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Don’t miss our next National Organize to Win Call TONIGHT at
8:30pm ET, featuring U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, Denton, TX city
council candidate Alison Maguire, and others!

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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Welcome to The Revolution Report — the weekly e-newsletter of
our national grassroots organizing network!

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Our Revolution is kicking off our 2021 membership drive!

Our Revolution Board Chair Larry Cohen led our Monday Organize
to Win Call
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by launching our 2021 membership drive. “The backbone of Our
Revolution are people joining local groups and people supporting
Our Revolution as a recurring member.”

We’re asking you to join as a sustaining member
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for $5 a month or more to support our work and help us fulfill
our
Four-Point Plan to Win in 2021:

In his Inaugural address, Joe Biden said, “It’s time for
boldness, for there is so much to do.” We couldn’t agree more. As
an Our Revolution Movement Builder, your monthly contribution
will help us hold President Biden and Congress accountable on
delivering real change for working families, including taking
bold action on student debt, climate change, and more.

From city councils to Congress, there are hundreds of state,
local, and special elections this year. Your recurring donation
will ensure that we can continue to elect progressive champions
up and down the ballot.

Last year, our win rate on state and local ballot initiatives
like Fight for $15 and paid family leave was an impressive 81% —
and this year, we’re gearing up for more! Your membership will
help us keep up the fight for progressive policies like criminal
justice reform, affordable housing, and health care in
communities across the USA.

Our Revolution’s unique mission is to achieve transformative
change by working both outside and inside — and an important part
of our inside strategy is building a progressive party. Your
monthly gift will support our goal of electing progressives to
party leadership positions - from precinct committee members to
DNC chairs - in 2021.

Our Revolution doesn’t take corporate PAC money. We are entirely
people-powered and rely on supporters like you. When you become
an official member, you invest in building our grassroots groups
and preparing us for the fights - and victories - to come.

Our Revolution Movement Builders will receive a membership card
featuring original artwork by Lauren Rolwing, an Our Revolution
Tennessee member and renowned graphic designer who designed the
Bernie mittens sticker!

CLICK HERE TO BECOME A MEMBER!
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The Huffington Post
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interviewed Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph
Geevarghese on how our movement’s long-term inside-outside
organizing strategy pushed President Biden to take executive
action on the Fight for $15.

As director of the labor rights group Good Jobs Nation, Joseph
sat in on White House meetings to persuade the Obama-Biden
administration to do more for workers through executive action.

Even though then-Vice President Biden led a “middle class task
force” aimed at raising the living standards of working families,
he resisted taking executive action. Good Jobs Nation then
pivoted from an inside strategy to putting people in the streets.
Striking janitorial and fast-food workers protested outside the
White House, calling on the Obama-Biden administration to
increase wages for federal contractors. Those demonstrations
coincided with the Fight for $15’s nationwide strikes. At the
time, very few Congressional Democrats were willing to publicly
support a $15 minimum wage — except Sen. Bernie Sanders and
then-Rep. Keith Ellison.

Joseph credits that early and sustained organizing with the
evolution of Joe Biden, who said he will use executive orders to
require federal contractors to pay at least $15 per hour, buy
American, and ensure worker protections. “It’s a testament to the
fact that there was tremendous grassroots pressure on the
Democratic Party. The center of gravity in the party when it
comes to labor has shifted dramatically.”

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While executive action is critical, so too is legislative action
to raise the wage. Our Revolution is urging President Biden and
Congress to pass the $15 minimum wage increase right now as part
of the COVID relief package. When he launched the package, Biden
said, “There should be a national minimum wage of $15 an hour. If
you work for less than $15 an hour and work 40 hours a week,
you’re living in poverty.” And this week, Democrats began the
first step towards using reconciliation, which would allow them
to bypass GOP opposition and pass the relief package with a
simple majority in the Senate. But Biden and some in Congress are
now considering stripping it from the package.

In McClatchy
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this week, Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese
made clear that keeping $15 in the package was critical. “It
would not be a good way for Joe Biden to start off his
relationship with the progressive movement by giving up on a core
priority that we’ve been driving and that we’ve moved the
Democratic Party on.”

SIGN HERE - TELL DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT FOR $15!
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Our Revolution is working with the Coalition on Human Needs, the
Economic Policy Institute and other groups to lobby Congress to
pass the American Rescue Plan and act now to give a permanent
stimulus to millions of low-wage workers by raising the minimum
wage to $15, sending another round of one-time stimulus checks to
working people, and ramp up vaccine production and distribution
nationwide.

Sign on now to demand Congress passes the American Rescue Plan
immediately to distribute $1,400 stimulus checks, expand
unemployment benefits, raise the wage to $15, and deliver more
desperately needed relief to working families→
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Our Revolution joined our progressive allies on behalf of
millions of members in calling on Senate Democrats to fix the
broken Senate and end the filibuster. In a letter to Senate
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, we urged “speedy action” on
changing the rules to end the gridlock and obstruction that is
standing in the way of progress. The filibuster - also known as
the “McConnell veto” - gives the GOP minority the power to block
legislation supported by the majority of Senators and voters.
Ending the filibuster will unrig the Senate and get it working
again on the critical issues facing our nation.

JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN TO FIX THE SENATE!
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Our Revolution Kern County helped lead a “Hold The GOP Treason
Caucus Accountable” protest on Thursday. The march through
downtown Bakersfield ended at the district office of House
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, where Our Revolution members and
allies delivered 400,000 signatures calling on McCarthy to remove
Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments. Neel
Sannappa, an OR Kern County organizer, was interviewed in local
media
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: “We want Greene to be removed because those kinds of
conspiracies don't belong in our democracy."

REMOVE MAJORIE TAYLOR GREEN FROM CONGRESS -CLICK HERE TO ADD
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Our Revolution is leading the effort to elect progressive
champions at every level of government. Our very own Nina Turner,
former Our Revolution Board Member who is running for Congress in
Ohio’s 11th District, was a special guest on our Monday Organize
to Win Call
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where she spoke about the importance of our electoral
organizing. “Our Revolution is fueled by grassroots donations
from people like you, and we’ve got to put a downpayment on our
mission of pushing and prodding and not letting anyone off the
hook. And we can’t let ourselves off the hook, either.”

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Because of your support, Our Revolution Ohio is organizing a
massive volunteer effort to elect Nina Turner to Congress! Local
organizer Kyndall Sutton reported on our Monday Organize to Win
Call
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that over 100 phone bankers have made over 24,000 calls and
recruited over 350 new volunteers as they work towards their goal
of contacting every voter in the district. Our Revolution Ohio
also hosted a Stand Your Vote fundraiser last weekend and plans
to launch a Neighbors for Nina precinct organizing program this
month. “We’re hard at work in Ohio getting everybody energized
for Nina’s campaign.”

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Our Revolution North Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth) held its 2021
Organize to Win Kickoff ( [link removed] ) by
announcing local endorsements for candidates in city council
races.

Alison Maguire, an Our Revolution Texas member, is running for a
seat on the Denton City Council because she was inspired by
Bernie to continue the fight after his 2020 presidential bid. Her
progressive priorities include stopping fracking in her community
and increasing affordable housing. “In my community, a median
wage earner can’t afford a median-priced house.”

Our Revolution Texas member Diana Saleh, the granddaughter of
Muslim Palestinian refugees, ran to be a Bernie Sanders state
delegate in 2016 and is now running for Arlington City Council.
Her priorities include increasing police accountability and
advocating for a living wage. “City councils are the right
opportunity, right now, for progressive change. It’s important to
bring progressive values at every level of elected office.”

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HELP US ELECT PROGRESSIVE CHAMPIONS IN 2021- BECOME A MEMBER OF
OUR REVOLUTION!
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Student loan debt is now the second highest consumer debt
category - behind only mortgage debt. Our Revolution believes
it’s time to stop punishing young people for wanting to go to
college. That’s why we are joining progressive leaders in
Congress like Rep. Ilhan Omar in calling for President Biden to
take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 of student loans
for federal student loan borrowers. Our Revolution New Jersey
member Gabriella Ambroise is a young college student with more
than $100,000 in student debt. “Students like me should not have
to suffer for the rest of their lives for wanting to pursue
education that is almost a requirement for most jobs.” We applaud
President Biden for taking executive action to pause student debt
payments during the pandemic. But he needs to go further and
eliminate that debt once and for all.

Hear Rep. Omar speak on the student debt crisis on our next
National Organize to Win Call
on Monday, February 8 at 8:30pm ET!

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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Our Revolution Massachusetts had a successful general assembly,
where over 100 local leaders collaborated on setting their 2021
issue agenda, which includes fighting for racial justice,
Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and other progressive issues
at both the local and national levels. In addition, Rep. Ayanna
Pressley briefed members about Trump’s upcoming Senate trial and
the importance of holding him accountable for the insurrection at
the Capitol. “We cannot just turn the page” with a call for
unity, she said. Trump must be “impeached” and those responsible
must “atone.”

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When we organize, we win! Akron City Councilmember and Our
Revolution leader Tara Samples, along with members of Our
Revolution Akron, were instrumental in halting a deal that would
have green-lighted fracking at the LaDue Reservoir, potentially
affecting the drinking water in communities around Akron and the
Cuyahoga RIver. The decision to withdraw the bill came after a
letter-writing and calling campaign by Our Revolution Akron and
allies that resulted in over 248 letters sent to councilmembers.
Our Revolution Ohio leader Diane Morgan said, “Anyone who is
familiar with fracking in Ohio knows it’s rare to get elected
officials to side with the public against fracking companies.
This is a HUGE victory!” Councilmember Samples called the
decision to abandon the deal a "win" for the people. "You can't
take back poisoning people's water. That lasts a lifetime."

