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Absolutely! 💯 ✊🏼
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@lorennacleary.bsky.social I'm on the Indivisible Westside LA steering committee. I'll email National today. I was disturbed that Alexa wasn't mentioned during the No Kings debrief yesterday (note: only saw the 1st hr). Thank you for continuing to bring this kind of content to light.
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Her name is Alexa Carrasco, and she was struck by a hit and run driver in during the rally in Riverside, CA.
Here's her GoFundMe link. Please give if you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/alexa-carr...
#Indivisible
#nokings
Attn: @indivisiblewestsidela.com
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Exactly. As usual, the corporate/billionaire owned media is softening the bad news to please the sad tyrant in the WH.
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I need to drop off for now, but I'll review the rest of the call later.
Thank you to all the organizers, esp. to Ash-Lee for emceeing
#NoKings
Livestream is here: www.youtube.com/live/ECEbs-z...
Also - training from NoKings: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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So, what are you going to do this week??
Reply here and tell me!
#NoKings
#Indivisible
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Common Cause (Izzy Bronstein) notes the importance of follow up after the amazing success of #NoKings day.
This week and next - take ONE concrete action to show that we're going to keep showing up: Message to Congress, letters to the editor or phonebank
see www.nokings.org/next.
#NoKings
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June 18, 7 pm (EDT) planning meeting (see the mobilize link a couple posts back) for Good Trouble Lives On.
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The events will center Racial Justice, Voting Rights, and our fight for a just, inclusive democracy.
Find out more at goodtroubleliveson.org
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Next speakers are from Transformative Justice Coalition, Common Cause, and Indivisible.
Where do we go from here?
July 17th - there will be Good Trouble - host an event or join an event.
www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
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Going forward we need to:
1) Push back against the authoritarian overreach and harm in the short term.
AND
2) strategically build long term power to repair and restore our nation.
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Links to learn more or get involved:
- www.teslatakedown.com
Training:
- freedomtrainers.net
Tools for countering authoritarianism
- support.interfaithalliance.org/a/faithful-f...
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In both Poland and S. Korea, civil disobedience and non-cooperation were key to taking down authoritarians.
Sustaining large, diverse, non-violent actions will be key to success, including maintaining discipline in the face of repressive violence.
#NoKings
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Shoutouts to Bishop Budde of #TEC and Rev. Barber for their forthright defense of fundamental values.
Outrage in red districts is growing - more is needed.
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Labor solidarity, community pressure against Avelo Airlines are examples of targeting enablers of ICE and their kidnapping policies.
Then there's Sarah Inama, Boise teacher, who refused to take down her "everyone is welcome here" sign
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The Tesla protests are an example of an effective tactic as has the Target boycott. Add to that efforts to support black-owned businesses as an alternative, and we have something very effective.
Next - T-Mobile action to stop them from working with Starlink.
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She notes the lessons learned from the Civil Rights movement.
If we are going to changes the minds of the various pillars, we need to understand who are the people that are part of each one. Different tactics are needed are needed for different people.
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Those pillars are:
Civil Service
Police
Media
Businesses
Military
(I'd add The People as well)
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Maria Stephan (Horizons Project) is the next speaker.
She notes that mass protests build solidarity and shift social norms and create the social permission to stop complying with the status quo.
She shows the pillars of support for authoritarians
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Note that the zoom call is maxed out, so youtube is your best best bet (see a previous post).
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Rep. Jayapal notes the coordinated effort of MAGA is to strip control of our lives from us, and enrich themselves and their billionaire sponsors.
But our actions can stop them. With these protests we are at least 1/2 way to the 3.5% needed to overthrow an authoritarian.
#NoKings
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Next speaker is Rep. Jayapal (WA). Talks about the event in Seattle - second largest in their history, approx. 70,000.
Here's a YouTube livestream link if you want it:
www.youtube.com/live/ECEbs-z...
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Eighty thousand people (est.) showed up. "No one can be a king unless we bow" (Rev. Barber quote used by one of the leads during her speech to the crowd).
They did not bow either to a king or to the intimidation of violence. And did it with non-violent action.
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The call is handed over to Co-Leads of Indivisible Twin Cities in Minnesota, who bravely carried on despite the tragic and unnecessary deaths of the former Speaker of the MN House.
Despite warning from police, the musicians, most speakers, and huge crowds showed up.
#NoKings
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Conservative estimates are at 5 million participants. Celebrate your accomplishment!
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Two thousand one hundred sixty nine rallies, with 250 different organizational partners. Ezra notes that new media were huge in spreading the word, unlike legacy (and now mostly corporate) media.
This was one of the largest protests in history - every state in the U.S.
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