#78 Grassroots Election Protection Jan. 10, 2022
GETTING GRANULAR ON GRASSROOTS ELECTION PROTECTION WHILE WINNING ARIZONA
Today’s GREEP zoom #78 features a smack-down focus on the nitty-gritty grassroots realities of getting into our election boards and making sure the Steve Bannon fascists don’t seize control of our democracy and burn it outright.
With TATONKA BRICCA, DANNY SHEEHAN, RAY MCCLENDON, LORI PESANTE and many more, we dig deep into exactly what we need to do to stop the election apparatus from being stolen.
We hear of great work being done in California, Georgia and elsewhere, with a clear eye toward what our focus must be for the coming year.
We also hear from JOHN BRAKEY and RAY LUTZ about the culmination of their amazing work in Arizona.
This week’s confirmation by the county of Maricopa and the state of Arizona that the grifter Cyber Ninjas demanding a pro-Trump recount were miles off-based is embodied in a 90+page report burying forever the idea that The Donald might’ve won that election.
This powerful, content-laden exploration of what pro-democracy forces face in 2022 sets the stage for how our movement must work if we are to emerge with something other than a Bannonite dictatorship. JOIN US!!!
#77 Grassroots Election Protection Dec. 20, 2021
WISCONSIN, VOTING RIGHTS SUMMER, ASSANGE & PELTIER, GREECE, 5G
We cover a huge swath of the election protection universe in today’s GREEP #77 zoom gathering, with more than 90 people joining us.
We start with PETE PECKARSKY and STEVE ROSENFELD reporting on the fascist assault on voting rights in Wisconsin.
With JODIE EVANS and TATONKA BRICCA we deal with the government’s attempt to murder JULIAN ASSANGE and LEONARD PELTIER.
JOEL SEGAL introduces the magnificent concept of a VOTING RIGHTS SUMMER in which millions of young people would convene to save our electoral system from the fascist Trump/Bannon blitzkrieg.
We also hear from JULIE LEVINE about the horrifying dangers of 5G and what we need to stop it.
We hear from Europe about major mass mobilizations against the killing of a young boy in Greece.
And we CELEBRATE the victory of a millennial progressive in Chile. NO MORE PINOCHET!!!
#76 Grassroots Election Protection Dec. 13, 2021
JENNIFER ROBERTS, THE CARTER CENTER, FUNDING GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING. MILITARY MADNESS
We start with the great JENNIFER ROBERTS, former two-term mayor of Charlotte, NC. Jennifer is a world-class pioneer in Election Protection, green power and much more.
JENNIFER’S affiliation with the CARTER CENTER is a hugely important expansion of the reach of Election Protection and the future of our democracy.
She provides us with a detailed examination of many key power points relating to all we need to know about America’s balloting
We’re then joined by Ann Arbor’s BRIAN STEINBERG, whose grassroots fundraising and organizing has made a huge difference in outcomes in Michigan, Georgia and elsewhere.
Brian’s pioneer work in funding relational organizing has been extremely important, as his dissection of the use of Constitutional amendment referenda throughout the US.
Former Ohio organizer PAUL RYDER joins us to dissect the impact MILITARY POLICY has had on the careers of American presidents such as John Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Joe Biden.
We then hear briefly about the impact of undersea www activity on marine mammals (we will return to this next week).
And then we visit the case of JULIAN ASSANGE, REALITY WINNER, LEONARD PELTIER and other political prisoners.
It’s a critical hour, filled with cutting edge stuff. Don’t miss us!!!
#75 Grassroots Election Protection Dec. 6, 2021
KENNY BRUNO: DEFCON FOR DEMOCRACY
The Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition zoom #75 headlines the great long-time activist KENNY BRUNO in a devastating 90-minute discussion of what we need to do to save our democracy.
We start with a brief report from HEDY TRIPP in Minnesota who organized our GREEP #74 call with KEITH ELLISON, the state’s Attorney-General.
Kenny’s bio includes important work with Greenpeace USA, Pipeline Fighters Hub, the Ruckus Society, EarthRights International and more. He is co-author with Beth Handman and their daughter Antonia Bruno of a number of very cool children’s books.
Kenny’s current article “Trump Has Already Laid the Groundwork to Subvert the 2024 Election” appears at Truthout (https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-already-laid-the-groundwork-to-subvert-the-2024-election/) with an overview of what we face to preserve what’s left of our democracy and protect ourselves from a devastating dictatorship.
Kenny is joined on the zoom by co-convenor JOEL SEGAL, radio host LYNN FEINERMAN, legendary organizers RAY MCCLENDON, JULIE LEVINE, RAY LUTZ, JULIE WEINER and MYLA RESON,Green Party Presidential candidate HOWIE HAWKINS, indigenous activist TATANKA BRICCA, LCV Founder MARION EADY and many more.
This is a truly unique and moving meeting. JOIN US!
https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/peace/conflict_resolution/us-violence-prevention-report-march-2021.pdf
ALREADY BEGUN
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.
By Barton Gellman DECEMBER 6, 2021, 6 AM ET
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/
#74 Grassroots Election Protection Nov. 29, 2021
The Honorable Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General
Our 74th GRASSROOTS EMERGENCY ELECTION PROTECTION COALITION Zoom features the great KEITH ELLISON, Attorney-General of Minnesota in a riveting All-Star gathering that gets to the core of to save our democracy under fire.
Keith was the lead prosecutor in the GEORGE FLOYD case and has been at the heart of the Black Lives Matter movement and much much more.
He is a brilliant, personable, deeply dedicated grassroots politician who helped found the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Today he works to preserve the right of our citizens to safely cast ballots and have them reliably counted (what a concept!).
Keith is joined by ANDREA MILLER of the Center for Common Ground, whose work in Georgia and elsewhere on voting centers and computerized mass mobilization has been pathbreaking and essential.and getting ever moreso…
RAY MCCLENDON of the Atlanta NAACP tells us how the GEORGIA WAY of grassroots organizing is key to fighting off the fascist right-wing assault bearing down on our nation.
HEDY TRIPP of St. Cloud, ALAN MINSKY of the PDA, JOHN BRAKEY of Audit USA, JAMES FUKUDA of LULAC, Indigenous organizer TATANKA BRICCA, voting rights pioneer LORI GRACE, REV. RODNEY SADLER, journalism ART LEVINE, GREEP’s great JOEL SEGAL and many more join in with AG Ellison to make this a truly critical gathering.
Don’t miss it!!!
#73 Grassroots Election Protection Nov. 22, 2021
A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO WIN THE VOTING RIGHTS ACTS & STOP FASCISM
We’re joined at session #73 of the Grassroots Emergency Election Protection zooms by ANDREA MILLER of the Center for Common Ground and RAY MCCLENDON of the Atlanta NAACP.
We face a crisis in the rise of fascism that can only be defeated with the restoration of voting rights and the defeat of Gerrymandering, facilitated by two major bills now before Congress.
Long-term victory demands establishing DEMOCRACY CENTERS and meaningful, sustainable pro-democracy campaigns wherever possible.
That means moving the millions of donor dollars that are wasted on TV ads into on-the-ground organizing that can restore our democracy.
Thus the slogan NO MORE TERRY MCAULIFFEs as a reminder that boring, mid-road campaigners clog the arteries needed to deliver real public input.
As JOEL SEGAL makes clear, these voting rights bills MUST be made law either by passing Congress, which will require defeating the filibuster, or by Executive Order.
JAN BEN DOR joins us from Michigan to describe the grassroots efforts there to win back voting rights through a Constitutional Amendment proposed via referendum.
And HEDY TRIPP sets the stage for January 29th’s special session with KEITH ELLISON, Attorney-General of Minnesota and a power in the Democratic National Committee.
With our Republic and way of life under intense fascistic attack, these sessions are absolutely essential. JOIN US!!!
#72 Grassroots Election Protection Nov. 15, 2021
‘’I WILL NOT KILL”; OUR VITAL VOTER RIGHTS BILL; SAVING THE EARTH
Our 72d Grassroots Emergency Election Protection zoom begins with FRANCESCO DA VINCI whose
“I Will Not Kill” is an account of a lifetime of peace activism and of his resistance to the draft during the Vietnam War.
JOEL SEGAL then plunges us into the deep intrigues surrounding the John Lewis Voting Act and the desperate need to protect what’s left of our electoral system.
Evaluating such steps as an Executive Order, filibuster cut-out, reconciliation bill and more, Joel issues a call to action for a national, unified campaign to win this campaign and protect our elections.
Nothing could be more vital.
Except…the global environment. Solar industry expert RON LEONARD fills us in on the latest from the COP meeting in Europe, and on the embattled solar panel industry that holds the key to human survival.
We note that President Biden is actually meeting with Chinese leader Xi.
Finally we hear from Orlando, Florida, where CHUCK O’NEAL gives us an astounding tour of his pathbreaking work on winning legal rights for our Planet Earth.
This must-hear exposition could re-define our ability to save our only home. Don’t Miss It!!!
#71 Grassroots Election Protection Zoom November 8, 2021
CALIFORNIA’S GREEN NEW DEAL & THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
We also hear a needed and necessary criminal prosecution against those who are perpetrating the destruction of our planet..
