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- Reposted by RootsActionIn case you missed Gloria Browne-Marshall discussing A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE US with @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club last night you can find the video here, starting at the 5 minute mark: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLVR... The audience was quite enthusiastic!
- Reposted by RootsActionIf you missed Gloria J. Browne-Marshall discussing A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES as part of the @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club last night, you can watch the video here (starting 5 mins. in): bit.ly/3LSuh51 @davidcnswanson.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
- Reposted by RootsActionAbolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
- Reposted by RootsAction📣TOMORROW! This Black History Month, join Gloria J. Browne-Marshall in her chat about A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, hosted by @rootsaction.org, at 8PM EST. Thanks to @davidcnswanson.bsky.social for selecting her book! 🙏🏽 Sign up now for the Zoom link ➡️ buff.ly/jyDVsj7
- "The fight to defeat the fascistic GOP and the fight to overcome the power of corporate Democrats are largely the same fight." 100% agree.
- Reposted by RootsActionThis campaign is proud to champion @rootsaction.org Foreign Policy Primer. Please visit the full document in my link listed in my bio.
- "While the fallout from this particular incident is still playing out, one thing has become abundantly clear: any legitimate contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028 must commit to permanently dismantling Immigration and Customs Enforcement." progressivehub.net/all-democrat...
- President Trump said you didn't need to prevent a war on Venezuela because there wouldn't be one. Now he's bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its president. JOIN US in telling Congress to finally take a stand: rootsaction.org/take-stand-c...
- Reposted by RootsActionA new report from the grassroots organization RootsAction aims to do what a promised "autopsy" from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not: publicly reckon with the failures of the Democrats' 2024 presidential campaign.
- Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report? “It’s about protecting people who fucked up,” a DNC member told @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
- The @democrats.org choosing not to release their 2024 autopsy is a move designed to protect the failed party leadership and the corporate donors who are responsible for the embarrassing defeat. We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
- Reposted by RootsActionIt's a good thing a group like @rootsaction.org exists to fill in the gaps. Do they really think that hiding the report is positive? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by RootsActionTalking with David Swanson on Talk World Radio about key points addressed in "The Blue Road to Trump Hell" - @rootsaction.org @pdamerica.bsky.social @democrats
- Reposted by RootsAction@kenmartin.bsky.social Hope you will read our major new @rootsaction.org Autopsy report on How the Democrats Lost the White House--https://democraticautopsy.org/how-democrats-lost-the-white-house/#a-path-forward @thedemcoalition.bsky.social @democrats.org
- The U.S. public is tired of war, disgusted by the genocide, and sick of continued military adventurism. We've been flooding Congressional offices with emails. Now, we're circling the White House and Congress with mobile billboards.
- Labeling people terrorists so our military can murder them is quintessentially American. NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy. NSPM-7 must be stopped.
- NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says “That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert. theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
- NEW article in @theguardian.com re: RootsActions' report entitled 'Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House' "RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats, & Gaza stance did not help" More to come! @rokhanna.bsky.social @ninaturner.bsky.social Read here:
- Reposted by RootsAction"Her campaign made a critical strategic error by prioritising an appeal to moderate, suburban Republicans over mobilising its core working-class and progressive base, leading to significant erosion of support among these vital constituencies" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- "Saving the country from autocracy requires recognizing and overcoming the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party." progressivehub.net/we-need-to-k... Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
- Reposted by RootsActionHere's a new podcast featuring India Walton, who provides key insights about realities of the Democratic Party and what activists can do to transform U.S. politics. @pdamerica.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @ninaturner.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @ourrev.bsky.social
- Reposted by RootsActionAn article on @commondreams.org today by the always-insightful Donna Smith, who has long been a terrific voice for peace and social justice -- with consistent clear advocacy of Medicare for All. @pdamerica.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @rokhanna.bsky.social
- Check out this FREE new book that lays out how corporate Democrats paved the way for Trump’s autocracy. Download “The Blue Road to Trump Hell” without charge here: blueroad.info
- "It’s all well and good to laud Mamdani’s extraordinary political talents and inspiring leadership for social justice. At the same time, we should recognize that he has entered into an embrace with a viperous president." -- @normansolomon.bsky.social progressivehub.net/the-trump-ma...
- RootsAction's Emma Claire Foley responds to an article in the establishment security journal Foreign Affairs, which calls for nuclear proliferation among U.S. allies. Its arguments are unsound and understate the willingness of the U.S.’s rivals to respond in kind. ☢️ jacobin.com/2025/11/nucl...
- Reposted by RootsActionICE never left L.A. The military did but they aren't the ones terrorizing the city. Please don't ignore L.A.
- ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it. The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
- Reposted by RootsActionDon't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight. * data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
- ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it. The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
- Reposted by RootsActionICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it. The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
- "We should not let nuclear testing once again become part of nuclear-armed countries’ business as usual. A nuclear explosion is a nuclear explosion, and the fallout will be all of ours to deal with." @emmaclairefoley.bsky.social www.commondreams.org/opinion/nucl...?
