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Welcome to the June edition of The Revolution Report -- the
monthly e-newsletter of our national organizing network!
KEY VICTORIES & NEW ENDORSEMENTS BELOW!
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In this moment of crisis, Our Revolution HQ is doubling-down
on building-up a national network of state political powerhouses
capable of fighting to win progressive issues, elect progressive
candidates, and transform the Democratic Party into a true
progressive party. SIGN UP FOR YOUR JUNE STATE MEETING!
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Featured State Organizing Meetings & Actions
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RSVP NOW!
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Revolution South Carolina for a conversation about criminal
justice reform with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and
Bernie 2020 Co-Chair Nina Turner.
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Join Our Revolution and our groups in New York to hear from
Jumaane Williams, New York City Public Advocate, on the fight for
criminal justice reform. He will be joined by other candidates
running for public office in the Empire State.
RSVP HERE!
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Join Our Revolution Illinois for an interview with US Rep.
Jan Schakowsky about how we're working with the Congressional
Progressive Caucus to advance our agenda on Capitol Hill.
RSVP HERE!
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Bob Muehlenkamp, Chair of Our Revolution Maryland, wrote in
Jacobin
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about how Our Revolution's sustained and strategic organizing
model is critical to carrying on the legacy of the Sanders'
campaign. "Progressive activists want to be part of a movement
that is grassroots and bottom up, deeply democratic, that fights
on both national and local issues, has an inside/outside strategy
of electing progressives to office and at the same time
challenges and changes the Democratic Party. This is exactly what
Our Revolution is doing right now."
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All across America, Our Revolution is electing the next wave
of progressive champions up and down the ballot.
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Our Revolution Oregon helped elect Mike Schmidt to serve as
district attorney in Multnomah County, which includes Portland!
At the Our Revolution Oregon Organizing Meeting
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in May, Mike laid out his vision for criminal justice reform in
Oregon, including ending the death penalty, mandatory sentencing,
and cash bail. "If we look at the data and research, it's evident
that we can do all these things and it will make us more safe."
Now more than ever, it's important that we work to elect
progressive District Attorneys up and down the ballot!
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Our Revolution California's Organizing Meeting
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in May featured Congressman Ro Khanna, an endorsed candidate
for re-election and Bernie 2020 co-chair. "We need your voices
now more than ever to keep holding us accountable in Congress, to
push us to get more progressive policy. Be proud of how far
you've come. Bernie Sanders is the most progressive person who
has run in modern history, and he almost became the nominee. I am
100% convinced that a progressive future is ours. "
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Our Revolution Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania's May
Organizing Meeting
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featured State Rep. Summer Lee, an endorsed candidate running
for re-election. Summer spoke about fighting to win a local
moratorium on evictions and foreclosures - and how outside
organizing was critical. "We know our legislation doesn't move
because Republicans have vowed never to bring up Democratic
bills. But when we organize on the outside - when housing justice
folks fight and speak up - we can win big on these issues."
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New York City Councilmember & Queens Borough presidential
candidate Costa Constantinides was endorsed at our New York
Organizing Meeting
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in part because of his bold plan to use clean energy as a way
to bring good green jobs to Queens.
"By acting on climate, by shutting down dirty power plants,
by putting renewable energy in every public building in Queens,
we will have cleaner air to breathe and we can create jobs,"
Costa said.
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New York's May meeting also featured nationally endorsed
candidate Samelys Lopez, who is running to represent the South
Bronx in Congress. "You have to center the voices of the directly
impacted," Lopez said. "We need working-class champions who are
going to put people first and are going to respect the movement
that we built with our blood, sweat and tears. "
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Our Revolution Colorado's May Organizing Meeting
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featured Andrew Romanoff who's aiming to flip Colorado's US
Senate seat from red to blue in one of the most closely watched
races of 2020. He spoke about his support for Medicare for All as
the antidote "to an industry that bases its profits on denying as
many claims and excluding as many sick people as possible."
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of Our Revolution HQ's endorsements -- from drainage commissioner
in Brazoria, Texas to governor of West Virginia!
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All across America, Our Revolution is "getting out the vote"
for Bernie so we win enough delegates to transform the Democratic
Party into a true progressive party.
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Thanks to Our Revolution / New York Progressive Action
Network's nimble grassroots organizing and legal action, Bernie
is back on the ballot in New York! NYPAN's George Albro updated
our members on the win at the May New York Organizing Meeting
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-- "Any day that we win back the right to vote is a good day.
Bernie wanted his delegates to get elected to fight for a
progressive platform but the governor of the 1% had a different
plan. He liked it better if he picked all the delegates from New
York. This was just an excuse, a power grab, a way to rob people
of their right to vote."
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Our Revolution partnered with our allies to announce the
formation of the 2020 Bernie Delegates Network, which will serve
as a hub for more than 1,000 Bernie Sanders delegates to the
Democratic National Convention. We're organizing to make sure the
Democratic ticket and the party's top leaders are willing to
fully recognize and respond to the broadly popular policy views
of party activists. It's up to us to hold the Democratic Party
accountable - if you are a DNC delegate, let us know!
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Our Revolution Maine and other chapters are organizing to
ensure that all Bernie state delegate spots are filled at their
state Democratic Conventions. "This was a huge undertaking to
complete in a really short period of time," Maine leader Leah
Knightly said. "But we were able to text and email and phone bank
our way to filling over 200 Bernie state delegate vacancies, and
we filled them with tried and true Bernie supporters."
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Jessica Cisneros, the 26-year-old attorney who ran for
Congress in Texas 28 against 15-year incumbent Henry Cuellar and
nearly won, spoke at the Texas Organizing Meeting
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about how she took on the political establishment and the DCCC
Blacklist. "We definitely pushed him left on some issues. He was
out of touch with many in his district but the Democratic
establishment ignored them."
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Attorney General Keith Ellison, known as the people's
lawyer, joined the May Minnesota state organizing meeting
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to talk about how this is a moment to organize because
corporations are using our government to profiteer off the
pandemic. He urged activists to fight to expand vote by mail
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democracy is under attack.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR VOTE BY MAIL HERE!
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Our Illinois Revolution's Organizing Meeting
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featured Martese Chism, RN, a leader with the National Nurses
United. "This COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that our healthcare
system is broken and not sustainable," Chism said. "We're going
to fight for Medicare for All, we're going to keep on fighting
and we're not going to rest. When we fight, we win."
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL!
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Deborah Axt with Make the Road Action joined the New York
Organizing Meeting
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to discuss the growing immigrant workers' movement that is
taking on Amazon for failing to provide essential workers with
the resources and support they need to stay safe during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
STAND WITH AMAZON WORKERS HERE!
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The Covid-19 Crisis Shows Why Food
Should Be a Human Right
"Progressives regularly make the case that healthcare and
education are human rights. Why not food?" asks Our Revolution
Howard County, MD Leader Paul Baicich in a new opinion piece
published in In These Times.
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