June 14 – As of 6:05 pm Eastern time we have issued our final press release of the day. With more than 90% of events concluded, the No Kings protests remained overwhelmingly peaceful across the country. We estimate over 5 million people participated—nearly 2 million more than on April 5. Some top moments and favorite …
May 27 Update – In addition to all the reasons below, I wanted to highlight some recent reporting that the Pentagon has told participating soldiers to bring their sleeping bags and plan to bunk in a government offices and warehouses – raising potential 3rd amendment (to the Constitution, remember that document that every soldier swears …
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July 1 – The Senate voted 51-50 with JD Vance breaking the tie to pass Trump’s fossil fueled fascist budget bill. Three Republicans — Susan Collins, Thom Tillis & Rand Paul — voted against it. No Democrat voted in favor. As we’ve been telling you for weeks and in an extensive series of emails and …
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June 4 – Reporting back: Yesterday we yesterday we joined allies from Sunrise, Popular Democracy, Peoples Action, and friends from Alaska, Louisiana, North Carolina, Winsconsin and beyond to tell the Senate #NoDeal for #FossilFueledFascists. Senators had eight constituents arrested rather than discuss or defend this monstrous budget bill. The #biguglybill cuts medicaid and food stamps, …
By now we hope you’ve heard of the Tesla Takedown – a fully autonomous, decentralized, peaceful movement to protest the main company behind Elon Musk’s obscene personal wealth and his ability to buy his way into political power. Every Saturday (mostly) thousands of people gather at hundreds of Tesla dealerships not to protest electric cars …
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March 31 Update: Excited to announce that with more than 1000 individual events planned already, April 5 is shaping up to be the biggest day of mass action so far in Trump’s Second term. If you haven’t already, click here to RSVP for one of the 1000+ events already and say “Hands off!” our climate …
One of the tenants of nonviolent direct action is the theory of mass noncooperation – that by withholding our labor (like a strike), our money (boycotts and divestment), and our political consent (disrupting hearings or government agencies) we can force change from authoritarian or fascist regimes. A key sign that non violent resistance movements are …
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