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Don’t miss our National Organize to Win Call on Monday, April 26
at 8:30pm EST, when we’ll talk about Criminal Justice Reform with
former Bernie 2020 co-chair Ben Cohen, whose latest book is
“Above the Law: How Qualified Immunity Protects Violent Police,”
and progressive prosecutors Larry Krasner (Philadelphia District
Attorney), Eli Savit (Washtenaw County, MI Prosecuting Attorney),
Pam Price (District Attorney candidate from Alameda County, CA)
and other progressive changemakers!

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News from the Frontlines of the Political Revolution!

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While we are relieved that the police officer who murdered
George Floyd will be held accountable, we know we must continue
to organize to defeat systemic racism and win real criminal
justice reform.

As Minnesota Attorney General and Our Revolution Board Member
Keith Ellison, who was lead prosecutor in the case, said after
the verdict was returned, “We pursued justice wherever it led.
Yet I would not call this verdict ‘justice,’ because justice
implies true restoration. It is accountability, which is the
first step towards justice.” True justice, he continued, “is not
one case. It is a social transformation that says that nobody is
beneath the law and no one is above it.”

Our Revolution is committed to working for transformative change
at every level. In Congress, we supported passage of the George
Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which bans police from using
chokeholds and no-knock warrants, the Breathe Act, and the Ending
Qualified Immunity Act to make it easier to hold police officers
accountable. Our members also helped pass sweeping police reform
legislation in Maryland and Illinois this year, and helped elect
progressive AGs and DAs across the country - like Larry Krasner
in Philadelphia, Eli Savit in Michigan, and Monique Worrell in
Florida - who are committed to changing the system.

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Our collective work illustrates how Our Revolution carries out
our 5-Point Plan to Win on Criminal Justice Reform by:

* Mobilizing our national network of local Our Revolution groups
from coast to coast to take action;
* Holding our elected officials accountable to support justice in
policing;
* Electing progressive champions who will fight to end systemic
racism in our criminal justice system;
* Fighting for policies like ending qualified immunity and cash
bail, restricting use of force, and other needed reforms; and
* Pushing the Democratic party to adopt a progressive platform of
justice in policing, and elect more of our members to Party
positions.

PITCH IN and help Our Revolution fight to achieve long-term
transformational criminal justice reform at every level of
government!
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IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE:
Our Earth Day rally & hearing to end fossil fuel subsidies;
Bernie’s College For All plan (and how to pay for it); New York’s
single payer bill gains momentum; commentary from Jim Hightower;
a come from behind election victory in Illinois; the progressives
running to turn Texas blue; and MORE!

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As the nation celebrated Earth Day this week, Our Revolution
joined with Greenpeace USA, Friends of the Earth, This is Zero
Hour and US Rep. Ro Khanna and others to hold a Virtual Rally to
End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
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and call for immediate Congressional action. The burning of
fossil fuels - coal, oil, and gas - is the single largest
contributor to the climate crisis. Yet we give the fossil fuel
industry billions in taxpayer subsidies every year. Our coalition
held the rally to show that there’s strong grassroots support to
stop our government from giving our tax money to dirty energy by
featuring voices from frontline communities. Speakers included
Kayley Shoup from New Mexico who spoke about how the oil industry
is hurting the health of communities in the Permian Basin, and
John Beard of the Port Arthur Community Action Network who
described how communities of color on the Texas Gulf Coast are
suffering at the hands of the fossil fuel industry. “We sit at
the forefront of environmental racism, environmental injustice
and climate change,” he said.

Our Earth Day rally was followed by a special hearing on "The
Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Action on the Climate
Crisis" led by Rep. Ro Khanna, who serves as Chair of the House
Oversight Subcommittee on Environment.

He grilled American Petroleum Institute lobbyist Frank
Macchiarola over his statement under oath that the fossil fuel
industry receives “no special treatment” under the U.S. tax code.
The truth is that the fossil fuel industry enjoys a lucrative tax
benefit that no other industry receives, costing taxpayers
billions every year while propping up an industry that is a key
driver of climate change. Rep. Khanna exposed how the fossil fuel
industry gets this special Intangible Drilling Deduction - a
subsidy that allows the fossil fuel industry to write off all
expenses in the first year, instead of depreciating them over
seven years like every other industry must do.

In a testy exchange, Rep. Khanna got the fossil fuel executive
to ADMIT the industry gets preferential tax treatment and then
AGREE it shouldn’t get the subsidy!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH REP. KHANNA GET THE TRUTH OUT OF A FOSSIL
FUEL LOBBYIST! ( [link removed] )

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg also testified virtually
at the hearing, telling lawmakers: “It is the year 2021- the fact
that we are still having this discussion, and even more, that we
are still subsidizing fossil fuels directly or indirectly, using
taxpayer money, is a disgrace. It is clear proof that we have not
understood the climate emergency at all. We have to end fossil
fuel subsidies, stop new exploration and extraction, completely
divest from fossil fuels and keep the carbon in the ground.” She
said the U.S. needs to set an example for the rest of the world
to follow. “If the U.S. — which is the biggest emitter in history
— won’t take action, then how can we expect other countries to do
that?”

