Dear John, CALL TO ACTION: OCTOBER 15–16 VOTER MOBILIZATION Don't miss out on your chance to inspire voter turnout and make the difference for our future on this coming weekend Oct 15–16, just four more weeks to election day! Comrades, friends, family, neighbors and co-workers across the country are called upon to do everything you can to reach out to voters and talk about the high stakes of this election. Democracy and freedom are on the ballot. Will the uprising for union rights, reproductive rights and voting rights, for racial and environmental justice and peace be in position to go onto the offensive for new victories? Or will all our hard-won rights be destroyed? The results depend on voter turnout. Turnout of working-class Latino, Black, AAPI, Native American, women and youth voters will decide this Midterm election. On October 15–16 start by making sure you and all you know are registered to vote, have a plan to vote early or by mail or on election day, and are bringing others with them. Then reach out some more. Join with allies to register new voters where it is still possible. Have conversations about how the way to win power is to vote collectively and continue to organize after election day. Go door to door with unions, get on phone banks with community groups, write postcards, or send out mass texts. There is something everyone can do. It is an inspiring experience. We chose this weekend so we could also be part of the Poor People's Campaign national mobilization on October 15. At noon on main streets across the country join with the Poor People's Campaign and their message to low-wage and low-wealth voters – health care is on the ballot, poverty is on the ballot, the right to choose is on the ballot, the climate is on the ballot, and especially the very right to vote and have our votes counted is on the ballot. Your vote can change the politics of this country. Our CPUSA strategy for the critical 2022 Midterm elections calls for a united front to defeat the fascist elements and be in position to bring all the new labor and people's organizing onto the offensive. OCT. 15–16 Four More Weeks to the 2022 Midterm Elections: Resources to Get out the Vote for Real Democracy and build the movement for the future. Sign the CPUSA Pledge to Get Out the Vote. Circulate articles from peoplesworld.org and from cpusa.org: Joe Sims National Committee report: A YouTube video of the presentation and a written version on CPUSA.org. Latino Vote by Rosalio Munoz Anti-Racist Unity by Eric Brooks Use Our Right to Vote Not Lose It / ¡Debemos usar nuestro derecho al voto para no perderlo! By Political Action Commission Get involved in your neighborhood and volunteer with your union Poor People’s Campaign — Oct. 15 Prioritized getting out the vote of low-income voters to make the difference in 15 states. Report “Waking the Sleeping Giant” is here. October 15 at noon on Main Street in many states is a national event with marches about voter rights. Contact your state PPC here. Labor 2022 The AFL-CIO special election website says Freedom is On the Ballot: Freedom to vote, freedom to join a union, freedom to healthcare, freedom to earn a living wage. It highlights the battleground states (MI, PA, OH, AZ, MN, NC, FL, WI, GA, NV) and has a function to make sure you are registered to vote and know voting rules. Each state AFL-CIO is organizing Labor Walks for union members to visit union members and find out what is on their mind and how to vote in their own interests. To connect with your state organization visit this site.
Working America If you are not a union member, you can participate in the AFL-CIO Labor Walks as a member of Working American the AFL-CIO community affiliate. Sign up here to join Working America. SEIU Let's Vote Pledge to vote and get a list of SEIU-endorsed candidates.
National Nurses United Text and phone banking to battleground states. Start by filling in the volunteer form. Planned Parenthood Votes Women can make the difference in this election. Many organizations are mobilizing including Planned Parenthood Votes. Contact here. Black Voters Matter — Website Mi Familia Vota unites Latino, immigrant, and allied communities to promote social and economic justice through citizenship workshops, voter registration, and voter participation in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, and Texas. Visit their website. Youth Vote — “Vote Ready” Ballot Initiatives IL Workers’ rights ballot initiative to amend Illinois’s constitution affirming the right to collective bargaining and outlawing “right to work” legislation. MI Ballot initiatives for constitutional amendments to protect reproductive rights and voting rights CA Governor initiative to put legalizing abortion on ballot statewide. AND Los Angeles city-wide ballot initiative to tax the rich and end homelessness. In solidarity, Joelle Fishman
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