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“...and so do all who see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns | ICNC
You may also be interested in: CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent StruggleThe content of the curriculum is divided into three parts: I. Theory and its applications: The goal of th...
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The Otpor movement in Serbia *voted* a dictator out of power. The Arab Spring scared the oligarchs so much there has been a global authoritarian crackdown in response.
Non-violent *resistance* works, if you have the courage to wield it.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/pat...
Non-violent *resistance* works, if you have the courage to wield it.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/pat...
Friendly reminder to please don’t break picket lines. Find a different coffee shop today and help make the world a better place.
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are on strike at corporate stores across the country, fighting for a fair contract and to stop Starbucks’ union-busting.
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Friendly reminder to please don’t break picket lines. Find a different coffee shop today and help make the world a better place.
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🚨BREAKING: Cleta Mitchell and activists from a top anti-voting group with close ties to the White House met last week to discuss plans to push for severely limiting early and mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: Cleta Mitchell, Activists Scheme to Bring Back One-Day Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
🚨BREAKING: Cleta Mitchell and activists from a top anti-voting group with close ties to the White House met last week to discuss plans to push for severely limiting early and mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Primaries win democracies.
We're endorsing Aftyn Behn for Congress for a December 2nd special election in Tennessee.
This is an opportunity to flip a congressional seat and make Republicans’ already razor-thin margin in the House of Representatives even smaller.
Let's discuss what's at stake.
This is an opportunity to flip a congressional seat and make Republicans’ already razor-thin margin in the House of Representatives even smaller.
Let's discuss what's at stake.
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Primaries win democracies.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Forty-five members of Congress—37 representatives and eight senators—have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026. That’s the most retirement announcements at this point in an election cycle since 2018.
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Forty-five members of Congress—37 representatives and eight senators—have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026. That’s the most retirement announcements at this point in an election cycle since 2018.
The question is simple; are we a society that values justice or one of barbarism?
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The question is simple; are we a society that values justice or one of barbarism?
The term "concentration camp" is not hyperbole.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/14/c...
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/14/c...
“You Have Arrived in Hell”: Venezuelans Sent By U.S. to El Salvador Faced Torture, Sexual Abuse
252 Venezuelan immigrants in the United States were flown to El Salvador in the dead of night and indefinitely imprisoned at the Salvadoran mega-prison CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center. The det...
www.democracynow.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The term "concentration camp" is not hyperbole.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/14/c...
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/14/c...
We all expected it, but seeing maga race from "execute all pedos" to "actually it's not that bad" is horridly disgusting.
I have a 13 yr old daughter and I fear for her constantly, knowing that 30% of the population would dismiss an assault against her.
We, as a society, have to do better.
I have a 13 yr old daughter and I fear for her constantly, knowing that 30% of the population would dismiss an assault against her.
We, as a society, have to do better.
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We all expected it, but seeing maga race from "execute all pedos" to "actually it's not that bad" is horridly disgusting.
I have a 13 yr old daughter and I fear for her constantly, knowing that 30% of the population would dismiss an assault against her.
We, as a society, have to do better.
I have a 13 yr old daughter and I fear for her constantly, knowing that 30% of the population would dismiss an assault against her.
We, as a society, have to do better.
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Let’s fight for a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Let’s fight for a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
While we eagerly await the next obstacle to releasing the files, here’s a piece about the money men of Epstein;
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It’s Time to Name the “Wall Street Financiers” in the Epstein Files
An Open Letter to Congressman James Comer, Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ~ September 2, 2025 ~ Dear Chairman Comer: On
wallstreetonparade.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
While we eagerly await the next obstacle to releasing the files, here’s a piece about the money men of Epstein;
wallstreetonparade.com/2025/09/its-...
wallstreetonparade.com/2025/09/its-...
Don’t tell me Democrats don’t know how to put up opposition.
I’m a progressive; I’ve seen nothing but coordinated, systematic opposition from my own party for decades.
I’m a progressive; I’ve seen nothing but coordinated, systematic opposition from my own party for decades.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Don’t tell me Democrats don’t know how to put up opposition.
I’m a progressive; I’ve seen nothing but coordinated, systematic opposition from my own party for decades.
I’m a progressive; I’ve seen nothing but coordinated, systematic opposition from my own party for decades.
Black Friday may as well be named Exploitation Day at this point. Time we stopped playing their game.
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Black Friday may as well be named Exploitation Day at this point. Time we stopped playing their game.
This is kind of a no brainer if you think about it for two minutes. These people lived in balance with the natural world for tens of thousands of years. Europeans destroyed it in just 300…
[COMMENTARY]
Brianna Fruean, member of 350 Pacific, says many Indigenous knowledge systems around the world already hold the principles of balance, reciprocity and care that our world needs.
** This commentary is part of the Voices from the Land series. Views expressed are author's.
Brianna Fruean, member of 350 Pacific, says many Indigenous knowledge systems around the world already hold the principles of balance, reciprocity and care that our world needs.
** This commentary is part of the Voices from the Land series. Views expressed are author's.
Healing life on Earth begins with healing our bonds: Voices from the land (commentary)
This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections…
news.mongabay.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is kind of a no brainer if you think about it for two minutes. These people lived in balance with the natural world for tens of thousands of years. Europeans destroyed it in just 300…
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I wish that were true. They’ve been doing exactly this for decades and no one shows up to primary them out.
In fact, when we point it out, we’re told that we’re “both siding” the issue and need to “vote blue no matter who” and vote for the “lesser evil.”
In fact, when we point it out, we’re told that we’re “both siding” the issue and need to “vote blue no matter who” and vote for the “lesser evil.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I wish that were true. They’ve been doing exactly this for decades and no one shows up to primary them out.
In fact, when we point it out, we’re told that we’re “both siding” the issue and need to “vote blue no matter who” and vote for the “lesser evil.”
In fact, when we point it out, we’re told that we’re “both siding” the issue and need to “vote blue no matter who” and vote for the “lesser evil.”
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November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If Democrats cave, we should all send the DSA donations this week, to let them know where we stand.
They want a fight over capitalist exploitation? Let’s give them one.
They want a fight over capitalist exploitation? Let’s give them one.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If Democrats cave, we should all send the DSA donations this week, to let them know where we stand.
They want a fight over capitalist exploitation? Let’s give them one.
They want a fight over capitalist exploitation? Let’s give them one.
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
This piece absolutely dismantles modern media’s war on higher education. Because facts and reason and humanity are at odds with the capitalist superiority complex they serve.
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This piece absolutely dismantles modern media’s war on higher education. Because facts and reason and humanity are at odds with the capitalist superiority complex they serve.
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“We should be calling for our elected officials to use the tools that we know work to render these drills obsolete. The burdens we are putting on our schools and our kids to prepare for the potential of this kind of violence is, frankly, unacceptable.” - Sonali Rajan, our senior director of research
How to Make Active Shooter Drills Less Traumatizing
Research shows there are best practices for how to prepare students for active shooters in schools.
time.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“We should be calling for our elected officials to use the tools that we know work to render these drills obsolete. The burdens we are putting on our schools and our kids to prepare for the potential of this kind of violence is, frankly, unacceptable.” - Sonali Rajan, our senior director of research
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Text from a friend:
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Text from a friend:
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Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Chicago
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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on this day in 1930, writer Sinclair Lewis becomes first American to win Nobel Prize in Lit.
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
on this day in 1930, writer Sinclair Lewis becomes first American to win Nobel Prize in Lit.
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
“Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.