US Rep. Ro Khanna will guest host a special Town Hall edition of our weekly national broadcast this Monday, October 25 at 8:30p ET/5:30p PT.
Khanna will be joined by Our Revolution Board Member Keith Ellison, Greenpeace USA Co-Director Ebony Twilley Martin, and a panel of environmental leaders to dive into how our coalition is fighting to end fossil fuel subsidies and forcing Big Oil CEOs to testify under oath before Congress about their decades-long climate disinformation campaign.
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Insider News from the Frontlines of the Political Revolution!
HEADLINES: Arrested for Voting Rights in DC! | Clash Over Climate | Bernie: Here’s What’s in the Damn Bill | Oil Execs in Hearing Hotseat | We Broke Sinema’s Silence | & MUCH MORE!
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The fight to pass progressive policies and restore voting rights is reaching a fever pitch. We’ve never been so close, but we must redouble our efforts in order to defeat corporate power and the rightwing ghouls waging war against democracy. Rush a donation now to fund our work in this pivotal moment.
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#STAY STRONG: IT’S ALL ON THE LINE
This isn’t hyperbole. Our Revolution and our progressive inside-outside coalition are laying it all on the line right now in the fight to save democracy and the planet.
Through direct action and targeted strategy, we’re significantly advancing two key missions: delivering policy for people’s lives and making sure they’re able to have a say in how this country operates.
This week, our dogged pressure from the outside drove Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to finally break her silence on the Budget Bill and led President Biden to publicly support a Voting Rights exception for the filibuster.
And, we are nowhere near done.
Our activists are getting arrested at the Capitol, holding protests coast to coast, and getting out the vote for progressive candidates up and down the ballot.
These are the battles that will shift the balance of power and determine how our politics will be shaped for decades to come. And, it’s our last best chance to address these crises and prevent a return of right-wing rule.
Be part of this moment by becoming a recurring donor today. We can leave nothing to chance against the powerful forces trying to derail these two pieces of historic legislation.
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BERNIE: WHAT’S IN THE DAMN BILL
As corporate interests obscure Budget Bill talks to mere dollar figures, Bernie is working hard to inform about what’s at stake so more folks want to join our fight.
In a livestream rally, Bernie laid out the details of “What’s in the Damn Bill” and explained why the bill is so critical to people’s lives and the project of democracy.
“The worst fear for the ruling class is that people wake up some day and say, ‘You know what, I am a human being, and I and my children are entitled to live with dignity.’” Bernie said. “‘Of course, we are entitled to healthcare, a decent-paying job, and a livable planet.’”
“When we shape a society around those needs - whoa, that is a real threat to the ruling class of America,” Bernie said.
He acknowledged that this one bill can’t do everything, but it’s crucial for our movement to build on and a big step toward restoring the faith of the American people.
“It’s the beginning of saying maybe we’re going to have a government that works for working families, radical as that may be, rather than billionaires who buy elections,” Bernie said.
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ARRESTED FIGHTING GOP WAR ON VOTERS
Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese and civil rights leader Ben Jealous were among dozens arrested protesting outside the White House this week, calling on President Biden to get more involved in the urgent fight to pass voting rights legislation.
The day after the march and mass arrests, to absolutely no one’s surprise, the GOP filibustered the Freedom to Vote Act, proving once again that we need to Fix or Nix the Filibuster because GOP power relies on voter suppression.
This is why we’re calling on Biden and Senate Dems to take serious action now on the filibuster.
“They have failed to pass substantive legislation, and they are failing to act now,” Joseph told the Associated Press. “It needs to be made even more clear by the President that he is 100% on the side of the American people’s most sacred right, and if that means fixing the filibuster then we must do it for the sake of our democracy.”
The next day, Biden made his strongest statement yet in favor of carving out an exception in the filibuster for voting rights “and maybe more.” This is a key step in fighting the GOP war on voters and opening the door to sidestepping the filibuster for other priorities like the PRO Act.
“I think what Joe Biden understands is the filibuster is not written into the Constitution. It is tradition. And tradition evolves and changes,” Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese told NPR.
“If we don't pass the Freedom to Vote legislation, Democrats are going to get slaughtered in 2022 and 2024, he said. “If people can’t get to the polls and exercise their right to vote, our power is in jeopardy and that's what this is about.”
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BUDGET CLASH OVER CLIMATE
As corporate Democrats - like US Sen. Joe Manchin - fight to strip crucial climate components from the Budget Bill, progressives are punching back.
