#DefendTheArts
🚨 Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover

Trump wants to gut the board, name himself chairman, and censor the arts to fit his extremist agenda. This power grab threatens free expression and democracy. We must fight back.

🔥 #DefendTheArts #StopTheTakeover

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Trump announces plans to gut the Kennedy Center board and appoint himself chairman | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump announced an aggressive plan Friday evening to gut the existing board of trustees at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and oust its chairman, billionaire philanthropist...
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February 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Artists, take a stand—boycott the Kennedy Center. Trump’s takeover turns a cultural icon into a propaganda machine. Don’t let fascism hijack the arts. #BoycottKennedyCenter #NoStageForTyranny #ResistTrump #DefendTheArts”
All talent boycott Kennedy Center!
Commentary: The battle for America's future won’t just be won or lost at the ballot box, but on screens, at concert venues, and at cultural institutions.

Here’s why Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover matters ⤵
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February 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Oh, so we defunding diversity in the arts like it’s a clearance sale on oppression? The Cheeto foolishness continues. Black artists stay getting shortchanged—but we still gon’ create. Y’all ain’t stopping nothing.

#BlackArt #DefendTheArts #SupportArtists #FundTheArts #WeWontBeSilenced
February 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“…the #DefendTheArts movement, criticised the govt’s argument that an #ArtsAndHumanities education is not employable or beneficial to the economy. Data from Jan 2024 shows #CreativeIndustries contribute about £126bn to the #UKrconomy – more than oil and gas.”

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UK university courses on race and colonialism facing axe due to cuts
Academics warn loss of higher education arts and humanities courses will harm understanding of racism and imperial history
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May 5, 2024 at 10:39 PM
In the face of oppression, Palestinian poetry and art stand as acts of resistance. Darwish's words and Handala's image embody our defiance, telling the world: we will not be silenced. #FreePalestine #DefendTheArts
September 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
“Artists, take a stand—boycott the Kennedy Center. Trump’s takeover turns a cultural icon into a propaganda machine. Don’t let fascism hijack the arts. #BoycottKennedyCenter #NoStageForTyranny #ResistTrump #DefendTheArts”
Donold taking over the Kennedy Center shows he’s such a rabid dictator he makes the North Korean dear leader say “whoa, slow down my guy.”
February 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM