"Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."-- Theodore Roosevelt, April 19, 1906

 

“It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.”  --Noam Chomsky

 

The mass marches against racism and police brutality have changed us all.

But they’re not enough.

All these gatherings need voter registration tables with detailed information on how to save the election currently scheduled for November 3.  

Too many uprisings have shaken the nation, then faded away. 

We all must vote. But this year, there’s much more to do. 

Stripped voter rolls, a sabotaged vote by mail system, a flipped vote count … these chokeholds can kill American democracy. Come November 3, unless we act, we can’t breathe.  

Millions of election protection activists must work every precinct, county, and state election center. Grassroots networks must protect how this election will be conducted. Our very survival depends on making sure there’s a national vote this fall that truly reflects the will of the American people.

That means dealing with 2020’s “election protection trinity”:

Registration rolls  

Sixteen million Americans have been stripped from our voter rolls. We need to get them re-registered. 

A new analysis from the Ohio Immigrant Alliance shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Morrow County Correctional Facility failed to follow its own Infectious Disease Control Program (IDCP), as well as the National Detention Standards (NDS) required in its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)Because of this, the Morrow County Correctional Facility is now the first county jail in Ohio, and the first ICE detention center in the United States, to be 100% COVID-positive.

Already we’ve seen, as a result of people taking to the streets in the United States:

Sunday, June 7, 1-9m
Ohio Statehouse
Bring your signs as we rally, march and pray for our city.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Southeast Asia is resisting the harsh U.S.-China
blame game over COVID-19, preferring to maintain financial links with
both, but Beijing appears to enjoy a better image among the region's
hearts and minds.

"Southeast Asian countries are standing on the sidelines of the
Washington-Beijing COVID-19 quarrel, not taking sides with one or the
other," Paul Chambers, an international affairs lecturer at Naresuan
University in northern Thailand, said in an interview.

"Given that China is the region's leading trading partner and provider
of new foreign investment, and China came out of the coronavirus
pandemic earlier than the U.S., Beijing has an edge over the
Washington right now.

"The continuing COVID-19 problems in the U.S. shows Southeast Asians
that the U.S. political system is not a good model for dealing with
the virus," Mr. Chambers said.

Southeast Asian countries often try to balance relations with the U.S.
and China to avoid endangering extensively interconnected business,
military and other links.

 
With the 2020 presidential election nearing and a pandemic in full swing, John Oliver discusses why voting by mail is necessary, the fearmongering surrounding it, and why we need to start planning for November right now. 

Saturday, June 6, 11am-5pm
241 E. Town St.
Visual art, comedy, spoken word, dance, mindfulness and community. Revolution's No Joke is an artistic protest for the community, dedicated to bringing unity to individuals, organizations and activists through a grassroots movement. They do this by keeping the communinty safe, distributing accurate information and organized protests and events. 
Please donate:
Cashapp - $mj4us
Venmo - @mj4us
Paypal: revolutionsnojoke@gmail.com

Saturday, June 6, 11am-5pm
241 E. Town St.
Visual art, comedy, spoken word, dance, mindfulness and community. Revolution's No Joke is an artistic protest for the community, dedicated to bringing unity to individuals, organizations and activists through a grassroots movement. They do this by keeping the communinty safe, distributing accurate information and organized protests and events. 
Please donate:
Cashapp - $mj4us
Venmo - @mj4us
Paypal: revolutionsnojoke@gmail.com

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