town hall meetings
I've watched every State Of The Union Address since I can remember. Watching last night's address my emotions ranged from sadness, to shock and anger. Shock comes from what I've seen coming is now here. Last night Trumpers formally declared war against us. The
Bernie Sanders
Here's Bernie's full response. This part starting at 19:17 spoke to me: "Now I know because I've heard from many of you out there who are feeling angry and frustrated at what's going on here in Washington. I know there
Elon Musk
My wife and I have been whole food plant based since May 1, 2015. We've experienced first hand that food is life. I'm all for cutting out waste in government. I don't know anyone who isn't. But what Trump and Elon are
Jane McAlevey
The only thing more depressing than reading or thinking about Trump is seeing folks on Mastodon complaining about Trump. Because each complaint post is time lost towards the cure for this mess we're, which is organizing. Don't get me wrong, these Mastodon posts I see are
Bernie Sanders
This is from January 3, 2021 on heyheyrenee. I've been to a lot of protests and marches. I posted till I was blue in the face. Looking back, there was no meaningful change. Why not? Because we didn't do the hard work of organizing to elect
heyheyrenee
I posted this on September 29, 2019 on heyheyrenee, my first blog. It's another powerful example of why people have the power and social media is no place for organizing. Listen to this 4 minute clip from this week's Ralph Nader Radio Hour Podcast by Professor
Elon Musk
This from today on electrek, my goto blog for all things EV. Tesla store gets taken over by Musk protesters, 9 people arrestedA Tesla store in New York City has been taken over by people protesting Elon Musk – disrupting the operations.…ElectrekFred Lambert 300 people showed up to the NYC
Bernie Sanders
The Guardian published this piece today from Bernie. America must not surrender its Democratic values | Bernie SandersTogether, we must fight for our long-held values and work with people around the world who share themThe GuardianBernie Sanders Now the donor class and DNC establishment is finally recognizing what we've
town hall meetings
Here's a piece from NBC News covering the anger Republican representatives are facing from their constituents around the country. At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk’s firing and cutting spreeThe White House said the incidents represent just a handful of critics. Others noted
Elon Musk
Watch this 9 minute video by Led By Donkeys to see why Tesla (Elon) and Trump are one in the same. Defeating Trump requires that we the people organize and form a new party that forces Democrats to work for us, instead of their donor class. But it also requires
Elon Musk
If you're not familiar with Led By Donkeys you should be. They're doing great work. Protests work, so long as they're part of an movement to elect representatives that work for us, instead of the donor class. Watch this brilliant video that's
Bernie Sanders
In this this video Krystal and Saager talk about Bernie's Fight Oligarchy tour. Watch the first 10 minutes to hear them both heap praise on the Tea Party movement. Saager brings up, rightfully so, that Liberals spend too much time protesting and not any time organizing. He'