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- Reposted by RootsActionThe U.S. government sent an appalling $31 billion of taxpayer dollars to Israel to support their genocide in Gaza. We’re exploring how it could be spent in the United States instead of war. Comment to share your ideas of how to spend billions of taxpayer dollars at home.
- $31 billion to murder civilians on the other side of the globe, while working people at home struggle to pay bills. Time to write your Senator and Reps and let them know you're sick of it. NO MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL. rootsaction.org/no-more-weap...
- Starbucks workers are planning to strike, beginning tomorrow, at locations that are unionized. They need our support to gain a fair contract & a living wage. DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
- We agree! Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... ✍️📃
- Reposted by RootsActionIn the end, Deciding to Win reads less like analysis and more like self-justification for a faction of donors and consultants eager to blame the left for their own failures, says Sam Rosenthal of @rootsaction.org.
- Zohran Mamdani’s victory belongs to everyone working for human rights and social justice. Despite the efforts by billionaires and supporters of Israel’s genocidal policies, this grassroots campaign has won. (1/2)
- This is one of the most important progressive victories in recent decades. And hopefully a turning point for our country. (2/2)
- @indiab.bsky.social from Buffalo is in NYC reminding voters that the polls are open until 9:00pm! Ignore what the polling says, just get out and vote!
- It's great to see Pelosi stepping down (maybe) but it unfortunately looks like the Democratic Party's plan is to hand off the seat to local liberal & ardent zionist Scott Weiner. Voters be damned. 👎
- A year after Trump won, why won’t the @democrats.org change their playbook ❓ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
- Reposted by RootsActionAn optimistic read of the news that Trump wants to restart nuclear testing is that he's responding to Russia's Burevestnik test and isn't clear on the difference between a nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered missile, which is understandable and fine if you're not the president of the United States
- Corporate Democrats and their pricy consultants want you to believe that Medicare For All is an unpopular plan that the Democratic Party should abandon. But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy. progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
- just going to leave this here
- ❓"How many are inspired by @schumer.senate.gov or @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? The question answers itself" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - @normansolomon.bsky.social
- DID YOU KNOW? The failed economic policies of corporate-aligned Democrats like Bill Clinton pushed working class voters to abandon the Democratic Party and fueled Trump’s faux “populism”. www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
- The party remains in a debilitating rut, refusing to truly challenge the runaway power of corporate capitalism that has caused ever-widening income inequality. 👉 progressivehub.net/victims-with...
- "The massive disconnect between the Democratic Party’s leadership and its base is sure to have ramifications far beyond last year’s election. ...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future." progressivehub.net/democrats-ha...
- 📆 Teach-In Alert! RSVP to the Teach-In Network's upcoming teach-ins now, including Q&A with experts. Oct 16: Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament bit.ly/48VCa2v Oct 30: Opposing War with Iran bit.ly/46ROsYx Nov 13: The United States’ Accountability for Palestine bit.ly/3IOpK1S
- NSPM-7 targets individuals and orgs that disagree with Trump, regardless of whether they've violated any laws. This incredible assault on the First Amendment is extremely dangerous. Click to urge your members of Congress to immediately undo the memorandum with actual legislation: bit.ly/undonspm7
- Reposted by RootsActionLaw enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland. A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
- Reposted by RootsActionA major immigration raid in Chicago last week led to dozens of arrests, including of green card holders and U.S. citizens. While the Trump administration has released a highly produced video of the raid, it still has not answered basic questions about the operation.
- For years, local governments & police departments have cooperated with federal agencies through the Joint Terrorism Task Forces. Now, through Trump's new NPSM-7 directive, these task forces will focus on “leftist” groups. History shows us what happens when our movements are targeted by the feds.
- FBI's domestic terror watchlist expected to DOUBLE in size as a result of NSPM-7, the new presidential directive targeting "anti-Christian," "anti-capitalism" and "anti-American" speech: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
- Solidarity is the only way out. We must all stand together and speak out against this!
- We agree with @rokhanna.bsky.social "It’s time for us to stop supplying Israel with weapons used to kill civilians and recognize a Palestinian state." Sign if you agree: The United States must recognize Palestinian statehood. bit.ly/PalState
- Reposted by RootsActionGreta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
- Watch coverage of the petition to remove the UC president on KTVU "I was honestly pretty shocked. I feel like Berkeley's whole thing is that they protect free speech and individuality," said Charlie Wood, a Cal student. Sign the petition now: bit.ly/FireUCPresid...
- Free speech rights should never be infringed, especially in universities. Please sign this petition urging the UC Regents to fire the UC president James Milliken: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re... Protect academic freedom & sign the petition! @pdamerica.bsky.social @collegedemocrats.bsky.social
- Let's go! Excited to see this progressive champion running for her seat again!