TELL YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO SUPPORT ENDING FOSSIL FUEL
SUBSIDIES!
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Our Revolution Board member and syndicated columnist Jim
Hightower talks trust-busting in this week’s commentary: “Busting
the power of abusive and arrogant food monopolists would be of
such immediate benefit to the bottom lines of farmers, consumers,
and workers that even middle-of-the-road congressional Democrats
and a few Republicans are turning into Rooseveltian trustbusters.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, for example, usually a reliable
defender of corporate interests, sees the connection between
inner-city food deprivation and the consolidation of power by
industrial farm and food profiteers, which he says, “are contrary
to our very idea of farming in our country.”

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This week, Our Revolution endorsed the College for All Act of
2021, introduced by Bernie and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, that would
make public colleges and universities tuition-free for working
families and community colleges tuition-free for everyone. Rep.
Jayapal said, “While President Biden can and should immediately
cancel student debt for millions of borrowers, Congress must
ensure that working families never have to take out these
crushing loans in the first place.”

To help pay for tuition-free college and other progressive
priorities, Bernie and Rep. Barbara Lee introduced the Tax on
Wall Street Speculation Act, which imposes a modest financial
transaction tax that would raise up to $2.4 trillion over the
next decade from Wall Street investment houses, hedge funds, and
other speculators. Bernie said, “Let us never forget: in 2008,
taxpayers bailed out Wall Street speculators whose greed,
recklessness and illegal behavior caused millions of Americans to
lose their jobs, homes, and life savings. Now those giant
financial institutions are making record-breaking profits while
millions of Americans are struggling...it’s Wall Street's turn to
rebuild the middle class.”

A financial transaction tax is one of several ways to fund
national priorities like education, infrastructure, and
healthcare. Bernie argues in a CNN op-ed
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that negotiating prescription drug prices, a wealth tax,
closing tax loopholes, and ending fossil fuel subsidies can
generate trillions of dollars without raising taxes on working
families or the middle class.

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New York State Sen. Gustavo Rivera joined our Monday Organize to
Win Call
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to discuss the New York Health Act, a statewide single-payer
bill which is moving through the legislature. Our Revolution
announced our endorsement of the bill, which has unprecedented
majority support in both state houses. Sen. Rivera, the Health
Committee Chair and the bill’s Senate sponsor, said that after
passing a flurry of historic bills in the past few weeks -
including model social-justice cannabis legislation, a wealth
tax, and a first-in-the-nation excluded workers fund - he
believes the legislature has the momentum to pass single payer,
with our support. “Health care is a human right, and we need to
pressure state legislators to make it a policy priority.”

NEW YORKERS: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE NY HEALTH ACT!
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Our Revolution New Jersey members are keeping the pressure on
their members of Congress to support single payer with the
passage of yet another Medicare for All resolution! The Scotch
Plains, NJ Township Council is now the 7th New Jersey locality to
pass a resolution supporting nationwide Medicare for All. The
resolution addresses the fact that even before the pandemic,
700,000 NJ residents lacked health insurance. Our Revolution
Union County’s Sean Smith said the group is “sending a message”
to our Congressional delegation: It’s time to put an end to
for-profit health care.

Our members have six more local resolutions in the works and
meetings planned with US Reps. Andy Kim, Donald Norcross, Albio
Sires and Bill Pascrell to present the resolutions and show them
that their constituents demand Medicare for All!

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VICTORY! HR 51 - the bill to grant statehood to the District of
Columbia - has passed the House! In the lead-up to the vote, Our
Revolution DC members organized a public meeting with Rep.
Eleanor Holmes Norton. As Rep. Norton told us: “For too long,
D.C.’s 700,000 residents - 46% of whom are Black - have been
disenfranchised, forced to pay federal taxes but denied the right
to self-governance and a vote in Congress.” As the legislation
moves to the Senate, Our Revolution is ramping-up our work to
fight the filibuster to ensure this bill - and other progressive
priorities - become law.

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“¡Sí se pudo!” Those are the words of Cesar Guerrero, the
25-year-old first-time candidate who came up from behind to win
his race for Joliet City Council. On election night, Cesar was
behind by 55 votes, but mail-in ballots put him ahead by 11 votes
- enough to beat the incumbent and become the first Latino in
Joliet history to be elected to citywide office. “The people of
Joliet have been calling out for someone who will stand up to the
special interests and fight for the working families who deserve
a fair shake.” Cesar was part of a slate of winning candidates in
Joliet who were supported by Our Revolution Illinois.

WHEN WE ORGANIZE, WE WIN! Invest in our work to elect a NEW
GENERATION of progressive leaders!
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Sen. Nina Turner and Our Revolution Ohio’s Diane Morgan joined
our Monday Organize to Win Call
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with an update on Nina’s campaign. Since January, Diane said
our “amazing team” signed up over 1,000 volunteers and made over
81,000 phone calls. “People are truly excited at this chance of a
lifetime to have Nina represent us in Congress.”

