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  Our Revolution · [email protected]
May 1, 2021 at 3:21 PM

May Day!

News from the Frontlines of the Political Revolution! ★ ★ ★ May 1st is International Workers' Day, and Our Revolution is supporting labor by fighting to get the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021 over the finish line! Watch today’s LABOR LIVESTREAM double-heade…
  Joseph Geevarghese - Executive Director · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 10:50 PM

corporate Democrats must be held responsible

Our critical end-of-month deadline is only hours away, so I'll get right to the point. Our Revolution is the most important organization fighting to carry on Bernie Sanders' political revolution. We’ve succeeded by helping move President Biden toward a bold economic agenda focused on work…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 8:37 PM

TOMORROW: join Our Revolution’s Pass the PRO Act rally

John, The PRO Act would mean more rights for working class people and more power to organized labor.TOMORROW, join us at Windmill Hill Park to demand that Senator Warner co-sponsors the PRO Act. RSVP here→ PRO Act Rally Saturday, May 1st, 2021 11:30 a.m. ET Windmill Hill Park 500 S Lee S…
  Paco Fabián · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 7:39 PM

Kyrsten Sinema and structural racism

President Biden has come around to progressive views on many issues, but corporate Democrats are still allowing the filibuster to block anything from getting done. John, Kyrsten Sinema is collaborating with Republicans to uphold structural oppression, and Our Revolution is going all out …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 3:49 PM

Kyrsten Sinema is upholding structural oppression

President Biden’s speech this week showed the whole country that — on many issues — he has come around to Bernie Sanders’ view that we need bold and transformational change to restore democracy of the people and invest in working families. One thing he didn’t mention in that speech is th…
  Joseph, Paco, Marisa, Mike, John · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 12:30 AM

reaching out personally to make sure you know what type of situation we’re in

Hey John, it’s Joseph and the Our Revolution team reaching out really quickly. Joseph (Executive Director)   We wanted to take a second to personally go over our finance situation with you. Paco (Director of Campaigns) …
  Reality Check via Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 29, 2021 at 5:39 PM

Kyrsten Sinema thinks she can tell progressives to “F**k off” with no consequences

Last night, President Biden sounded a lot like our founder Bernie Sanders.But, there's a catch: corporate Democrats like Kyrsten Sinema are collaborating with the GOP to allow the filibuster to block everything Biden talked about: millions of new jobs, improved infrastructure, voting righ…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 28, 2021 at 10:09 PM

we must end the filibuster

John, Kyrsten Sinema and her corporate Democrat allies are comfortable telling progressives to "f**k off" because they've spent most of their careers in a political environment where big money could effectively neutralize the needs of working Americans. The crisis we find ourselves in n…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 28, 2021 at 6:20 PM

Mitch McConnell wants to crush our democracy

Mitch McConnell, corporate Democrats, and the big money donors that support them both are going all out to preserve the filibuster so they can block any legislation to restore democracy or help working class Americans. Our Revolution is on the ground in states like Arizona and West Virg…
  Marisa Mormile · [email protected]
April 27, 2021 at 4:49 PM

Kyrsten Sinema is a bully

Kyrsten Sinema recently told all of us who believe in ending the racist filibuster and getting big money out of politics to “F**k off.” She felt comfortable doing that because she believes that her corporate donors are more powerful than our grassroots pressure. John, can we count on yo…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 26, 2021 at 11:55 PM

Don't forget to join tonight's call with former Bernie 2020 co-chair Ben Cohen!

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 prosecutor…
  FROM: Our Revolution & John · [email protected]
April 26, 2021 at 8:08 PM

TO: Kyrsten Sinema

Kyrsten Sinema has a message for progressive voters: "F**k Off" Help us show her that progressive voters aren’t going anywhere — donate $27 now to fund our work organizing in Arizona to pressure Senator Sinema into ending the filibuster: DONATE NOW John, As the GOP attacks voting…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 24, 2021 at 7:05 PM

News!