- St. Louis deserves a leader who is built different. That’s why I’m running to represent Missouri’s 1st District in Congress. We need a fighter who will lower costs, protect our communities, and make life fairer. I’ll be that fighter. Join us: coribush.org
- Whatever Google may have meant by its slogan "Don't be evil," let's make it clear: genocide counts as evil. Demand Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now. Take Action! bit.ly/4ojI5TJ
- 🆘 The University of California turned over the names of 160 students, faculty members and staff to the Trump administration, chilling free speech... Instead of standing up for the First Amendment, the University of California has disgracefully undermined it. Take action today. bit.ly/4gJ5xae
- Reposted by RootsActionRead CDA’s statement on yesterday’s tragedy at Abundant Life Christian School. The time for action is now.
- Free speech rights should never be infringed, especially in universities. Please sign this petition urging the UC Regents to fire the UC president James Milliken: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re... Protect academic freedom & sign the petition! @pdamerica.bsky.social @collegedemocrats.bsky.social
- Milliken greenlighted the naming of names without the slightest due process or minimal clarity about what the supposed offenses were. Sign here:
- 🆕 Kamala Harris's NEW book fails to answer the most pressing questions. ❓ "...how could Harris be working so closely with the president and pretend there was no problem?" Read Norman Solomon's full review of "107 Days": bit.ly/46DUdHL
- 🚨 ❗ "It's not just Donald Trump. Huge corporate power is also muzzling comedians." Read the latest article from RootsAction's Jeff Cohen, now published on Salon. www.salon.com/2025/09/20/k...
- Reposted by RootsActionValuable article by my @rootsaction.org colleague Jeff Cohen:
- Reposted by RootsActionPeople of the #USA, tell Your State Legislators and Governor: Free Pre-K For All Now: rootsaction.org/free-pre-k-f... @rootsaction.org
- Reposted by RootsActionI was proud to sign this statement published in @thenation.com, condemning the Trump administration's weaponization of antisemitism to target and deport student activists.
- 🚨 As the new academic year begins, more than 100 prominent Jewish Americans have signed a statement opposing Trump’s “disingenuous” weaponization of antisemitism to target universities and deport campus activists for exercising their First Amendment rights. 👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/41Y25SZ
- ⚠️ "...amoral conglomerates control our information and media system... [they] care a lot about profit-maximization and very little about free expression and the right to dissent..." ❓why? ❗"...because of old-fashioned, bipartisan corruption" Jeff Cohen's latest on Progressive Hub: bit.ly/421PfDd
- 🚨 As the new academic year begins, more than 100 prominent Jewish Americans have signed a statement opposing Trump’s “disingenuous” weaponization of antisemitism to target universities and deport campus activists for exercising their First Amendment rights. 👉 Read the full statement: bit.ly/41Y25SZ
- Powerful corporate Democrats are working hard to represent the 7% of Dems who still support Israel.
- NEW: Democratic firm SKDK has agreed to run a bot farm on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and other social media sites for the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to "flood the zone" with pro-Israel messages. readsludge.com/2025/09/15/d...
- "Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique." "...Equating Israel with all Jews and Israel’s future with theirs – is an effort to sanctify Israel & shield it from criticism by brandishing the charge of antisemitism." Norman Solomon // The Guardian bit.ly/4mgIrc4
- As part of our August teach-in on how the United States’ global military presence has changed under Donald Trump, professor and podcaster @vanjackson.bsky.social broke down how the United States uses its military might to maintain its status as the global superpower... youtu.be/0GOsKND62Ic
- Reposted by RootsAction@rootsaction.org Education Fund is building public understanding of what real security looks like: 👉 Economic fairness 👉 Equal rights & civil liberties 👉 Environmental protection 👉 A foreign policy rooted in justice—not war Learn more about their work 👇
- TONIGHT! Join our Teach-In "How 9/11 Changed the World" RSVP: bit.ly/911andtheworld Featuring Norman Solomon, Jeffrey Sterling, and Jeremy Varon
- 🚨 TONIGHT @ 8:30pm ET🚨 RSVP to join the Teach-In: Gaza and the Democratic Party: What’s Next for Organizing Against Genocide? bit.ly/gazaanddemoc... 🚨And on Thursday @ 8pm ET🚨 RSVP to join the Teach-In: How 9/11 Changed The World bit.ly/911andtheworld Submit your own questions LIVE for Q&A!
- What it means to be "at war" has shifted dramatically. Norman Solomon explains. Read the article, now on Salon www.salon.com/2025/09/08/f...
- 9 decades have passed since aerial technology began assisting war makers—since then, it has become a tool of systemic brutality. Loyal to the “war on terror” brand, the American media establishment barely feigns concern about civilian deaths & suffering. @normansolomon.bsky.social in @thenation.com
