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There’s no miracle cure for organizing our way to victory in 2024. It’s going to be an all-of-the-above, victory-by-a-thousand-tactics type fight. What’s exciting, in that context, is that the Biden campaign is embracing new tactics on top of...
by Ben Wikler
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on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 03:53 PM PDT
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That picture inspires me to cook up some soup, maybe soon.
Okay, I want to post this again, as a baseline starting point:�
Alright, here we go again.
Here is the Red Cross link:
www.redcross....
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Wed Feb 14, 2024 at 10:01 AM PST
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Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez enters Arizona House Race to Unseat MAGA Extremist Eli Crane. Help Him Flip the Seat. Jonathan Nez who led the Navajo Nation as President through the roughest days of the COVID-19 pandemic has declared his...
by Roadrunner65
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on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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From the agency’s press release, the National Labor Relations Board ruling today in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC is a vindication for the union organizers at Cemex but also a powerful precedent that will meaningfully shift the balance of...
by lockedjew
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on Fri Aug 25, 2023 at 04:01 PM PDT
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by Aaron Mendelson
Center for Public Integrity
Santiago Mayer moved to Southern California from Mexico City in 2017, around the time President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” was sparking ...
by The Center for Public Integrity
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on Sat Jul 29, 2023 at 09:45 AM PDT
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31st Street Swing Left, Markers for Democracy and Swing Blue Alliance, three grassroots groups that have been mobilizing volunteers on behalf of Democratic candidates and causes since 2016, sent a survey to the leaders of nearly 50 similar...
by gmoke
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on Tue Jul 18, 2023 at 06:07 PM PDT
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For this week, I will repeat some garden information, and tell you about my organizing efforts inside. As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at, to let people ...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
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on Mon Jun 26, 2023 at 10:01 PM PDT
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I’m continuing my reorganizing. I’ve realized that many of the bags I had set aside for carrying WIP’s were far more suitable for carrying groceries, since we’re now getting back to using reusable bags for shopping. Those will be moved to the car so we...
by vgranucci
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on Sun Jun 18, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Countless progressive organizations seek to engage and mobilize voters, but coordinating those efforts is a mighty task. On this week's episode of "The Downballot," we're joined by Sara Schreiber, the executive director of America Votes, which works...
by The Downballot
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on Thu Jun 01, 2023 at 09:20 AM PDT
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Organizing progressives Did: To do: Solidify talking points with Cindy Organizing for Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida Did: Called all the DECF county presidents to invite them to DECF RTCW Meeting 1 To do: Organize meeting 2 with Tiff, Judy,...
by Rachel Brown
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on Thu May 18, 2023 at 08:29 PM PDT
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My friend and mentor Mel King died at the age of 94 on March 28, 2023. I first met Mel when he was a MA State Representative in the mid-1970s. It was in a State House hallway after a hearing on food and agriculture issues. He was a big man, 6 foot 5...
by gmoke
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on Wed Apr 12, 2023 at 03:11 PM PDT
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I read The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy by Anand Giridharadas (NY: Alfred A Knopf, 2022 ISBN 9780593318997) recently. It has a lot of good examples of effective organization and communication from...
by gmoke
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on Wed Mar 29, 2023 at 08:49 PM PDT
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My name is Lorencita “Loren” Marshall, I am Diné, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and my clans are Tó’áhaní nishłí (Near the Water People), Tódích’íi’nii báshíshchíín (Bitter Water People), Táchii’nii dashicheii (Red Running Into the Water People), dóó...
by lmarshall
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on Wed Feb 15, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
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[Original publication 2.09.23 at @JaynieParrish] Lorencita ‘Loren’ Marshall, a citizen of the Navajo Nation will lead the Northeast Arizona Native Democrats, a project of the Navajo County Democrats, as their new Director of Campaigns and Engagement....
by MissaNEAZ
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on Fri Feb 10, 2023 at 09:09 AM PST
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[Original publication 1.25.23 at @MissaNEAZ. Our 2022 election highlights and the impact of our work.] How do you improve on Arizona’s most successful voter turnout campaign of 2022? Keep investing in rural and Indigenous communities, and get more...
by Jaynie Parrish
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on Fri Feb 10, 2023 at 08:47 AM PST
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Welcome to Street Prophets Coffee Hour! Thermal for the warmth of a good cup of coffee or your preferred beverage, as well as the warmth of a more progressive religion and community. Please follow #ThermalThursday! And feel free to share what you’re...
by elenacarlena
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on Thu Feb 02, 2023 at 01:19 PM PST
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This week on The Brief , hosts Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld chatted all things midterms as we are now only mere weeks out from the election. They welcomed Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez of NextGen ...
by Dorothy He
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on Wed Oct 05, 2022 at 05:05 AM PDT
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People don’t think about it much today, but Julius Caesar and Jesus of Nazareth were nearly contemporaries. Roman Senators stabbed Caesar to death 44 years before the year of Jesus’ birth. At that time, those 44 years were roughly one human lifespan....
by dratler
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on Fri Aug 19, 2022 at 10:41 AM PDT
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I donated to a political campaign for the first time in 2020. I donated twice during the Democratic primary, once $20 and once $15. I could have spent more, but I went with a couple small donations. Figured I’d maybe volunteer or donate more during the...
by MattJ570
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on Thu Jul 28, 2022 at 01:33 PM PDT
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Any user of this website knows that democracy is something that must be fought for. Despite that, what we see today is a lackluster and even lethargic response to threats to our democratic way of life not seen perhaps in our entire history. Never...
by The Open Letter Movement
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on Sun Jul 24, 2022 at 05:37 AM PDT
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