News from the Frontlines of the Political Revolution! ★ ★ ★ 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 Qual…
  Jane Kleeb · [email protected]
April 23, 2021 at 2:48 PM

changing the Democratic Party for the better

John, I chair the Nebraska Democratic Party, the Our Revolution board political committee, and lead Bold, an organization that fights pipeline and other fossil fuel expansion with frontline groups. Our movement — started by Bernie Sanders and carried on by Our Revolution — values relen…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 22, 2021 at 10:27 PM

there is no political constituency for giving our tax dollars to big oil companies

Every year, our government gives billions of dollars in tax breaks, incentives, and other subsidies to fossil fuel companies — basically spending our tax dollars on forms of energy that are driving a catastrophic climate crisis. Eliminating those subsidies and tax breaks would have a big…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 21, 2021 at 6:49 PM

be like Nina Turner and claim a sticker

John, Our Revolution’s new limited edition Nina Turner sticker is here — have you claimed yours yet?  We desperately need Nina’s voice in Congress and we’re going all-out to support her progressive campaign on the ground in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District. Since January, our members i…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 20, 2021 at 11:09 PM

“Moderates” are blocking the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in the Senate

While we were relieved to hear guilty verdicts for the police officer who murdered George Floyd, we also are fully aware that we have much farther to go as a country to heal. Starting to heal means passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a bill to ensure that violent police off…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 19, 2021 at 9:16 PM

$11 to send Nina Turner to Congress

Nina Turner will be joining Our Revolution’s national call tonight, and we’re celebrating with the release of a new sticker! John, chip in $11 or more to help us elect Nina Turner to Congress from Ohio’s 11th District and receive a LIMITED EDITION sticker! Get Your Sticker Nina has been …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 18, 2021 at 5:28 PM

Don't miss tomorrow's call with Senator Nina Turner!

HELLO SOMEBODY — John, we have an incredible opportunity to strengthen our progressive voice in Congress by electing a true champion of our movement: Nina Turner. Senator Turner is running for Congress in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, and Our Revolution is proud to support her camp…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 17, 2021 at 3:42 PM

Important Updates!

News from the Frontlines of the Political Revolution! ★ ★ ★ Be sure to join our National Organize to Win Call on Monday, April 19th, featuring Nina Turner with the latest on her Congressional campaign; MD State Sen. Jill Carter on winning a massive criminal justice overall i…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 16, 2021 at 10:19 PM

our democracy vs. corporate "Democrats"

Senator Kyrsten Sinema and other corporate-funded Democrats have recently made a series of arguments to try to explain why they are personally standing in the way of passing critical voting rights legislation. Her insane intellectual gymnastics to defend the filibuster — a racist tool th…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 16, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Senator Sinema’s betrayal of American values

Senator Kyrsten Sinema and other corporate-funded Democrats have recently made a series of arguments to try to explain why they are personally standing in the way of passing critical voting rights legislation. Her insane intellectual gymnastics to defend the filibuster — a racist tool th…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 15, 2021 at 6:11 PM

CEO pay is obscene

John, Over the last four decades, worker pay in the United States has stagnated while the average pay for CEOs has soared over 1,000%! We all know why: corporate interests flooding our system with money and spending big to crush any potential gains for workers. That’s why Our Revolutio…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 14, 2021 at 11:59 PM

Bernie’s bold new bill against big oil needs your support

Tomorrow, Sen. Budget Chair Bernie Sanders is introducing the End Polluter Welfare Act to eliminate an annual $15 billion in federal fossil fuel subsidies by closing tax loopholes and public land giveaways to Big Oil. John, add your name if you stand with Bernie Sanders against giving ou…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 13, 2021 at 6:59 PM

Karen Carter Peterson vs. the establishment

If we want to win progressive policy priorities in Congress, then we need to elect more bold progressives to fight the establishment on Capitol Hill. As John Nichols writes in The Nation, “Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to DC.” When she’s e…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 12, 2021 at 11:46 PM

Don't forget to join tonight's call with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley!

