WHERE ARE THE MARCHING ORDERS?

After the March: Where Are the Marching Orders?

The “Seven Million March” was magnificent in size, spirit, and defiance. It proved that the heartbeat of democracy still echoes through the streets of America. But let’s be honest: the fascists are laughing at us. They see our block party, our signs, our chants, and they smile. Why? Because they know what we still lack: leadership, coordination, and a clear plan.

We have made noise. Now we must make change.

Protests alone do not win revolutions of principle. They are the opening act, not the finale. The time has come to move from slogans to strategy, from marching feet to marching orders. The message now must be unmistakably clear, both to the people and to the institutions that still have power to act.

Step One: The Military Must Say No

Each of us knows someone in uniform, or someone who knows someone. The chain of communication runs deeper than we think. From the top brass to the lowest private, the military must begin hearing, loudly and clearly, one simple word: No.

No to illegal orders.
No to intimidation of our own citizens.
No to turning the machinery of defense inward against the people it swore to protect.
No to complicity in crimes against humanity, at home or abroad.

The military oath is not to a man, not to a party, not to an ideology. It is to the Constitution of the United States. Every soldier, sailor, airman, and marine must remember that loyalty to the Republic requires disobedience to tyranny. Saying “no” is not rebellion; it is duty.

This is how every avalanche begins, with one small, courageous “no.” And it must start now.

Step Two: Impeach the Dictator and His Enablers

We cannot wait for history to save us. We must act through the only instrument still in the people’s hands: the ballot.
Vote as if freedom itself depends on it because it does.

Our immediate objective is lawful and straightforward: Impeach Trump and his sycophants. Remove them from the levers of power before they destroy what remains of our constitutional republic.

Control of Congress is the key. Control means the power to hold hearings, expose crimes, and move articles of impeachment forward. It means ending the silence of complicity. Every voter must understand this: if you want to end the dictatorship, you must vote, and you must protect the right to vote as though it were the last thread holding the nation together.

Step Three: Organize Beyond the Street

We have shown up in body. Now we must show up in mind and discipline. Every community, every neighborhood, every veterans’ post, every university, and civic group must transform into a cell of resistance, lawful, strategic, and focused on results.

Marching without a message is performance. Marching with a plan is power.

The Message to America

Our message cannot be vague. It must be one line, one purpose, one demand that every American can repeat:

No Kings. No Dictators. No Oligarchs. Restore the Republic.

We have taken to the streets. Now we must take back the country. The march was not the end. It was the drumbeat before the charge. What comes next is leadership, courage, and the will to see freedom through to victory.

William James Spriggs