By Get Free
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NEW YORK, NY — Star Wars fans with 50501, Get Free and several more organizations are escalating their fight for free speech, announcing nationwide actions outside Sinclair and Nexstar corporate offices. They are also calling for boycotts of Sinclair and Nexstar owned stations. The campaign comes after weeks of public pressure forced ABC/Disney to reverse course and reinstate Jimmy Kimmel, proving that collective action can defeat censorship.
But even as Disney backed down, Sinclair and Nexstar continue to pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel in dozens of markets, weaponizing their control of local news stations to silence dissent and comply with President Trump’s demands. Organizers are calling on communities everywhere to show up at corporate offices and local stations this Friday — and to continue boycotting Sinclair- and Nexstar-owned news outlets until they end their role in regime-backed censorship.
Utilizing our new website which gained over 200,000 hits in 48 hours from September 21 – September 22, and the originating toolkit, we will continue to call for digital and on the ground actions against these corporate giants.
Flagship Event Location: NEXSTAR CORPORATE OFFICES, 1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK
Event Time/Date: 12pm (to 1pm) on Friday, Sept 26th, 2025
Event Description
“As a lifelong Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars fan — and someone who was part of the Disney-ABC mentorship program as a teenager in New York City — it breaks my heart to see the company stray from its values. You can’t call yourself ‘the most magical place on earth’ while standing against the First Amendment. Disney reversed course, but Sinclair and Nexstar are still choosing censorship.” — Nelini Stamp, Working Families Party
“For many of us, Star Wars was our first introduction to resistance to fascism in fiction, even if we didn’t realize it at the time. The MAGA regime is whitewashing our history, taking away our hard-won freedoms and rights, and turning our government into a weapon to silence our voices. By reinstating Kimmel, Disney showed that united public pressure works. Now we must turn that same energy toward Sinclair and Nexstar, who are still bowing to the regime’s white supremacist agenda. On Friday, we’ll be outside Sinclair’s doors, demanding they refuse to comply with attacks on truth and freedom.” — Anthony Vidal Torres, spokesperson for Get Free
“Disney’s decision to cave and then backtrack proves that dissent has power. But Sinclair and Nexstar are still pre-empting Jimmy Kimmel, censoring voices, and pushing government-sponsored propaganda through their local stations. That’s why we’re calling on organizers everywhere to keep up the pressure: join us at actions on Friday and continue boycotting local news stations until Sinclair and Nexstar end their role in censorship once and for all.” — Glo Sahay, 50501 National Coordinator and Co-Founder, Political Revolution.
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