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Our Revolution Maryland’s Organize to Win 2021 Kickoff
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featured four Maryland state delegates, including Our
Revolution Baltimore Co-Chair Sheila Ruth. Delegate Ruth called
out the injustices in our for-profit healthcare system and urged
support of her bill
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would create a commission charged with developing a plan to
transition to universal single-payer healthcare in Maryland by
2024. “This pandemic has shown more clearly than ever the need
for universal healthcare, and I believe Maryland can do this.”

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Our Revolution and the New York Progressive Action Network were
joined by New York state Assemblyman Phil Steck at a recent
meeting to discuss the Stock Transfer Act. Phil, who was first
elected to the New York state legislature in 2012, has been a
steadfast advocate for bringing back the stock transfer tax as a
way to raise revenue to close the state’s massive budget deficit.
“The way this bill works is that for two years all of the money
goes to the general fund to stave off cuts to education and
health care because of the COVID crisis. After that, it all goes
for infrastructure, including green infrastructure.”

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Our Revolution Florida leaders Amina Pruitt and Corrine Daly
joined the family of 16-year-old Taylor Bracey – and civil rights
attorney Benjamin Crump — at a recent press conference to demand
action from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office and the Osceola
School Board after Bracey was body slammed and handcuffed while
knocked out limp on the floor by a student resource officer.
Pruitt and Daly also attended a recent Osceola County School
Board meeting to demand the firing of the officer. “We must
protect our children and stand up for our Black girls who, far
too often, are forced into the school-to-prison pipeline,
convicted as adults, and ultimately assaulted and abused by
police, ” Daly said.

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HELP US FIGHT FOR PROGRESSIVE POLICIES ACROSS THE USA - BECOME A
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Our Revolution Arizona member Brianna Westbrook joined our
Monday Organize to Win Call
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to make the case that progressives are the future of the
Democratic party. She highlighted recent polling
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that found a majority of voters and Democratic party members
support the progressive agenda. Her own Arizona Democratic Party
recently saw a progressive takeover when a slate of new officers
was elected, including Brianna as Educational Coordinator. “The
truth is, progressives are not the fringe of the Democratic
party. We are the now, and we are the future.”

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On our Monday Organize to Win Call
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, Our Revolution Maine leader Megan Smith spoke about her
group’s successes in building a progressive party in Maine. The
group recruited former Bernie 2020 state delegates to run for
party positions, and two Our Revolution Maine leaders - Leah
Knightly and Megan herself - were just elected to the Maine
Democratic Party’s Executive Committee! In addition, Our
Revolution Maine members are working with progressives in the
state legislature to advance progressive policies. “We are
already seeing progressive legislation on the housing crisis,
healthcare, climate change, public transportation, and criminal
justice.”

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Joe Marchica, leader of Our Revolution Trenton Mercer, NJ and
candidate for Mercer County Democratic Party Committee, has
joined a coalition of progressive organizations and candidates in
filing a landmark lawsuit to reform the party’s practice of
designating “party line” candidates on primary ballots. “I am
incredibly excited to be a part of this effort to address one of
the foundational issues in New Jersey democracy.” New Jersey is
the only state in the country that allows local party bosses to
dictate how a primary ballot is laid out — giving an unfair
advantage to candidates listed first.

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Our Revolution is calling on President Biden to support
progressives for open leadership positions inside the DNC, such
as at-large seats and committee, caucus, and council chairs.

Sign here to tell Joe Biden to nominate progressives to the DNC!
You can see the list of champions we support and nominate a
champion you know!
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SUPPORT OUR WORK TO TRANSFORM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!
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Hello Somebody! We have an incredible opportunity to send our
very own Nina Turner to Congress this year!

SIGN UP HERE TO PHONEBANK!
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Our Revolution has joined Stacey Abrams in endorsing Louisiana
State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson in her race to represent
Louisiana’s 2nd district in Congress. Karen’s election is on
March 20 — SIGN UP to VOLUNTEER!
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Our Illinois Revolution is gearing up to win some tough mayoral
and city elections this spring. We’ll hear from progressive
candidates as well as from Sen. Robert Peters, who helped pass
legislation to make Illinois the first state to end cash bail.

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Our Revolution Maine’s 2021 Kickoff Meeting will cover this
year’s state legislative session, with a focus on bills sponsored
by Our Revolution Maine organizer and State Rep. Grayson Lookner,
including housing relief to renters, public power, Maine AllCare,
and more.

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Our Revolution Connecticut is kicking off 2021 with grassroots
activism! Organizers will discuss efforts to pass a Right to
Counsel bill to protect renters facing eviction, and to stop the
creation of a gas power plant.

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Our Revolution South Carolina is honoring Black History Month
and the essential contributions of African Americans to our
nation with Sen. Nina Turner!

SIGN-UP HERE!
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Our Revolution Texas and a coalition of grassroots organizations
are holding a press conference to call on Texas state legislators
to make criminal justice reform a top priority!

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TRUMP'S TRIAL STARTS NEXT WEEK - SIGN HERE TO CALL ON THE SENATE
TO CONVICT TRUMP!
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THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION NEEDS YOU - BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER
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