Friends of LittleSis,

2024 is well underway and we’ve got a bevy of new research releases and training opportunities  coming this year! Please be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram to get the latest updates from our collective of researchers and trainers.

U.S. State and Local Treasuries Hold At Least $1.6 Billion in Israel Bonds

As Israel continues its relentless bombing of Palestinians, raising the death toll in Gaza to over 27,000 people, state and local treasuries across the United States are investing hundreds of millions in the state of Israel by purchasing Israeli bonds. We look at how Israel Bonds work, highlights the institutional investors who have recently bought Israel bonds, and shares some history of the human rights activists who have been calling on institutions to divest from Israel bonds.

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Back-to-back rate hikes illustrate DTE Energy’s entrenched power in Michigan

Michigan organizers won a major victory when they convinced the Michigan Public Service Commission to reduce a DTE Energy rate hike by 90%, but the next year DTE was awarded another massive rate hike allowing the corporation to extract millions more than it had initially asked for, underscoring its deep influence over Michigan government.

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Research Training Opportunities!

February 13th: How to Use the LittleSis.org Power Research Database

Join us Tuesday, February 13th at 12pm ET for a lunchtime tour of the LittleSis.org database and a demonstration of the site's research functionality. Join us if you’re a newer LittleSis analyst with questions about how to use the site or if you just want a refresher!

Coming Soon: Research Tools for Organizers – The Series!

Research into the relationships between powerful people, corporations, and institutions – aka power research – is essential if we want to know who we’re really up against in our fights for justice. This form of research helps us demystify the corporate playbook, find strategic targets and points of leverage, identify campaignable opportunities, reshape narratives to better inform the public, and find new ways that campaigns and movements are interconnected. In short, it not only helps us understand who we’re up against, it helps us see who is on our side and how to bring others into our work.

Starting in April, we will be running Research Tools for Organizers, a seven part training series designed to help you level up your toolkit and bring a new perspective to your campaigns by incorporating practical research techniques and a corporate power analysis into your campaign development. This series kicks off April 18th – stay tuned for the full curriculum rundown and registration information!

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