TONIGHT, Sen. Jeff Merkley will kick-off our first call of the month with the latest on For the People Act and the fight against the filibuster. We will also be joined by newly elected progressive champions from Illinois and Missouri, and get an update on California’s fight for uni…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 11, 2021 at 6:10 PM

unions vs. Amazon

Amazon — a multinational corporation that enriches itself with government contracts and treats its warehouse employees and drivers as subhuman — is an ongoing threat to every working family in America. In the latest example of why, Amazon has used their money and monopoly power to crush …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 10, 2021 at 5:08 PM

Read ALL about it!

News from America’s Political Revolution! ★ ★ ★ On Monday, April 12th, Sen. Jeff Merkley will kick-off our first call of the month with the latest on For the People Act and the fight against the filibuster. We will also be joined by newly elected progressive champions from I…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 9, 2021 at 6:28 PM

big wins!

After the 2020 elections, many progressive organizations are taking a break from the campaign trail. But 2021 isn’t an off-year for Our Revolution. Across the nation, we’re taking on the Democratic establishment by organizing to elect progressive champions at every level of government. …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 9:21 PM

why don’t “centrists” want working people to have good jobs?

John, President Biden recently introduced the American Jobs Plan, which Bernie Sanders called a “serious proposal” to update our infrastructure, combat the climate crisis and invest in clean energy, expand the rights of unions and their ability to organize for working people, and create …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 6, 2021 at 8:04 PM

Joe Biden is wrong about marijuana

John, Four years ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told a reporter that he opposed legalizing recreational marijuana because it’s “a gateway drug.” Last week, New York officially legalized recreational marijuana and expunged prior convictions, proving that one no matter how powerful a …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 6, 2021 at 12:25 AM

This week in the Revolution Report: our plan in action!

News from America’s Political Revolution! ★ ★ ★ Announcing The April Lineup for our National Organize to Win Calls! On Monday, April 12th, Sen. Jeff Merkley will kick-off our first call of the month with the latest on For the People Act and the fight against the filibuster. …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 3, 2021 at 5:19 PM

Breaking!

News from America’s Political Revolution! ★ ★ ★ Announcing The April Lineup for our National Organize to Win Calls! On Monday, April 12th, Sen. Jeff Merkley will kick-off our first call of the month with the latest on For the People Act and the fight against the filibuster. …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
April 2, 2021 at 3:45 PM

Big Oil is rolling in our tax money. Let’s change that together.

John, Big Oil spends sickening amounts of money every year on lobbying the government to keep giving them our tax dollars in subsidies — even though their product is quite literally destroying our planet. Unlike the corporate-funded politicians of both parties, Our Revolution stands firml…
  Joseph Geevarghese [Our Revolution] · [email protected]
April 1, 2021 at 12:28 AM

the media is watching us closely

John, after looking over our budget numbers for the month, we are still short before tonight's end-of-quarter deadline. Every donation you give will go directly to funding our organizing to end the filibuster by putting pressure on corporate Democrats like Senators Sinema and Manchin. Cor…
  Reality Check via Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 7:19 PM

the corporate establishment thinks they can use the filibuster to keep big money in politics

....DONATE $27 to help fund our organizing on the ground in West Virginia and Arizona to prove them wrong. Support Our Revolution →          Our Revolution is a national grassroots network of local groups dedicated to organizing a political revolution powerful enough to …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 3:27 PM

don't let corporate Democrats enable the destruction of our democracy

Big Oil, Wall Street, and other corrupt special interests count on the filibuster as a tool to block any progressive policies from becoming law. Sadly, that includes doing anything to stop the GOP's openly racist assault on voting rights in the form of state bills from coast to coast. Tha…
  Marisa Mormile · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 2:29 AM

the filibuster helps fascist Republicans sell the big lie

Q: What is Our Revolution doing to stop Republicans from nationally suppressing the right to vote? A: We’re on the ground pressuring Senate Democrats to abandon the filibuster and pass the For the People Act. Q: Has it been working? A: Yes! Democratic leadership is open to the idea —…
  Paco Fabían, Director of Campaigns · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 7:35 PM

the only way to fight voter suppression

Big money dominates American politics, and the filibuster is big money’s favorite tool to block legislation that would help working people and make the wealthy pay their fair share. Our Revolution is organizing on the ground in West Virginia and Arizona to pressure Senators Joe Manchin …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 4:08 PM

