No more fossil fueled fascist billionaires

Aug 20 update – The first round of actions taking on billionaires who rig the system for fossil fueled fascism starts tomorrow – with big actions in California, DC, and New York, as well as smaller events from North Carolina to Chicago and many other places in between.  

Click here to find and join an action near you! If there’s nothing planned yet, it’s not too late to put something on the map and recruit a few friends – actions continue through next week. 

Our original message from last week is below. It lays out the case for why we need to take on the billionaires, as well as listings for more events coming up soon – from Labor Day Workers over Billionaires actions to the massive March to Make Billionaires Pay in September. If you’re interested in learning more about the September 20 march in NYC (and elsewhere) click here to join a planning call next Tuesday, August 26 at 7:00 PM Eastern.

All this year, we’ve been talking about the unholy alliance between big tech, billionaires, and fossil fuels – the Oiligarchs, as we call them. We’ve rallied, we’ve marched, and now it’s time to take the fight directly to the billionaires. Three big cycles of action are coming up and we want you to join however you’re able:

• First, between Thursday, August 21st and Wednesday, August 27th, we’re joining and planning escalations directly targeting the largest corporations enabling authoritarianism – and the fat cat execs and board members sitting at their helms. You can sign up to host or join an action here, or sign up here to get more information – including a list of Billionaires in your state and help planning something that targets them.
• Those actions lead into and build support for the Labor Day Weekend, when allies across the labor movement are building the Workers over Billionaires day of action we’ve told you about. And, as a reminder, our next organizing call is August 28, if you want to get more plugged into the labor day organizing plan.
• Finally, in mid September as world leaders convene in New York City for the United nation’s General Assembly, we’ll gather in NYC and everywhere to make billionaires pay on September 20, and celebrate the power of the sun and the end of fossil fuels on Sun Day September 21. You can get more information about the Make Billionaires Pay march here, and about Sun Day here – you can also tell your Governor to join the Solar Sprint and get more info about local work to advance climate solutions here.

It’s a lot of actions, I know. But starting next week there are already things planned targeting companies like Palantir, Tesla, and more. Rallies and marches can only take us so far. If we’re going to really fight authoritarianism, we will need to make it clear to that fossil fueled fascism comes at a steep cost.

As we advance into September, we’ll join shoulder to shoulder with workers to show the power of our labor (and our willingness to withhold it as we build towards a general strike on May 1, 2028). And we’ll join a global chorus with our demands:

🔥 Shut down billionaires. Fund our future.

✊ Shut down fascists. Protect migrants and the global majority.

🌍 Shut down polluters. Defend Mother Earth.

Join us Aug 21-27 to take on Billionaires, Labor Day weekend to say Workers over Billionaires, and in September at United nations and around the world to Make Billionaires pay.