Nina thanked Our Revolution for putting her campaign in a strong
position, while cautioning, “We cannot rest. Lots of billionaire
Republicans and special interests who have no interest in
changing the material conditions of the poor, working poor, and
barely middle class are donating to other candidates in the race.
They're not going to let us win this seat without a fight.”
Nina’s establishment opponent has refused to take a pledge to
refuse “dark money” corporate contributions and instead, launched
a smear campaign
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against Nina and Our Revolution’s grassroots campaign.

DONATE $11 to get a LIMITED EDITION STICKER and help power Our
Revolution Ohio's campaign to elect Nina to CD-11!
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Ahead of today’s election, Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez added her name to roster of progressive
endorsements for Karen Carter Peterson, our candidate to
represent Congress from Louisiana’s 2nd District, saying: “I have
no doubt that she’ll be a partner in the work to make our country
work for all of us, not just the wealthy and well-connected. She
would make a fantastic colleague in Congress." KCP’s opponent
Troy Carter was removed from the "No Fossil Fuel Pledge"
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for taking large contributions from the fossil fuel industry
and refusing to return them. He’s also been endorsed by over 70
top Republican donors and electeds.
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Our Revolution was one of the first progressive groups to
endorse KCP in her fight against the establishment and made over
12,000 one-on-one voter contacts in the race.

LOUISIANA MEMBERS: VOTE TODAY!
(CLICK HERE TO FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE).
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Our Revolution Texas members have been knocking doors for dozens
of candidates leading up to their May 1st elections, including
Deborah Peoples, who’s running to be the next mayor of Fort
Worth, Texas. Deborah is chair of the Tarrant County Democratic
Party and an unapologetic progressive who was endorsed by Bernie
in 2019. She’s running against the Republican machine in Fort
Worth - the 13th largest city in the U.S. and a crucial
battleground in the fight to turn Texas blue. On our Monday
Organize to Win Call
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, Deborah said she will “put people first” by fighting for
access to healthcare and affordable housing, a living wage, and
student debt relief. "Our Revolution gets it. You get it, and you
understand what we have to do. We cannot afford to walk down the
middle of the road."

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Our Revolution’s endorsements are game-changers in critical
races. Unlike other organizations, we don’t just send out press
releases and emails - we also do on the ground organizing. Our
Revolution is made up of local organizers across the country who
are mobilizing our local group members to engage local voters
through public organizing meetings, candidate forums,
door-knocking, phone-banking and more.

THE RESULT: Last year, over 75% of our endorsed candidates won
their races!

HELP US REACH MORE VOTERS WITH OUR BOLD, PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE.
JOIN OUR REVOLUTION!
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DNC SURVEY! From the beginning, Our Revolution has been focused
on transforming the Democratic Party so that it represents
working people, not corporate donors. That means fighting for a
progressive platform and it means working towards structural
change within the party. After the 2016 election, we successfully
organized to get so-called super or non-elected delegates out of
the nominating process, open up primaries to unaffiliated voters,
and allow vote by mail for both primaries and caucuses. These
reforms are all part of how we build a party that represents
working people - and we need to make sure these reforms are kept
in place, and expanded.

That’s why, at last year’s Democratic Party Convention, we
helped pass a resolution that calls on the DNC Rules and Bylaws
Committee to solicit public input on the on-going reform process.
As a result, the DNC has just released a public survey about
party reforms on its website, and we need to make sure that the
party leaders hear from the grassroots about our organizing
priorities, like permitting same-day party registration for
primaries, encouraging vote by mail, and continuing to keep
superdelegates out of the nominating process.

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD - TAKE THE DNC SURVEY HERE!
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Our Revolution California, along with Rep. Ro Khanna, has
endorsed The Troublemaker’s Slate to lead the California
Democratic Party’s Progressive Caucus. The California Democratic
Party is the largest state party in the nation, and Our
Revolution members - like Amar Shergill, Brandon Harami, Fatima
Iqbal-Zubair - are running to make sure progressives have real
power to hold party leadership accountable.

California Members: Join the Progressive Caucus of the
California Democratic Party at no cost to VOTE on May 1st!
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Our Revolution is the ONLY organization working to transform the
Democratic Party - from the DNC to DCCC to state parties. Become
a MOVEMENT BUILDER and invest in our work!
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Join Our Revolution Massachusetts and activists from Raise Up as
we host a forum on passing the Fair Share Amendment to raise
taxes on millionaires to invest in education and transportation.

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Join Our Revolution Ohio, Nina Turner and activists from the
Buckeye State to talk about the race for Ohio’s 11th
Congressional District and the campaign for bail reform!

RSVP HERE ( [link removed] )

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On May Day, Our Revolution Virgina is holding a rally to call on
Sen. Mark Warner to support the Protecting the Right to Organize
(PRO) Act and rebuild America’s union movement. Senator Warner is
one of only three Democratic Senators who have yet to stand with
workers.

JOIN US ON MAY DAY!
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