Help Our Revolution end the filibuster

Our organizing in West Virginia and Arizona is working. Democratic leadership is starting to fold on the filibuster. Now we need to up the pressure on Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema. ELIMINATE THE FILIBUSTER John, If we want to save our democracy from the GOP’s …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 12:13 AM

Don't forget to join tonight's call with Rep. Ro Khanna!

Join us for tonight at 8:30 PM ET for a Special Monday National Organize to Win Call focused on ending fossil fuel subsidies! Jane Kleeb, Our Revolution Board member, will lead a discussion with U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, Bill McKibben, author and climate activist, Annie Leonard, of Gree…
  Marisa Mormile · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 8:28 PM

healthcare should not be behind a paywall

People go bankrupt or die because they can’t afford medical care, and it’s just plain horrific.That’s why Our Revolution refuses to take no for an answer on Medicare for All — no matter what the establishment or their health insurance industry affiliated donors think. John, can we count o…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 3:21 PM

the deadly consequences of for-profit healthcare

In addition to fighting hard and already forcing the establishment to shift their position on the filibuster, Our Revolution remains committed to fighting against the immoral and deadly healthcare crisis that continues to tear families apart.John, it's real simple: every human being deser…
  Mike Oles · [email protected]
March 28, 2021 at 4:40 PM

progressives are on the rise

John, At Our Revolution, we are constantly working to create the pressure necessary to make the Democratic Party actually live up to their own stated progressive values. Our work paid off in a big way this month when we helped progressives take over the Nevada Democratic Party by sweep…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 9:06 PM

The LATEST!

News from America’s Political Revolution! ★ ★ ★ Bernie started Our Revolution with a single purpose: To build a powerful grassroots movement that makes progressivism a transformative force in American political life. Help us continue the work of fulfilling Bernie’s vision. …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 3:02 PM

defending democracy

John, Our organizing works. When we made it very clear to the establishment that we would not accept them using the filibuster as an excuse to block voting rights and prevent reducing big money in politics, they very quickly started talking about how “open” they are to changing the filib…
  Mike Oles · [email protected]
March 26, 2021 at 7:39 PM

the future of our country is being shaped right now

John, At Our Revolution, we are constantly working to create the pressure necessary to make the Democratic Party actually live up to their own stated progressive values. Our work paid off in a big way this month when we helped progressives take over the Nevada Democratic Party by sweep…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 25, 2021 at 4:31 PM

our democracy is under attack, and corporate Democrats are stopping us from playing defense

John, Our organizing works. When we made it very clear to the establishment that we would not accept them using the filibuster as an excuse to block voting rights and prevent reducing big money in politics, they very quickly started talking about how “open” they are to changing the filib…
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 23, 2021 at 12:10 AM

Don't miss tonight's call with Rep. Jamie Raskin!

Join us for tonight's National Organize to Win Call when our line-up will feature Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, the new progressive chair of the Nevada Democratic Party Judith Whitmer, and Our Revolution endorsed candidate Karen Carter Peterson! RSVP NOW ★ ★ ★ News from …
  Our Revolution · [email protected]
March 20, 2021 at 6:17 PM

The LATEST!

News from America’s Political Revolution! ★ ★ ★ Join us for Monday’s National Organize to Win Call when our line-up will feature Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, the new progressive chair of the Nevada Democratic Party Judith Whitmer, and other special guests! RSVP NOW …