Originally posted soon after the election, we keep this post on the home page as it outlines how Retake Our Democracy has been formed and how its Action Teams will engage, educate, and activate our communities.
Criminal Justice
Obama Staffer Warns: The Downside of Sunday’s Euphoria
In this post, an Obama staffer makes the same point I made yesterday about the need for Sunday turning into a sustained movement. Also video from the Santa Fe march; a link to It Can’t Happen Here, a scary comparison between… Read More ›
A Guide to Resisting Trump; Peltier Running Out of Time
The blog describes a guide for resisting the Trump agenda that has gone viral, an insightful article about depression, anxiety and the most healthy reaction to Trump’s election, an update on Verde and Somos Un Pueblo Unido (both good news–we… Read More ›
Your Most Important New Year’s Resolution: Be Active Daily
This blog focuses on how race has been used to divide us and how effective activism should be informed by both race and class. Links are provided to essays by Ian Haney-López, Robert Reich, and Bill Ayers and a model for how a City… Read More ›
Urgent Need to Act Locally
Somos Un Pueblo Unido has submitted a resolution to strengthen Santa Fe’s Sanctuary City initiative and the Bureau of Land Management is taking comment on the Verde Transmission line that would desecrate the Pojoaque Valley. Women’s March details Albuquerque &… Read More ›
Organizing Principles & An Invitation to Act Before January
Not to be dramatic, but our planet and our grandkids’ future is at stake. We can’t sit idly by and wait for someone else to resist. The bad new is, there is no quick fix, no brilliant idea to turn back… Read More ›