Minnesota is engaged in the largest general strike in eighty years, today. A General Strike takes organizing and preparation, and ICE’s brutality there has mobilized them to do that work. Click through to learn how general strikes work, and sign up for the national General Strike, called when we hit 3.5% of the population participating.
Whistles can be 3D printed for pennies, and now there’s a group whose “lane” is sending hundreds or even thousands of free whistles to anyone who needs them. Volunteers have already distributed more than 127k whistles. Help fund their efforts, or contact them to fuel your own whistle packs.
Today’s the day! At 2pm, walk out of wherever you are. Pull your kids out of class. Join a protest, rally, or speech, or just leave the place you are. If you’re home, go to a store like Target, Home Depot or Walmart, put a box of salt in a cart, and then walk out at 2.
If the U.S. is starting wars for oil again, we strike at the pump. Go fill up now, and on Thursday, January 8th, skip the pump. It’s the first of a series of gas-pump protests so #cutTheFuel and spread the word.
It’s January 6th. Today we refresh our memory of the insurrection Trump incited, and the consequences of a weak response. NPR has a powerful retrospective. Click through to view it, then share it widely.
On January 6th 2021, Donald Trump rallied his irregulars to steal an American election. We failed to jail him, then he pardoned 1600 people convicted of serious crimes that day. In 2026 some of them plan to march on DC in celebration, so we counter with an American Guy Fawkes Night. Make sure our grandchildren remember the day we let insurrection pass unpunished, and what happened. Dedicate at least one hour on Jan6 to resistance.
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