INSIDER NEWS FROM THE FRONTLINES OF THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION
HEADLINES: 2024 Kick-Off! | Peace for All Town Hall w/ Barbara Lee & Rashida Tlaib | Fight the Filibuster w/ Jeff Merkley | 2024 Path Forward for Progressives w/ Larry Cohen | Education for All w/ Barbara Lee | & MORE!
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THE PATH FOR PROGRESSIVES IN 2024
2024 is officially underway, and Progressives continue to lead a national call for Peace as thousands of Palestinian civilians and children are being killed in Gaza.
As we fight to end this horrible violence, we must also work to save American democracy this election year. Trump is surging in the polls despite 91 criminal charges — but our work to bar this Insurrectionist from the ballot is gaining momentum state by state.
Our Revolution is building out our organizing machine to make sure we defeat the far right up and down the ballot, while taking back the House and electing powerful progressives like Rep. Barbara Lee to the U.S. Senate.
We must also defend the progressives we’ve fought so hard to put in office and grow the largest Congressional Progressive Caucus in history.
AIPAC lobbyists are already preparing to spend more than $100 MILLION to try to unseat some of our strongest peace champions in Congress, including Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Summer Lee, and others.
Progressives who are under attack for demanding a Ceasefire. Help Our Revolution have their backs and make sure our most powerful anti-war voices are not silenced by big money in 2024.
With a monthly membership donation of at least $5 or a one-time $10 gift, we will send you the Defend Peace/Defend Democracy sticker above with our gratitude.
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On Thursday, U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee and Rashida Tlaib joined Our Revolution activists from around the country for a powerful discussion on the urgent need for a Ceasefire at our Peace for All Town Hall.
WATCH THE TOWN HALL HERE
Not only did we lift up the call for Peace, but we dug into real diplomatic and legislative solutions — including Bernie’s call to halt more than $10 billion in military funding for the rightwing Netanyahu government.
We hope you’ll add your voice to stand with Bernie and show the strength of our demand: The U.S. government must stop using our tax money to fund this brutal war against the Palestinian people. Not one more dollar.
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U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has been on the forefront calling for a Ceasefire and is one the most courageous anti-war advocates in all of Congress — just one of many reasons Our Revolution is working so hard to elect her to the Senate.
Jewish Insider mentioned Barbara’s “unequivocal ceasefire in Gaza” and how it’s garnering progressive support in their reporting on Our Revolution’s Peace for All Town Hall.
Barbara has actually visited refugee camps in the Middle East and nearly stepped on a cluster bomb in Lebanon — later, finding a bomb casing that read “Made in the USA.”
“I came to understand the dynamics and the United State’s role in the Middle East,” she said. “And, since then, wherever I am or what platform I have, I’m going to fight for peace and security for people no matter where they live — Gaza, Ukraine, and our own communities.”
“I believe in security, but I don’t believe in taking our resources and tax dollars to enrich arms dealers that are scamming the system and creating war,” Barbara told us.
We all know about Barbara’s lone vote in Congress against the authorization to give President Bush nearly unlimited war powers to go into the disastrous conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan — a vote that resulted in death threats at the time but was vindicated by history.
But Barbara is also the only candidate running for Senate in California who voted against the PATRIOT Act and drone strikes in Libya — and always votes to slash the bloated Pentagon budget. She also serves as co-chair of the Global Peace and Security Task Force in the Progressive Caucus.
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Our Revolution was proud to announce our endorsement of U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib — we’ve had her back since the beginning, and we’re going to fight against the dark money targeting her in her race for re-election in 2024.
Rashida is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants and one of our most fearless progressive leaders in Congress — always standing on principle for peace, people, and planet no matter the cost.
Rashida was recently censured by her rightwing colleagues in the House of Representatives for her outspoken advocacy for the Ceasefire — but she’s not backing down!
“This is about speaking truth to power no matter if our voice is shaking,” she told our Peace Town Hall on Thursday. “We can’t stop fighting to save lives. The answer to war crimes is not more war crimes.”
The Resolution for a Ceasefire introduced by Rep. Tlaib and Rep. Cori Bush has grown in support from 13 to more than 60 members of Congress and we must keep going.
Rashida emphasized the importance of outside organizing to pressure elected leaders to do the right thing. “Every time I see all of you out there — whether it’s rallying or standing outside district offices or making calls to your reps — it all makes a difference and it just makes me cry,” she said, welling up with tears.
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You won’t want to miss this deep dive into the filibuster and democracy — join U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee in conversation on Our Revolution’s LIVE National Organize-to-Win Call on Wednesday, Jan. 10th!
Progressives are leading the fight for a government and an economy that works for all of us — that means ending the racist relic of the filibuster and delivering material change for people’s lives.
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On the call, we will dive into Sen. Merkley’s new book “Filibustered: How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America” — and offer signed copies at a special price!
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If you’re in the Bay Area on Martin Luther King Day, we would love for you to join Our Revolution and Barbara Lee for a LIVE in-person Town Hall on Education for All.
Barbara will lay out her plans for education and removing barriers for young people and people of all ages to get the knowledge and training they need to succeed in life.
This event will kick off at 6 pm on Jan. 16th, and we will be joined by California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and Our Revolution’s local chapter, San Francisco Education Alliance!
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Join Our Revolution for this year’s Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War Conference — one of the nation’s most significant gatherings of Nuclear Disarmament advocates, led by Massachusetts Peace Action.
Guest speakers will include U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, Our Revolution Board Chair Larry Cohen, Shailly Gupta Barnes of the Poor Peoples Campaign, and many other leading peace advocates from around the country.
We are in a period of unusual danger and difficulty: The Russia/Ukraine conflict has sharply increased the danger of nuclear war; The tragic Israel/Gaza Conflict threatens to expand; The Pentagon budget is higher than ever and still going up; Cold Warriors in high places are beating the drums of war toward Russia and China; And, within the US right wing forces are working to weaken voting rights and representative democracy.
We must keep the candle lit for peace.
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Every seat matters. That’s why Our Revolution is gearing up NOW for 2024 to expand our organizational capacity and our voter turnout operation for the crucial battles to come.
Not only must we defeat Donald Trump and the far right, but we have got to take back the House, defeat enemies of progress like Kyrsten Sinema in the Senate, and elect amazing progressives like Barbara Lee to turn this ship around.
If you can, please kick in a few bucks to help us staff up for the big elections ahead in 2024 — there’s no time to waste!
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In September of 2001, Barbara Lee cast the lone “No” vote in Congress against a blank check for war in Afghanistan. She endured death threats, hate mail, and media slander for years. But history vindicated her.
Today, Barbara Lee is the only candidate for U.S. Senate in California calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Check out this LA Times article on why Barbara is the Peace Candidate in this race compared to her opponents, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff.
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You can help elect Barbara Lee from anywhere in the country by making calls as part of Our Revolution’s Phone Bank Team. It’s a lot of fun, but this is serious business because we know what it would mean to get a powerhouse like Barbara in the U.S. Senate!
PHONE BANK FOR BARBARA LEE
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