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Statewide action in Minnesota and how you can help
Mass strikes require an organized majority, networks of solidarity and resources to weather repression. [View Email in Browser] ChooseDemocracy.us, Right now, a powerful coalition of organizers in Minnesota are gearing up for an economic blackout across the state: a one-day call for no work, no school, no shopping. If you’re in If you’re in Minnesota, Read full email…
Hot take on the Insurrection Act
I wrote about What do the Insurrection Act is invoked nine months ago. [View Email in Browser] ChooseDemocracy.us, “Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Read full email…
A week of boycott wins
This update was written for Boycott Central, mobilizing folks to joining strategic, impactful boycott campaigns standing up to MAGA-aligned corporations and defend democracy. Last week saw three successful corporate campaigns against ICE. The news was largely overshadowed by the horrific killing of Renee Good. (Daniel Hunter published this piece at Waging Nonviolence on movement responses Read full email…
Renee Nicole Good
I was leading the afternoon session in a room of Black clergy. I had been planning to announce happier news that our boycott pressure Avelo forced them out of the deportation business. (Since writing this piece, Spotify has announced it, too, has buckled to the boycott and is no longer showing ICE ads.) But the Read full email…
An Authoritarian Shows Their Hand
Happy New Year. And it’s clearly going to be quite the ride. I drafted a New Year’s message that started, “Trump is the weakest he has been since getting in office. Weak dictators are dangerous and will lash out as their friends co-sign atrocious norm-busting actions to appear strong and in charge. We’re likely to Read full email…
Thanks for my body’s reaction to trauma
I hope you will excuse an unusual Thanksgiving message, but it’s unusual times. It’s about my experience with secondary trauma from the last couple of months — so read this with whatever gentleness you need, and feel free to pause if anything hits too close to home. I noticed something strongly amiss when I went Read full email…
Boycotts for these times
We wanted to alert you to two active campaigns that have reached a fever pitch. In short, we’re asking you to join boycotts against Starbucks, Target, Amazon, Home Depot.The boycotts are being organized through two national campaigns: the ‘We Ain’t Buying It‘ economic boycott of companies aligning with Trump’s regime, and ‘No Contract, No Coffee‘, Read full email…