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The
Statue of Liberty was gifted to the
United
States by France and unveiled in
1886
to celebrate the two nations’
shared
commitment to liberty and
democracy.
The Statue of Liberty
features
broken shackles by her feet to
symbolize
freedom and an end to
slavery.
Positioned near Ellis Island, it
also
became a powerful symbol of hope
and
welcome for millions of immigrants
arriving
in America. Under the current
administration,
all of those values are
being
undermined and the will of the
people
is being ignored by a president
who
wants to be a dictator or king. In
this
print the use of the phrase “It Can’t
Happen
Here” is a reference to Sinclair
Lewis’s
1935 novel of the same name,
which
follows an American politician’s
embrace
of fascism and ascent to
becoming
the country’s first dictator.
Let’s
take the fascist threat seriously and
make
sure it actually can’t happen here
because
the way things are going many
of
the safeguards against fascism and
dictatorship
are being dismantled. Free
speech,
the right to assemble, the right
to
due process under the law are under
assault.
Liberty is shackled and we need
to
do everything we can to reverse that.
A
portion of proceeds from this print will
be
donated to @BraveNewFilms to
support
their projects pushing for justice
and
against fascism. Thanks for caring!
-Shepard
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