ACLU National Legal Director David Cole and Philippe Sands, UCL Professor and author of East-West Street, will talk about how Americans are fighting back against the wide-ranging ramifications for the US since the election of Trump, what lessons we might draw from the resistance, and what is at stake for all of us in the rise of populism.  Some see events like the election of Trump and vote for Brexit as part of a rise of anti-immigrant, populist, and anti-egalitarian politics in many western democracies.  However, in the US, there is hope, with the ACLU at the forefront of the fight to preserve democratic and constitutional traditions and norms in the wake of Trump’s election.