Working Families Party WFP
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moveon
oxfam jayapal Oxfam America is joining with partners including MoveOn, the ACLU, Public Citizen, Indivisible, leah greenberg}:
WOODWARD-HENDERSON WORKING FAM PTY;
rahna epting moveon; indiv? hpoe is fuel but not a strategy; 66 mil voted ~ maga;
hist shows setback --> bigger strength/wave;
trump will shed change image and go for very unpop 2025 bs; long game strat for 1 yr;
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Oxfam America is joining with partners including MoveOn, the ACLU, Public Citizen, Indivisible,
100 orgs 1ook on call? becky pringle nea; seiu aft
WOODWARD-HENDERSON WORKING FAM PTY;
rahna epting moveon; indiv? hope is fuel but not a strategy; 66 mil voted ~ maga;
hist shows setback --> bigger strength/wave;
trump will shed change image and go for very unpop 2025 bs; long game strat for 1 yr;
lisa gilbert public citizen take on corp pwr; trump 1st term BS egs, he will do it again;
push back scott pruit had to quit; 3 cab secs; not above the law gp coalition expose COI; foia and sue; yolo joe XO to protect xyz moveon petition.
auntie judith lablanc; crow rez montana; 4k voted only blue dot; election is tactic, does not solve our problems, build org; blm standing rock interupted the narrative, but did not change it; 1st nat sec int; pipelines stopped; maj agree w us on issues but did not vote on that basis; organizing is medicine; study what happened on gd;
jayapal when ht brk it is most open; let grief out to make rm for hope; 2 assess 3 acting bbring pwr to working ppl; 3 trump states raised min waGE; GOP DEFUNDED GOVT SO DOES NOT WORK FOR PPL, and pwr not always used for ppl when it did exist; we need to earn votes; we need to offer contrast, not go to ctr / trump light; reps outperformed top of tkt; we beat him before, eg baby jail, lost 2020; strength comes from crisis;
pol crises:
ctx interlock crises;
author takeove of gop; dem pty controlled by rich and corps; dems lose working class from New deal, unions raised std of living; civil rts movement; historic inequality, work ppl do not share in money from inc productivity; govt job just to protect capital and ---; lee atwater days perception is reality" ; culture wars, blame; fractured media envor, ez to spin BS; uk tory taken over by hard rt; germany afd is 2nd; rt less willing to play by rules; 2 pty sys US zero sum;
workingfamilies.com
weareworthfighting.org
raskin; BO says all covid incumb defeated; inflation weimar germany; rescue act bipart but dems got blame for inflation; envy of the world; problem is inequality; need unions; more cretive and nimble, complex situation; john dewey says only fix for democ is more democ; gerry, voyter suppress. RW jud activism shelby cty; 150 changes to voting, eg closing polls; purge; PR DC statehood no votes; ex prisoner Fla vote pay for incarc = poll tax; civilizing movements;
1 block protect comm
we will not concede or consent
mo working fam
cynic is surrender;
advacement pjt atty 40 bomb threats atlanta russian bots;
ctr popualr democ --- only movement can beat corps
tarso luis ramos PRA 1st 100 hrs; XO political res.org
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AGENDA HOW TO GATHERING weareworthfightingfor
Protect People.
We are going to need to advocate to protect people directly targeted by these policies who are at the spear-tip of these policies. Trans people. Folks choosing abortions. Immigrants and beyond. This may look like pushing your state or local government to adopt protective policies, or - if your local government is hostile - organizing to stop them from taking additional harmful action. It includes open and underground organizing for health care, safety in schools, safe homes. Wherever we are, we need to use the tools at our disposal.
Defend Democracy, Civic Institutions, and Electoral Competition_
We will also need to focus on defending civic institutions. We know Trump will go after our civic institutions, from attacking the civil service and weaponizing government agencies to do his bidding to undermining the ability to hold competitive elections. We’ll need to model a culture of dissent and support for those resisting and trying to uphold their missions on the inside of government. We’ll need to organize to mount overwhelming public pushback on efforts to undermine the key constitutional and legal rules that uphold our democracy. And we’ll need to push actors with power in American society - from our own state governments to corporations to faith communities - to hold those red lines.
A note on elections - it likely feels premature to talk about future elections in this moment, when we’re all exhausted and disheartened from the last campaign. And you may hear Trump and the MAGA movement try to squash hope that future elections will matter. That’s part of the fascist playbook, too. That’s why it’s important to be clear: we will have elections in the future, and - if we protect our institutions and build our own power - we can and will win them. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Disrupt and Disobey._
This goes beyond protesting for better policies into the territory of people intervening to stop bad policies or showing resistance. Some of that will be fierce and in your face, but others will be quiet strikes and work slowdowns.
In other authoritarian regimes, there are two ways to remove dictators: vote them out, or mass nonviolent noncooperation by the people to force them. This wing is the part that would help design that second strategy.
Build Our Power._
We have to build our own political power to insist on something better. This means organizing locally to transform power in your own community. It means fighting for better policies, wherever you are. It means investing in new leaders who can go on offense against MAGA. We can’t just be reacting. Some of us are going to have to focus on a new path forward.
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https://www.alternet.org/2019/09/a-new-endorsement-of-elizabeth-warren-over-bernie-sanders-exposes-a-growing-rift-among-progressives/