[SOLIDARITY] Make Billionaires Pay March

On September 20th, we are rising up for our people and our planet. Will you join us?

Context: As the United States braces for extreme heat, wildfires, and hurricanes, the Trump administration just rammed through a mega-bill defunding our communities to give handouts to billionaires. They’re dismantling our democracy, attacking immigrants, and feeding the war profiteers. The attacks on our people are directly tied to the attacks on our planet. War-making and genocide, from Palestine to Sudan and the Congo, is contrary to the just transition and repair of the Earth we demand. The billionaire fascists are hoarding resources and leaving working class communities across the globe to face the impacts of extreme weather and rising seas, while building walls and furthering their militarized response to the climate crisis.

Among Trump's billionaire buddies, a handful of Big Oil & Gas executives are raking in profits while the rest of us pay the price of rising costs, toxic pollution, militarized repression and worsening climate disasters.

All across the world, authoritarian regimes are on the rise but people are fighting back. We are uniting across the world to demand a better future for our communities and for all living beings.

Demands: Shut down billionaires. Fund our future. Shut down fascists. Protect migrants and the global majority. Shut down polluters. Defend Mother Earth.

Strategy: On September 20th world leaders will be gathering in New York City for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week. This is a critical moment for us to show the world we are revolting against Trump and the Billionaire Class.

We’re calling for people across the US to join the non-violent resistance by hosting a march in their community or joining the march in New York City. Cities within 300 miles, including Boston, are asked to send folks to join the New York march.

Simultaneous actions will happen around the world as part of the international mobilizations for climate justice entitled “Draw the Line” (convened by 350.org, Demand Climate Justice, Climate Action Network and War on Want).

Endorsement: The Make Billionaires Pay mobilization is being convened by: The Women’s March, 350.org, Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), and Climate Defenders. It is endorsed by XR Boston.