The two-day art movement aims to spark unity, defiance, and creative resistance across the U.S. this November.
A wave of artistic resistance is sweeping across America. Musicians Amanda Palmer and John Legend, filmmaker Michael Moore, novelist Jennifer Egan, director Ava DuVernay, and several other major names are joining forces to launch “Fall of Freedom,” a two-day nationwide protest against President Donald Trump and his administration.
Scheduled for November 21 and 22, the event will feature public performances, exhibitions, readings, concerts, and comedy shows held in galleries, theaters, museums, and libraries across the United States. According to the organizers, this movement represents “an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.”
The project’s website describes Fall of Freedom as an open invitation to artists and communities to take part in acts of creative defiance. “Art matters. Artists are a threat to American fascism,” the statement boldly declares.
One of the movement’s leading voices, playwright Lynn Nottage, expressed that this effort is about reclaiming artistic expression. In a recent Instagram post, she wrote, “Together we will use our art, music, comedy, words, performing arts and energy to make a statement about freedom, solidarity, and the future we want to create.”
Nottage also made headlines after deciding not to stage one of her musicals at the Kennedy Center, citing censorship under Trump-aligned leadership. “Unless you adhere to a certain kind of narrative, you are not going to receive support,” she told The New York Times.
Among the confirmed Fall of Freedom events is a new library dedicated to queer artists’ books opening at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York, serving as a powerful stand against censorship and book bans.
The movement’s launch comes just ahead of the massive “No Kings” protests planned for October 18, which continue to challenge Trump’s alleged overreach and disregard for the Constitution. Earlier this year, more than 5 million Americans took to the streets under the “50501” banner — representing 50 protests in all 50 states.
With Fall of Freedom, artists are turning creativity into protest, proving that brushes, voices, and instruments can be just as powerful as signs and chants.
