Fourth of July

Largest Gathering Of Service Members For Anti-War Protest Since Vietnam

July 17, 2026 Mike Prysner, Counter Punch. Resist! Antiwar Movement, Fourth of July, GI Resistance, Philadelphia, US military, Veterans

On July 4, the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, more than 500 veterans and military families gathered in the birthplace of the nation to reject what they called the Trump administration’s fascist vision for the country’s future (including domestic troop deployments and endless war). The coalition—About Face, 50501 Vets, Veterans For Peace, Common Defense, Military Families Speak Out, Fayetteville Resistance Coalition, and CCW—marched under the banner Freedom Over Fascism. Among them in the streets of Philadelphia were at least a dozen currently-serving members of the U.S. military, part of the “Service Members’ Anti-War Contingent” organized by the Center on Conscience and War.

Barack Obama, George Washington And The Fourth Of July

July 4, 2026 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Barack Obama, Fourth of July, George Washington, History, Slavery

The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence once again raises the issue of the lies that were taught as historical fact and how those lies impact Black people to this day. The July 4th celebration is the commemoration of the founding of settler colonialism, genocide, and enslavement but it is also a legal holiday that brings time off from work, fireworks, travel, and traditions of family gatherings and social events. Black people partake in all of these activities while knowing that the “independence” that took place on July 4, 1776 was nothing of the sort for their ancestors.

Why More US Troops Are Refusing To Fight Than Ever

July 2, 2026 Zoe Alexandra and Rania Khalek, Breakthrough News. Resistance Report Fascism, Fourth of July, GI Resistance, Veterans

As Trump's America 250 shenanigans take over Washington, anti-war veterans, service members, and military families will march on Philadelphia for Freedom Over Fascism. Mike Prysner, US Army veteran and executive director of the Center on Conscience and War, tells BT Live that amid Trump’s belligerence in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba, conscientious objector filings have surged higher than at any point since 9/11. From the soldier on the ship that launched missiles at Caracas, to the officer at Guantanamo watching ICE detainees get processed like terrorists, Prysner says the fissures are everywhere.

Major Cities Across The US Take Action Against Trump And America 250

July 2, 2026 International League of People's Struggle, Popular Resistance. Resist! American Revolution, Donald Trump, Fourth of July, National Day of Action, Wars and Militarism

United States – Hundreds of activists and community members across the country refuse to take part in celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States, "America 250," and instead will hold mass actions and protests in major cities to denounce Trump and the violent legacy that the U.S. and Trump continues today. This violent legacy is reflected in the 60,000 migrants locked up in detention centers, a budget allocating $85 billion to ICE and upwards of $1.15 trillion for military spending towards escalating wars, and initiating agreements like the most recent Pax Silica agreement, to solidify its global supply chain and US interests for computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

We The People March On Washington

July 1, 2026 We The People 250 March, Popular Resistance. Resist! American Revolution, Constitution, Fourth of July, popular power, Washington DC

We The People 250 is a coalition convening a march on Washington on July 4, 2026 to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. Bringing together movements and organizations from across the country, the march is a peaceful, people-powered stand against authoritarianism, demagoguery, and political violence. We the People is an affirmation of 250 years of struggle to bend this country toward justice and a clarion call that leaders in every party stop accommodating its demise. The coalition takes its name from the first three words of the Constitution: We the People.

Declaring Our Collective Independence From The Sinking Ship Of US Empire

July 1, 2026 Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Founding Fathers, Fourth of July, oligarchy, Racism, White Supremacy

As with most years around the so-called Independence Day “holiday,” the Black masses and our accomplices of all races and ethnicities reflect on the sage words offered by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York: What to the Slave is the 4th of July. Therein, Douglass at one point declares, “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine, You may rejoice, I must mourn.” The speech shall be heralded in the annals of U.S. history for time immeasurable with warrant, yet from the outset it contained a ubiquitous contradiction as it actually praises the white men - many of them slaveowners and some of them rapists of African women - known to this day as the “founding fathers.”

Finding Real National Pride On America’s 250th Birthday

July 1, 2026 Sarah Van Gelder, Waging Nonviolence. Strategize! American genocide, American Revolution, Fourth of July, Racism, Reparations, Slavery

During this year of celebrating our nation’s 250th anniversary, I’ve been experiencing an unexpected emotion: pride. For months, it’s been something far different — a mixture of disappointment, disbelief and disgust at the undermining of our freedoms, our wellbeing, our children’s futures and even our prospects for survival. But recently, something shifted for me. I saw the excitement and global unity of World Cup fans. I talked to small business owners here in my small town in Washington state who were placing signs in their windows to let immigrants know they are welcome.

