Solidarity
We couldn’t get close, but I’m watching it all with a big song in my heart.
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Continuing resistance
For Freedom of Speech: Writers Resist Protest Brings Thousands to NYPL, Trump Tower More than 2,000 artists, writers, and readers gathered at the steps of the New York Public Library on January 15 in the name of defending free expression and the free press. The Writers Resist protest was launched by poet and Vida co-founder Erin Belieu and was co-sponsored in New York by PEN America…. The protest, one of more than 90 simultaneous Writers Resist events held across the country and abroad, reflects the worry among many in the media and book industries that the incoming Trump administration intends … Continue reading →
At the March on Washington, 1963
Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis are shown here at the March for Jobs and Freedom. John Lewis is the only surviving speaker from the rally that day. I know who I will side with in these terrible times.
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Around the country, groups and individuals are coming together in #Resistance to the gathering authoritarian threat our country faces. If you’re looking to connect with others in your area, to take action to defend our rights and the rights of those around us, the #Resistance is already forming and you can join in. First, the Indivisible Project, a group of former Congressional staffers who have published a useful guide which explains how to contact your Member of Congress and apply political pressure as a countervailing force to the right-wing pressure they get. Tactics are partially inspired by what worked for … Continue reading →
“There is no way out but through”
[View the story “2016: There is No Way Out but Through” on Storify]
Continue reading →Mni Wiconi: The Stand at Standing Rock
If you’re not yet aware of #NoDAPL and the resistance at Standing Rock, start to learn.
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Tools
For now, staying safe and sane in this neo-facist environment. Autocracy: Rules for Survival … Trump is anything but a regular politician and this has been anything but a regular election. Trump will be only the fourth candidate in history and the second in more than a century to win the presidency after losing the popular vote. He is also probably the first candidate in history to win the presidency despite having been shown repeatedly by the national media to be a chronic liar, sexual predator, serial tax-avoider, and race-baiter who has attracted the likes of the Ku Klux Klan. … Continue reading →