On our Monday Night LIVE Broadcast, US Rep. Ro Khanna said he’d “make clear that ending the fossil fuel subsidies is one of our highest priorities,” during his meeting with President Biden, the Associated Press reported.
Afterwards, The Washington Post broke the news that the White House is considering “a potential end to tax subsidies for fossil fuel companies.”
This week, Our Revolution will be amping up the pressure because we won’t let a coal baron dictate our climate policy.
“Climate is at the forefront of our fight right now,” Ro said on our broadcast, previewing the hearing he’ll hold this Thursday to interrogate the heads of four of the largest petroleum companies — ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron.
Khanna summoned the oil execs to testify under oath in front of Congress on their use of front groups, think tanks, million-dollar ad campaigns, and teams of lobbyists in D.C. to spread disinformation about climate science and derail clean energy legislation.
“This is our moment to hold Big Oil accountable,” Ro said. “We’re going to ask, ‘Why is it that you had climate scientists tell you in the 1980s that fossil fuels cause climate change and yet you lied to the American people denying the climate crisis?’”
Don’t miss our special Town Hall broadcast this Monday at 8:30p ET/5:30p PT when Ro Khanna and environmental leaders preview the hearing.
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Speaking of climate action, Our Revolution activists rallied outside CNN’s Baltimore Town Hall with President Biden Thursday to insist that he keep his campaign pledge to keep dirty fossil fuels in the ground.
A highlight was the massive slideshow created by Our Revolution Maryland’s Phil Ateto on the side of the Center Stage building while the Town Hall took place just inside.
Pitch in here to help us overcome Big Oil’s dirty campaign to keep extracting climate-destroying fossil fuels!
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BREAKING SINEMA’S SILENCE
Relentless mass mobilization by Our Revolution and progressive allies against US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has compelled her to break her silence in budget negotiations!
After our activists made the local Arizona TV news, Sinema finally publicly issued a statement to NBC in direct response to our protest demanding lower drug prices ...
In addition to our rally for Medicare Expansion, the Our Revolution Pickup Tour joined the AFL-CIO and Worker Power Coalition to hold an action demanding Sinema support The PRO Act.
Our work is making a difference, but it’s far from over. There’s power in numbers, and that’s why thousands of us are rising up to confront Sinema wherever she can be found, compelling her to betray her big donors and deliver for her constituents.
“We want to keep the pressure up - do the personal bird-dogging when there’s an opportunity, where she’s at a fundraiser or at a public event - and she has not yet met with us, met with everyday people in Arizona,” Our Revolution National Field Director Mike Oles, told The Boston Globe this week. “It’s like a 24/7 vigil here right now for democracy and for the future of our country and planet.”
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Our Revolution is fighting back against Kyrsten Sinema’s obstructionism with protests and mass mobilizations in Arizona. Please chip in now to help us fight back as we enter the critical final push to win the Battle over the Budget!
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LABOR ACTIONS SURGE IN “STRIKETOBER”
Our Revolution stands in solidarity with the tens of thousands of workers striking for better wages and working conditions around the country in what many are dubbing “Striketober.”
Workers at John Deere and Kellogg’s are some of the latest to hit the picket lines as part of a nationwide strike wave that includes miners at Warrior Met Coal and nurses at Massachusetts’ St. Vincent Hospital, who have been on strike for hundreds of days.
Watching CEO pay and corporate profits soar while frontline workers are forced to absorb the risks and costs of the pandemic seems to have been a final straw for many.
Meanwhile, millions are leaving their jobs in a sort of de facto general strike, and union drives like those at Starbucks and Dollar General continue to gain traction. Just this week, NYC Amazon workers and University of Pittsburgh staff voted to form unions!
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Solidarity is the cornerstone of the political revolution. We welcome you to become an Our Revolution member today. We are living through a period of great change, and we invite you to invest financially to help us build power and meet the challenges of our time.
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MOBILIZING VOTERS IN MASS
Our Revolution Massachusetts held our Get Out The Vote Rally last week, rallying support for our endorsed slate of 42 progressive candidates ahead of the Nov. 2nd General Election.
Featured on the call were mayoral candidates Michelle Wu in Boston and Will Mbah in Somerville, and City Council candidate Quinton Zondervan in Cambridge and Kit Collins in Medford, among many others.
Sen. Ed Markey said electing these progressive candidates is an opportunity to “send an unmistakable message to the country that climate action is a winning issue at the local level.”
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NPR: BIBB AS CLEVELAND’S NEXT MAYOR?
