People Have the Power
The Tesla protests are working. Let's hope they pick up momentum. Elon Musk’s Tesla facilities in the US face ‘Takedown’ protestsIt is part of an effort to protest the role Tesla’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, has played in the Trump administration.BBC NewsDonald Trump pledges to
Organize
Howdy, In today's opinion piece Peggy Noonan offers some good suggestions for Democrats. Opinion | Snap Out of It, Democrats — The Wall Street JournalOn Tuesday they looked as if they aren’t going to win for a long time. That’s dangerous for America.Snap Out of It, Democrats
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
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
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'
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders has begun his Fighting Oligarchy tour. Bernie SandersThe official Youtube channel of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.YouTube I've watched the first two rallies. Bernie is alone - not one Democratic Congressional Representative has joined him. David Sirota said this today about the Democratic Party. I
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders said this to Anderson Cooper in an interview after the first Presidential debate in 2019: “Unless we are prepared to take on the people who have real power in this country, the power elite, and that is Wall Street, and that is the Insurance companies, and that is
People Have the Power
Howdy, We demonstrate how People Have the Power. This can admittedly sound like coffee cup wisdom unless you look back in history for examples. Lois Gibbs is one such example. I was vaguely familiar with the Love Canal story when I listened to Lois on Ralph Nader's podcast.
Bernie Sanders
Thanks to Common Dreams for publishing this. Some nuggets from the piece: "It will only be defeated by millions of Americans in Iowa, in Vermont, in Nebraska, in every state in this country, who come together in a strong grassroots movement and say no to oligarchy, no to authoritarianism,