MERCI
LA FRANCE!
Dear friends,
Europe, including 20
million Avaazers, is rising up to defend the world against
Trumpism! And it's beautiful.
Austria. Netherlands.
And now France.
Everywhere the far-right is trying to take
power, they're being crushed! In France's
presidential election, the racist nationalist Marine Le Pen
was beaten even worse than expected, 66-34, and by a brand new
political movement that proudly defended the values of
humanity and openness.
Stopping the far-right's
momentum has been Avaaz's top priority this year.
Here's
how our community rose to the fight in France! --
Our election campaigning was all over global and
French news:
Our community sent more than 20,000 text messages and
made thousands of calls in a targeted get-out-the-vote program
to those who claimed they would abstain:
We blanketed key neighbourhoods with posters linking
Le Pen to Trump and her father that reached more than 2
million people:
Our viral video calling on France not to get 'Trumped'
got over 2 million views in days:
And all throughout the election, Avaaz members were in
the streets orchestrating media-grabbing actions that helped
shape the media narrative:
France is a crucial world leader in so many of the
things our community fights for: Stopping climate change.
Saving our biodiversity. Protecting Internet freedom. For both
their country and all of us, most of the 4 million Avaazers in
France fought hard to help keep Le Pen out of office, and
bring to power Emmanuel Macron, a man who shares many of our
values -- including supporting a strong Europe, fighting
climate change and creating an inclusive and open world that
celebrates difference instead of vilifying it. Today is a day
to celebrate.
Click
to leave a message and join the global celebration!
The tide is turning away from far-right extremism.
But the BIG fight isn’t over yet. Dangerous, hate-filled
rhetoric used by politicians to divide us is a threat
everywhere. The world needs our 44-million-strong global
community more than ever before, to show up time and again to
defend our unity, and our democracies. And I know we'll be
there, together. See you in the next fight :)
With so
much hope and gratitude for this movement,
Emma,
Alice, Nell, Patricia, Christoph, Julie, Camille, Amelie,
Andrew, Mia, Mike, Martyna, and the whole team at Avaaz
Read more:
Marine Le Pen Critics Warn French
Voters Not To ‘Trump’ Themselves (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ne-vous-trumpez-pas_us_590e8111e4b0104c734f8085?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000314&yptr=yahoo