With Election Day around the corner, NPR featured Justin Bibb in the latest episode of it’s Ideastream Public Media podcast series “After Jackson: Cleveland’s Next Mayor.”
The piece notes Bibb’s endorsement by Our Revolution and his ability to draw together a wide coalition to support his candidacy. And, we’re keeping up the ground-game in Ohio until the last vote is cast!
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WALTON WINS OVER SCHUMER!
Our Revolution: New York Progressive Action Network held a protest targeting NY Dem Party bosses for failing to back Democratic nominee India Walton in the race for Mayor of Buffalo.
Walton accepted NY Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs’ apology after he had the audacity to compare her to KKK Grand Wizard David Duke while refusing to endorse her.
Our mounting grassroots pressure led US Sen. Chuck Schumer to endorse India on Thursday, urging Buffalo voters to go out and cast their ballot for her on Nov. 2nd.
“India Walton won the Democratic primary fair and square and is the nominee,” Schumer stated.
Meanwhile, New York’s first female Gov. Kathy Hochul refuses to take sides in a battle between the woman who won the Democratic nomination and the four-term incumbent who’s waging a write-in campaign backed by Trump judges and Republican money.
We got ‘em on the ropes folks. If they can’t beat us, maybe they’ll join us. We hope you’ll join the fight by signing up to phone bank for India Walton HERE.
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CONGRATS! Our Wisconsin Revolution Executive Director Andre Walton will now represent District 10 on the Sheboygan City Council!
Walton was elected by his fellow councilmembers to fill the seat of longtime Councilman Jim Bohren, who resigned from the position last month.
“My experience through citizen lobbying has taught me the importance of civic engagement, and how to effectively build relationships to get things done,” Andre told the Sheboygan Press. “That is why talking to constituents and working together to bring positive change to our community is so important to me.”
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The ultra-wealthy and mega-corporations have endless resources to spend against us - but we have the people!
If everyone reading this right now takes action to become a monthly donor, we can grow our movement in ways that completely shift the dynamic of this David vs. Goliath battle over who our government works for. We are taking back our Democracy, and we hope you will invest in our strategy and mission to build power for all of us.
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FREEING CA DEM PARTY FROM FILTHY FUNDING
A meeting tomorrow could determine whether the California Democratic Party keeps taking money from fossil fuels and police, Amar Shergill, chair of the state party’s Progressive Caucus, told our Monday Night LIVE Broadcast.
Shergill said California progressives are fighting to create progressive party that “does not take that money, does not ‘clean it’ and cycle it to legislators that then go in and block the bills we need to create a just society and protect the future habitability of our planet.”
The Party has ignored it’s own committee recommendations from 2020 - refusing to take a vote on them while going on to take another $330,000 from Big Oil, according to Shergill. So he and seven other party chairs are holding their own executive board meeting tomorrow to move the measure forward.
This is the critical work that alters the mechanics of the Party - where it gets its power and who it serves as a result. People power is at the core of our mission, and it’s why we’re building powerful progressive blocs at every level of the Democratic Party across the country.
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Help us make the New York City Council more progressive! We are partnering with the Working Families Party for a Canvass to support Felicia Singh in her City Council race. We will canvass on the last two Saturdays before the November 2nd election.
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Join us as we call Our Revolution members in Buffalo to make sure they get out to vote for India Walton - the Democratic nominee for Buffalo Mayor. Sign up and you will receive follow-up information for how to join our phone banks!
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Join Our Revolution Ohio as we canvas for Justin Bibb for Mayor of Cleveland and talk to voters about voting Yes on Issue 24, the Safer Cleveland Initiative!
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Join Our Revolution New Jersey to knock doors for our nationally-endorsed candidates in Jersey City - longtime union organizer Joel Brooks and progressive Council member James Solomon to Council in Ward E!
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Join Our Revolution Board member Keith Ellison, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minneapolis City Council candidates Jeremiah Ellison and Phillipe Cunningham as we door knock Minneapolis in support of our endorsed candidates!
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Join Our Revolution Maryland in Greenbelt as we canvass for our nationally-endorsed candidate, Colin Byrd, for Mayor of Greenbelt, MD!
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ACT NOW! The Budget Bill is a battle on all fronts. The most powerful people on earth are aligned against us, but we’re consolidating progressive power to fight for every priority. It’s now or never to get this transformative, planet-saving legislation over the finish line.
Call your member of Congress and tell them it’s time to deliver our priorities!
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