This July 4, Celebrate That The People Are Supposed To Be In Charge

June 30, 2026 By Michael Chameides, Meg Bostrom, and Elaine Mejia, Inequality. Org. Strategize! Democracy, Fourth of July, popular power, Ruling Elites

Two hundred fifty years ago, Americans rejected monarchy. They rejected the idea that power should rest in the hands of one person, one family, or a distant ruling class. Instead, they enshrined an American promise: legitimate power comes from the people. Our Constitution opens with three words: “We the People.” As the country marks its 250th anniversary, that promise is worth remembering: in America, the people are supposed to be in charge. Indeed, every day we see neighbors working together to improve their lives, their communities, and the country.

A Different Revolution

July 5, 2025 Ace Thelin, Consortium News. Educate! Fourth of July, History, Slavery, Wars and Militarism

It’s long past time Americans face the truth about the Founding Fathers. A critique that places events being celebrated on the Fourth of July in a much larger world historical narrative is urgently needed. The power of empire is not only the power to control land, labor, armies and financial industries, but also to control minds. The dominion of the U.S. Empire has turned history upside down. It has transformed some of the biggest criminals into heroes. A history that emphasizes the U.S. as an exemplar of democracy and human rights and holds the constitution as sacrosanct is a history that lies by omission and ignores some of the most important events in its story.

The Terrible Origins Of July Fourth

July 4, 2025 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Colonialism, Fourth of July, History, Independence Day

“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.” -- Declaration of Independence The July 4 holiday in the United States commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Anyone educated in this country has been propagandized with lies about patriotic colonists seeking freedom from a tyrannical British monarch. Our minds were filled with tales of Paul Revere and Betsy Ross which erase the role that indigenous and Black people played as they attempted to end true tyranny over their lives.

What July 5th Taught Me That July 4th Never Did

July 2, 2025 Michelle Ellner, Counter Punch. Educate! Bolivarian Revolution, Failed State, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Venezuela

Growing up in Venezuela and now living in the United States, I’ve always felt caught between two independence days: July 4th and July 5th. Two celebrations. Two flags. Two very different ideas of what it means to be free. In the U.S., the Fourth of July comes with fireworks, parades, and an almost unquestioned belief in the righteousness of the revolution it commemorates. But in Venezuela, July 5th conjures up different thoughts. It is not just a break from colonial rule but the beginning of a long, unfinished struggle to define freedom on our own terms. It’s not something we inherited. It’s something we’re still fighting for.

What To The Exploited Working Class And Poor In A Capitalist Dictatorship Is The Fourth Of July?

July 5, 2023 Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Fourth of July, History, Reparations, Slavery, Worker Rights and Jobs

Here’s a little Fourth of July Critical Race and Labor History for you: On July 2, 1777 , Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery when it ratified its first constitution and became a sovereign country, a status it maintained until its admittance to the union in 1791 as the 14th state in the United States. However, Harvey Amani Whitfield , author of The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810, writes that slavery in Vermont was gradually phased out over a period of multiple decades. Additionally, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) staff write in “Vermont 1777: Early Steps Against Slavery ” that even though “Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut abolitionists achieved laudable goals, each state created legal strictures making it difficult for ‘free’ blacks to find work, own property or even remain in the state” and that Vermont’s 1777 constitution’s “wording was vague enough to let Vermont’s already-established slavery practices continue.”

The Truth About The US: A Counter-Hegemonic Proposal For July 4th

July 5, 2023 Anisia Castro Morera, Resumen English. Strategize! Cuba, Fourth of July, History, Multipolar World, US Imperialism

As a great protest against this U.S. offensive at the global level, the Network in Defense of Humanity-Cuba (REDH) joins the initiative launched on June 15 in Moscow, to celebrate the first International Day of Independence from U.S. Influence this July 4, 2023. This call is part of the great international project “Get out of the American Sector”, and it is necessary that it responds in turn to the need for international counter-hegemonic, anti-colonialist, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist articulation. A recent study shows that the United States has launched nearly 400 military interventions since its independence in 1776, half of these have been carried out between 1950 and 2019.

As We Celebrate Independence, The US Stifles Freedom Around The Globe

July 4, 2023 Nicholas Powers, Truthout. Educate! Fourth of July, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

As fireworks boom and politicians solemnize Independence Day, the United States betrays the freedom of people around the world. The 4th of July is a strange spectacle: In Washington, D.C., patriots wave American flags at a parade even as the U.S. approves Morocco’s occupation of the Western Sahara, helping to crush the Sahrawi people’s hope for independence. Take your pick: Rwanda to Bahrain, Israel to Morocco; the U.S. is the boss of an international ring of client states that crush dissent. It has flooded dictatorships and settler-colonial regimes with military weapons and drone bombed the hell out of innocent people in Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia.

Frederick Douglass On The Meaning Of July 4th To The Slave

July 4, 2023 In These Times. Educate! Black America, Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass, History, Slavery

Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? And am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your independence to us? I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.

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