turnoutandup on Instagram: "When Parisians fill their metro stations chanting that we are all anti-fascist, when thousands gather at Place des Fêtes to warn ag…"
When Parisians fill their metro stations chanting that we are all anti-fascist, when thousands gather at Place des Fêtes to warn against authoritarianism, they are reminding us that protecting democracy is not an American problem or a French problem—it’s a human problem. As the world comes together in Milan for the Winter Olympics, we’re also seeing the power of international solidarity: neighbors across oceans recognizing the threats we face and refusing to stay silent. To everyone in Paris and in Milan turning out and speaking up, thank you for seeing us, for understanding what’s at stake, and for showing that resistance is not about geography—it’s about shared values of freedom, dignity, and protecting each other. Your voices reach us here, and they matter more than you know.#TurnOutandUp #InternationalSolidarity #olympics2026 #ResistTogether #Milano2026 —————————-@theorangecrumble At Place des Fêtes, the air is thick with voices and conviction. Thousands of Parisians gathered and sang together, chanting the words that history keeps demanding we repeat: we are all anti-fascist. This was not a performance. It was not symbolic. It was a warning, spoken from the heart of a city that has seen where authoritarianism leads and refuses to pretend it cannot happen again.From Paris, people are watching what is unfolding in the United States and they are not confused about what they see. They recognize the language of strongmen, the erosion of democratic norms, the targeting of journalists, migrants, and dissent. They hear echoes of the past in the present. And they are saying out loud what too many are afraid to say plainly.This chant is not about France alone. It is about solidarity across borders. It is about the shared understanding that democracy is fragile and that fascism does not announce itself all at once. It creeps in through cruelty, lies, and the normalization of abuse of power.
