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These are terrible times, to be sure. But we will triumph

Reflection: We’re winning

EL CENTRAL by EL CENTRAL
October 30, 2025
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  • Robert Reich
  • October 30, 2025
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The resistance is becoming an uprising.

On Saturday, October 18, more than 7 million of us poured into the streets to reject Trump’s dictatorship. That’s more than 2 percent of the adult population of the United States.

Historical studies suggest that 3.5 percent of a population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance can topple even the most brutal dictatorships — such as Chile under Pinochet and Serbia under Milosevic.

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Which means we’re almost there.

Other evidence of the backlash is all around us. Seven of the nine universities Trump selected to join his extortion compact — offering preferential treatment for federal funds in exchange for a pledge to support his agenda — have rejected it.

Most major airports have refused to show Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s propaganda video attacking Democrats for the government shutdown.

Almost all of America’s news outlets have refused to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s media loyalty oath.

Trump’s destruction of the East Wing of the White House (after promising he wouldn’t) and posting an AI video of himself dumping excrement on America is causing even loyal Trumpers to worry he’s losing his marbles.

I believe future generations will look back on this scourge and see not just what was destroyed but also what was born.

Even prior to Trump, American democracy was deeply flawed. The moneyed interests were drowning out everyone else. Inequality was reaching record levels. Corruption — legalized bribery through campaign contributions — was the norm. The bottom 90 percent were getting nowhere because the system was rigged against them.

Many of you are now sowing the seeds of fundamental reform.

Whether it’s demonstrating as you did two Saturdays ago, appearing at Republican town halls, jamming the Capitol and White House switchboards, generating mountains of emails and letters, protecting the vulnerable in your communities, or going door-to-door for candidates like (New York City’s) Zohran Mamdani, your activism is paying off.

The backlash against Trump is growing. His approval rating has sunk to a level not seen since Richard Nixon last sat in the White House, according to the latest Gallup poll.

These are terrible times — the worst I’ve lived through, and I’ve lived through some bad ones. (Remember 1968? Nixon’s enemies list? Anyone old enough to recall Joe McCarthy’s communist witch hunts?)

But as long as we are alive, as long as we are resolved, as long as we are taking action to stop the worst of this, as long as we are trying to make America and the world even a bit better — have no doubt: We will triumph.

Reflexión: Estamos ganando.

Son tiempos terribles, sin duda. Pero triunfaremos.

La resistencia se está convirtiendo en un levantamiento.

El sábado 18 de octubre, más de 7 millones de nosotros salimos a las calles para rechazar la dictadura de Trump. Esto representa más del 2% de la población adulta de Estados Unidos.

Estudios históricos sugieren que el 3,5% de una población que participa en una resistencia no violenta sostenida puede derrocar incluso las dictaduras más brutales, como la de Chile bajo Pinochet y la de Serbia bajo Milosevic.
Lo que significa que casi lo logramos.

Otras evidencias de la reacción negativa nos rodean. Siete de las nueve universidades que Trump seleccionó para unirse a su pacto de extorsión —que ofrecía un trato preferencial para fondos federales a cambio de la promesa de apoyar su agenda— lo han rechazado.

La mayoría de los aeropuertos principales se han negado a mostrar el video de propaganda de la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, que ataca a los demócratas por el cierre del gobierno.

Casi todos los medios de comunicación estadounidenses se han negado a firmar el juramento de lealtad mediática del secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth.

La destrucción del Ala Este de la Casa Blanca por parte de Trump (tras prometer que no lo haría) y la publicación de un video de IA en el que aparece arrojando excrementos sobre Estados Unidos está preocupando incluso a los trumpistas más fieles.
Creo que las generaciones futuras recordarán esta lacra y verán no solo lo que se destruyó, sino también lo que nació.

Incluso antes de Trump, la democracia estadounidense tenía graves defectos. Los intereses del dinero eclipsaban a todos los demás. La desigualdad alcanzaba niveles récord. La corrupción —sobornos legalizados mediante contribuciones de campaña— era la norma. El 90% más pobre no llegaba a ninguna parte porque el sistema estaba amañado en su contra.

Muchos de ustedes están sembrando ahora las semillas de una reforma fundamental.

Ya sea manifestándose como lo hicieron hace dos sábados, apareciendo en asambleas públicas republicanas, interfiriendo en las centralitas del Capitolio y la Casa Blanca, generando montañas de correos electrónicos y cartas, protegiendo a los vulnerables de sus comunidades o apoyando puerta a puerta a candidatos como Zohran Mamdani (de la ciudad de Nueva York), su activismo está dando frutos.

La reacción contra Trump está creciendo. Su índice de aprobación ha caído a un nivel no visto desde la última vez que Richard Nixon ocupó la Casa Blanca, según la última encuesta de Gallup.

Estos son tiempos terribles, los peores que he vivido, y he vivido algunos malos. (¿Recuerdan 1968? ¿La lista de enemigos de Nixon? ¿Alguien con edad suficiente para recordar la caza de brujas comunista de Joe McCarthy?)

Pero mientras estemos vivos, mientras estemos decididos, mientras tomemos medidas para detener lo peor de esto, mientras intentemos mejorar un poco Estados Unidos y el mundo, no tengan duda: triunfaremos.

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