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Paul Gibson and his wife, Roxanne Barber came to Santa Fe in 2012. Since arriving in Santa Fe they have been involved in the development of the Academy of Sustainability Education at Santa Fe High, as volunteers with Master Gardeners, New Energy Economy, and other local efforts. Most recently they coordinated the SantaFe4Bernie campaign, an effort that took advice from Bernie and focused locally, morphing into Retake the Roundhouse. Retake the Roundhouse worked with other advocacy groups around the state to support nine important races, winning seven of them and contributing to NM being the only state legislature in the country that turned blue in the last election. They now are exiting from partisan election processes and have created Retake Our Democracy, a 501-c-4 non-profit organization that tried to make daily activism easier by providing a wide range of resources, information and tools that empower and activate supporters.
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A Path to Passing Build Back Better: a National Boycott
Reacting to two recent Retake blogs, readers have offered suggestions as to how to address the increasingly perilous gridlock in D.C. Are we forever to be denied policies popular with the vast majority of Americans but opposed by industry lobbyists… Read More ›
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Achieving Economic Justice in NM: 2022 Legislative Session Is Our Time
It is not breaking news that NM is all too dependent on gas and oil revenues. But this post outlines the scope and scale of that dependence and points to how we can diversify our revenue base and inject equity… Read More ›
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PNM-Avangrid/Iberdrola Merger: I’m Out! Public Power: I’m In! Urgent Call to Action, Read & Share
All of you have seen the ubiquitous PNM-Avangrid merger ads with paid actors all proclaiming “I’m In” for the merger because: fill in the blank with one of their false promises. When you have enough money and no qualms, you… Read More ›
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Trump Organizing A “Slow Moving Coup”
In 2022, without a Democratic miracle, the GOP will almost certainly recapture the House, resulting in Rep. Kevin McCarthy becoming Speaker of the House. Of the 11 GOP candidates running for Secretary of State in swing states, only 2 believe… Read More ›
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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Disaster; If We Want To Expand Gov’t, It Must Function Better Than This
As noted in a prior post, whenever the government proposes a policy to support a specific population, the policy typically comes with dizzying requirements, supposedly to ensure that only the intended beneficiaries receive the benefit. But in so doing they… Read More ›
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Why We Need to Transform How We Think About Work
Work is structured around the priorities of the corporation, not around the needs of workers and their families, with too many Americans working two jobs and having little time or energy to care for their kids or elders or enrich… Read More ›