Occupy The Farm, Earth Day 2020 from Todd Darling Films on Vimeo 200 urban farmers walk onto a publicly owned farm and plant two acres of crops in order to save the land from becoming a real estate development. Their action kicks off a roller coaster conflict of tension, joy… Continue reading
Do you want the movement to rack up as many delegates as possible to ensure we have a voice at the DNC convention? Give today and The Really Online Lefty League PAC will spend 100% of your donation after fees for targeted vote-by-mail GOTV ads in states where Bernie can… Continue reading
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke in an Earth Day live stream hosted by the Nobel Prize Museum about how the Fridays for Future school strikes movement she launched is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. “Within the Fridays for Future movement, there’s still this sort of big sense of resistance,… Continue reading
Governor Andrew Cuomo is considering a proposal to cancel the New York primary, and New York election officials are meeting next week to discuss the matter. TAKE ACTION: Sign our petition now demanding that New York does not prevent Bernie Sanders supporters from making their voice heard by canceling the… Continue reading
By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor March 30, 2020 (NewYorker.com) The debate over the role of government in addressing income inequality, housing insecurity, debt accumulation, and health care continues, now against the grim backdrop of the raging coronavirus. It is difficult to articulate the speed with which the U.S. and, indeed, the world, has descended… Continue reading
The Moral and Strategic Calculus of Voting for Joe Biden to Defeat Trump — or Not Read this Intercept article with images at https://theintercept.com/2020/04/20/donald-trump-joe-biden-2020-presidential-election-voting Donald Trump ran for president in 2016 on an often ad-libbed and reactionary campaign of hate, greed, xenophobia, misogyny, and racism. He clearly viewed the fact… Continue reading
April 21, 2020 by Common Dreams “We think this is a power play on the part of the governor.” by Eoin Higgins, staff writer 46 Comments Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to the media after the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019… Continue reading
Christo Aivalis According Huffington Post and other sources, Democratic Election officials in New York are planning to remove Bernie Sanders from the ballot because he has suspended his campaign following his endorsement of Joe Biden But this is against Bernie Sanders’ will: he wants to earn every last delegate to… Continue reading
Earth Day / Week Few Articles, Actions, Events Check Indybay for other listings for Earth Week: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12 ARTICLES: A. Labor in the Climate Strikes B. Climate Change Multiplies the Threats of Infectious Diseases – April 19, 2020 C. 10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed – April 18, 2020 https://apnews.com/8181adee796a45706cb4be265ca1e0d1… Continue reading
