In West Bengal: A mysterious person shouted that if Hindus vote for BJP, he would behead them. The way the Indian armed forces handled it was superb. Kudos to paramilitary forces deployed by ECI. Such violent speech and violence could have averted if only KolkataPolice was true to their true payroll providers ( #WeThePeople ) instead of being complicit and showing loyalty to isolated political outfits
Infographics: #WestBengalPollWatch
Extinction Rebellion NYC MINDFUL REBELS Sitting Meditation 1:15 pm on Thursday in front of 26 Federal Plaza >>> We sit in silence for 20 minutes with compassionate hearts and minds, as extensions of Mother Earth, sharing the message: ALL BEINGS DESERVE TO LIVE FREE OF FEAR. We sit on the stolen land of the Lenni Lenape First People and share their wisdom that we are connected to all our relations. Violence harms perpetrators and victims alike, and so we sit in a vision of a world free from harm. We invite you to join us any and every Thursday. Meet at 1:15 - Broadway & Thomas Street.
Join us for a faith-based KYR and Community building training in the Upper West Side, hosted by UWS Action Group. Across the country, we’re watching a coordinated push toward authoritarian rule gain speed, and attacks on peaceful bystanders escalate and turn deadly. Trump and his allies are openly laying out a plan that includes mass deportations, sweeping civil rights reversals, politicized courts, and direct assaults on our cities. We don’t have to wait for these threats to become reality. We have the power to intervene now—but it requires all of us choosing long-term, community-based organizing.
Columbia University affiliates & neighbors weekly vigil for students & scholars who have been detained by ICE. This is a silent weekly vigil every Monday at noon. We provide photos of students & scholars who have been affected. You are welcome to join us in silence at this peaceful vigil.
Join Target Majority NYC (an Indivisible & Swing Left group) for weekly letter-writing parties on Zoom to use Vote Forward's award-winning, research-tested letter tactics to increase participation among potential voters in crucial elections. RSVP here, and we’ll let you know how to join this party. Invite your friends, too and let them know that Swing Left is pioneering an innovative program, using letters to help volunteers like us turn out voters through our letter-writing affiliate, Vote Forward. Never written letters before? Hop on to votefwd.org/swingleft and make an account; download and print twenty letters from the "Political" list for your choice of states/races; and we’ll show you how to write them at our party! _IMPORTANT NOTE: Some letters require 2-sided printing and a sticker to close and mail them_ Think about it: if you help get a voter to the polls, that is an important step towards creating a more inclusive and equitable government and society. Looking forward to seeing you!
We'll learn (or review, if you've already been to a training) how to do outreach to help businesses and their workers prepare in advance for the possibility of ICE visits. After training and Q&A, we'll go out in pairs to visit UWS businesses that have not already been canvassed. Then we'll regroup to debrief and plan how to carry this work forward on the UWS. Indivisible Harlem and Hands Off will provide training and materials.
Deepak Kumar Vasudevan
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