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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.

• Lujan, Democrats Working Too Closely with Wall St. THIS IS NOT OK

  By paulgibson51 on July 23, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  New grassroots progressive energy is permeating the Democratic Party across the Nation, but reports surfaced this week of Ben Ray Lujan and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee huddling with Wall St and padding Party coffers with almost $150M in mostly… Read More ›

• Gaza: 20 Hours a Day without Power: And US Congress Poised to Make Protesting This a Felony

  By paulgibson51 on July 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  20 years in prison, $250,000 fine for boycotting Israel in protest of policies that are decimating Gaza and subjecting 2 million residents to hell on earth. No matter how you feel about the Palestinian conflict, banning protest in any form… Read More ›

• No Is Not Enough: A National Progressive Agenda Developing & Seattle Is Showing How to Do It Locally

  By paulgibson51 on July 20, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Between the LEAP Manifesto outlined in Naomi Klein’s No Is Not Enough and Progressive Democrats of America’s People’s Platform, a progressive platform around which we can rally is emerging to hold the Democrats accountable and to galvanize our nation. Seattle… Read More ›

• What If We Can’t Continue to Grow Our Economy? What Then?

  By paulgibson51 on July 18, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  We can’t continue to grow indefinitely. The planet has said no. Growth creates too much waste and too much pollution. For capitalism to succeed, it requires growth and profit. If that is not sustainable, what then? This post begins a… Read More ›

• Readers Comment on Capitalism and Gentrification

  By paulgibson51 on July 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Two reader views on addressing gentrification in Santa Fe and in other urban communities and an encouragement to continue contacting City Councilors about Ranked Choice Voting.

• McConnell Care Even Worse Than Before–ACTION SUGGESTED

  By paulgibson51 on July 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  It may be worse, but as this post describes, it is frighteningly close to passing, in part, due to an entirely transparent bribe included in the bill to sway what may be the deciding vote. There is no level too… Read More ›