
Voices of the Resistance is an ongoing series featuring letters from readers who, inspired by the essays and stories shared on The Resistance, have been moved to speak out. You can send your “letter to the editor” by emailing info@charlieangus.ca
We might not be able to share every letter we receive, but we read and appreciate every single one. Here are a few emails sent to us recently.
From Margaret
Massive appreciation for your continued dedication from occupied California.
From Pauline Morello
Charlie, it was such a pleasure to finally meet you in person and hear you speak after watching your recent speech from the press gallery in Ottawa. One person who stands up for truth and justice for our country has started a grass movement that will just keep on enlarging.
We as Canadians will not be taken for granted. We will not let our resources be taken over, nor would we sell our national forests as they now going to do in the US. The Elbows up resistance has woken a true Canadian pride in our country and we will never be a 51st state. Far from that, Canada is now a world leader for democracy.
Canada is OUR land that is TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE.
This all started with you Charlie.
No Concessions
I was in the autoworker town of Oshawa this past week as the latest round of Trump shenanigans played out. Oshawa is on the frontline of the tariff war and its very real consequences for Canadian workers.
From Stephen Lewis
Charlie: A hell of a good column!
From Valerie
This is a wonderful description of recent working-class history. It deserves to be printed as a 'front page' editorial in the Toronto Star (the Globe wouldn't do it).
Thank you for this reminder. It is indeed a tonic.
From Sue
As an American on the right side of history and fighting like hell....thank you.
We had an extremely difficult weekend and with little sleep this was the first read of the day. We need to know folks outside of this hellscape see us fighting. I feel a little better and after a nap will get boots back on the ground.
Many of us have had to pick a lane....I have been focusing on immigration and trans rights. I still feel hope when we are together on messaging and stepping in front of our most vulnerable. Today is the day...tomorrow doesn't exist and yesterday is done. Praying we only get stronger.
From Brigid
Thank you. Two heartfelt words from a little USA citizen activist.
Thoughts on the Bombing of Iran
Donald Trump has bombed Iran. The world is now moving into ever more dangerous ground. I want to share with you a video I've created deconstructing the disinformation and politics behind this attack.
From Paul
Thank you Charlie.
Vote with our feet. Vote in the street.
Prepare the general strike. One job at a time.
Grandmothers Are on the Move
"To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn't care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet."
From Janice
Thank you Charlie Angus and team for all of the very important and impactful work you do. I moved to southern Ontario from Cochrane Ontario years ago and am familiar with the great work that Charlie does. So happy that he continues to lead us through these difficult times.
I am a grandmother from the village of Lakefield Ontario - 10 minutes north of Peterborough and am interested in starting a Grandmothers Against Genocide campaign and have read in your wonderful newsletter about this initiative that it happening in other parts of the province. I’m interested in hearing from you about how to get started (I’m thinking perhaps it could be “Grandparents Against Genocide” as I know of men who also might be interested).
Looking forward to hearing from you and thank you again for your wonderful leadership.
p.s. If Charlie happens to see this, please tell him I also worked with his friend Andrew Cash at Dixon Hall Music School in Toronto in the 1970s :)
Trump Lights a Dumpster Fire at the G7
"Unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees, reassurances, or promises (i.e., conditions) are given to the surrendering party. It is often demanded with the threat of complete destruction, extermination or annihilation." - Wikipedia.
From Jay
Dear Charlie
You are correct that the MAGA-TRUMP is using his rhetoric to want the country to bend and join the US. We the people have to stand up to such a bully and i hope that our Prime Minister does not bend and kiss the ring of the goofie.
We have to stand up for Canada and continue our boycott of the USA.
Thank you for all that you are doing for our CANADA.
From Alison
Trump should be removed from the G7. He is not longer an allie to us but a national threat and a threat to most of the world.
Thank you for your part in informing Canadians what is going on in our world.
Keep up the good work.
We thought we’d end this issue with something a little different.
Along side the emails we receive, we’re always especially touched by the handwritten letters and cards that arrive in our mailbox. Here’s one we received just this past week:
From Cheryl (Imperial, Missouri)
I’m enclosing a cheque for two yearly subscriptions for anyone you know who would like one but can’t afford one. I wish I could do more, but I am attending protests!
I hope everything goes well for you all and want you to know that the Resistance is giving me hope and I appreciate everything you are doing. Elbows Up! 😊
P.S. The Elephant on the card is a drawing my granddaughter did when she was 8 - NOT a Republican symbol! Ha ha!
We hope you enjoyed this instalment of Voices of the Resistance. You can send your “letter to the editor” by emailing info@charlieangus.ca
Keep kicking at the darkness.
I am encouraged by the growing number of Americans that are following this movement. Charlie, have you considered taking your message directly to the Excited States? What's that? You don't want to end up in a concentration camp in El Salvador or Sudan? Can't blame you. You're safe here. Please stay with us.
We just returned to the US from two wonderful weeks in beautiful Nova Scotia. Although residents of Blue Washington State, we are reminded daily that we are now governed from DC by greedy, weak traitors and cowards. Thank you, Charlie, for leading the Resistance. You inspire and give us a needed kick in the pants. Love you from the US. Stay strong, stay safe.