Tennessee - please elect this guy. We need more US Congressmembers committed to raising the minimum wage, combating the climate crisis and defending and expanding democracy.

Rep. Justin J. Pearson@justinjpearson.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's Labor Day. Let's chat about why I believe we need to raise the minimum wage to $25 an hour. ➡️ VoteJustin.J

In Tennessee, we officially have ONE month to register to vote before the Nov. 3rd election. 🚨 Voter registration deadline 👉🏾 October 5th We need everyone to turn out this November! Check your registration and register ➡️ vote.org

MAINE friends: @acarothers.bsky.social & I are bringing our new book on protest to Maine! We’d love to meet people interested in discussing the power of protest throughout history and lessons learned for the kinds of protest needed today. Schedule below, please share with friends in Maine. TY!

BOSTON: please join my coauthor, @acarothers.bsky.social & me in Boston on Sept 30th with our new book on protest. We will discuss the power of protest in advancing progress and why we need it (and what kind) more than ever right now. Info and RSVP here: protestbooktourboston.splashthat.com

Annie Leonard & André Carothers present Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use It

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Anyone in Portland, ME? Let’s talk about protest, Sept 24th. Would love to see you! @theprotestbook.bsky.social

We protest to preserve the world, but we also protest to preserve the best parts of ourselves. Thank you Wendell Berry for the decades of wisdom and inspiration.

Trump has repeatedly revealed his thirst to silence critics, and the Ellisons have revealed their eagerness to help him. This Paramount-Warner Bros merger is still ongoing in the background. Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trump-ellison-media-monopoly

Neighbors on my local Berkeley NextDoor app are more angry & mobilized about losing some (not all) parking places for a new bike lane than they are about ICE abductions, attacks on voting rights, criminalization of dissent. I’ve never seen neighbors organize like this. How depressing @Berkeleyside

These people described by the media as “left wing insurgents” are asking for people to be able to go to the doctor, uber wealthy to pitch in to the society that helped them amass wealth, energy sources that don’t incinerate our communities, babies not to be blown up. Shouldn’t these be mainstream?

‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift

With Abdul El-Sayed’s win, the party’s leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about Democrats’ direction and leadership

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Because corporate-funded neoliberal political centrism has proved to be such a winner, right? Really inspiring the masses and speaking to everyday people’s needs?

Centrists Plan to Spend Millions Against Socialists After El-Sayed Win

The Third Way wants to drop $15 million between now and 2028 to discredit democratic socialism.

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I came across this favorite things list my kid made at 10 years old. I am enormously satisfied that “protests with mom” is ahead of sourdough toast. That is significant for us Bay Area families.

The new book, From Presence to Power, by @rashadrobinson.bsky.social , is the most important book I’ve read in years. If you want to change something in the world (and who doesn’t?), reading this book is sure to help.

Last year I had the pleasure of talking with Dolores Huerta. She said something I keep coming back to as I think about my response to the ICE abductions and other current horrors: “Fear is fleeting, but regret lasts forever.”

Anyone in Tahoe, Reno, Truckee want to come talk about Protest on Sunday? I’ll be at Mountain Lotus Yoga for a weekend of music, activism and community building focusing on indigenous and environmental rights. Come on over if you’re in the area!

A woman’s Global Entry was revoked days after she legally observed ICE agents. ICE agents showed up to a polling place to demand a worker remove an anti-ICE post. A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for moving a box of left-wing magazines. Trump’s crackdown on dissent is here. Be warned.

Anyone else out there feeling heavy as we realize that our leaders are in fact just going to let us all burn? For years, contrary to so much evidence, I thought elected leaders would finally act when it got really bad. I’ll still fight like hell but I admit I am having a hard time processing this.

Europe wildfires: Officials warn that wildfires could still be burning in November – as it happened

Firefighters in France and Spain face another day battling wildfires, as another heatwave set to hit this week

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Resistance comes in many forms.

“We know our civil liberties are under attack, we know humanity is under attack, education is under attack. They are trying to encroach on our rights, encroach on our dignity, encroach on the future that we want to build together,” - Colin Kaepernick. (He’s also in @theprotestbook.bsky.social )

Kaepernick, Springsteen Receive New ACLU Award For Activism In Arts, Business, Science And Sports

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has received a new award from the American Civil Liberties Union recognizing contributions to American thought and culture.

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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Excited to read the newest add to my summer reading list: The Carbon Wave, about 3 of my fave topics: democracy, parenthood and saving the planet! Thanks @leahstokes.bsky.social

Automation replaced blue collar jobs. AI aims to replace white collar jobs. W/ mass unemployment, who’s going to buy stuff corps sell & why not choose revolution? Why aren’t the techno-fascist overloads ensuring a basic income so we spend weekends playing checkers instead of noncooperation training?

Love my free speech protest buddies! A free and independent media is essential for a functioning democracy. And we’re gonna use that democracy to #blockthemerger! @anatosaurus.bsky.social @wkamaubell.bsky.social Favianna.com @1acommittee.bsky.social @theprotestbook.bsky.social

Hope to see my Bay Area friends tomorrow Oakland Courthouse, 9 am, to stand up for free speech and independent media! #blockthemerger

With Mamdani’s new free pet food pantries (helping people who might otherwise have to surrender their dogs to shelters) and the CDC’s scaling back tracking & monitoring cyclosporiasis, this internet meme aged exceptionally well.

A federal judge just told the New York bar that Todd Blanche may not be fit to practice law. Trump wants that guy running all of law enforcement. Tell the Senate no. 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General

Contact Congress today!

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I know protesting is not enough, but it’s essential in the face of horror. Imagine if ICE murdered people & there was no community response? It’s crucial we stand together, speak out, demand an end to masked killers, paid for w/ our money that should be feeding kids- not killing their dads. Protest!

Moments to Remember | News@moments2remember.link · 2mo ago

ICE entered a small Maine town searching for someone with a removal order. Instead, an officer killed 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero—who officials admit was not the target. With no body-camera footage, furious protesters are demanding the truth. #Biddeford #ICE #Justice

I’m so grateful to have an AG willing to fight to defend media diversity and press freedom - crucial for an informed citizenry and thriving democracy. Thank you @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov !

Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit to Block $110 Billion Warner Bros./Paramount Merger

LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of 12 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner B...

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“With the passage of time, successful movements are often celebrated as heroic and noble. But while they are still active, their tactics are never beloved by all.” @markengler.bsky.social & Paul Engler in This is an Uprising. Remember this as the anti-democratic forces villify today’s protestors.

On July 10th, 1985, French agents bombed Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior while in New Zealand preparing for a peaceful protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific, killing photographer Fernando Pereira. We stood against state violence towards protestors then and we must stand against it today

“Every great social movement has had a backbone of music and art. It’s our job to inspire, not just educate. That’s why authoritarians try to silence us.” - the wonderful Joe Uehlein speaking in Berkeley on his book tour.