Their sessions are moderated by TATANKA BRICCA, who facilitates as we hear of the many intricate challenges facing the campaign to convert the Golden State to 100% renewable energy.
We’re also taken through the massive preparations going into documents detailing the need for major RICO suits against fossil fuel polluters who are destroying the Earth, and who should be facing criminal prosecution.
JOEL SEGAL guides us through the brutal battles now raging over the John Lewis Voting Act, which has apparently been postponed for consideration until after the Biden infrastructure and social program bills are dealt with.
We discuss a new book on non-violence by FRANCESCO DA VINCI called I REFUSE TO KILL
And we visit with STEVE SPITZ on the realities of the worthless astro-turf campaign mis-run by defeated Virginia Clintonista gubernatorial loser TERRY MCCAULIFFE.
As we all know from hard history, whenever the Democrats lose an election, the first (and last) thing they do is BLAME THE LEFT.
But we know what really happened in Georgia, and why it must happen again.
Part 1
Part 2
#70 Grassroots Election Protection Zoom November 1, 2021
WHERE IS THE “FREEDOM TO VOTE” ACT & THE FUTURE OF RECOUNTS / AUDITS
But the possibility that a single Republican—Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—might join the Democrats gives our fragile democracy a glimmer of light.
We also visit the fearsome Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial (he’s the kid who killed two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin) the soon-to-be catastrophic Virginia governor’s race, the “Georgia Way” project and much more.
Then we dive deep down into the issue of recounts and audits. With Trump calling “stolen” every election he loses, the certainty is that all future elections will be recounted and audited.
With RAY LUTZ, ERIC LAZARUS, SUSAN PYNCHON and many more, we delve to the core of how our future electoral contests will be certified and/or denied.
The need for uniform federal standards and enforcement could not be greater. We will be dealing with critical issue for years to come.
#69 Grassroots Election Protection Zoom October 25, 2021
DISSECTING THE “GEORGIA WAY” FOR FUTURE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING
First we’re filled in by CYNTHIA PAPERMASTER of Code Pink on the efforts to free JULIAN ASSANGE from his unjust captivity and torture in the UK.
Then we hear for the bulk of the zoom from the great RAY MCCLENDON on how grassroots organizing in Georgia helped put Joe Biden in the White House and, truly miraculously, send a black and a Jewish Senator to the US Capitol.
Those two Senators gave the Democrats a 50-50 split in the Upper House and put the decisive vote in the hands of Vice President Katherine Harris, changing everything.
But how it was done also changed everything, as we hear from the Political Director of the Atlanta NAACP, who helped coordinate one of the most successful grassroots campaigns in US history.
This “Georgia Way” is now the subject of a major upcoming book and documentary film that will serve as a national paradigm for confronting the Trump-Bannon fascist assault on our democracy.
We also discuss with STEVE ROSENFELD, RAY LUTZ, JOHN BRAKEY and others the preliminary realities of a definitive guidebook on election protection recounts and audits. This will take up the bulk of our upcoming zoom #70.
In the meantime, we watch with a combination of hope and horror as the Democrats try to pass some kind of compromise legislation while 50 Republicans watch on in brain-dead uniformity.
#68 Grassroots Election Protection Zoom October 18, 2021
DISSECTING THE 14 PILLARS OF THE AMERICAN FASCIST INFRASTRUCTURE.
In this special overview edition #68 of the Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition Zoom, we take on the structural realities of the US fascist state.
It is the institutional core of the Trump/Bannon dictatorial fortress.
We do this holistic dissection to link the critical analyses of what we face and how we must dismantle the roots of autocracy to let our democracy breathe.
The definition of fascism, as coined by Mussolini, is “corporate control of the state.”
The 14 pillars of fascism in general were codified by Lawrence Brill.
The 14 pillars of American corporate/fascist state are: THE SUPREME COURT, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, GERRYMANDERING, THE 2010 REDMAP COUP, THE SENATE, THE FILIBUSTER, DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF NON-MILLIONAIRES OF YOUTH & COLOR, FASCIST CONTROL OF THE ELECTORAL APPARATUS, RIGGED RECOUNTS/AUDITS, THE DRUG WAR, MONEY IN POLITICS, THE MEDIA, ARMED VIOLENCE, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Join us to here how all this is tied together….and can be defeated..
CAN WOMEN MAKE MID-EAST PEACE? CAN BIDEN’S PLANS BE SAVED?? CAN WE AVOID A DICTATORSHIP??? Women making peace in the Middle East is the subject of a new movement brought to us by LYNNE FEINERMAN and FATIMA ARGUN who announce a new series of zoom gatherings that could make a HUGE difference.We then talk with JOEL SEGAL about the hard realities of the Biden infrastructure and remake America bills, including in-depth analyses of where we’re really at with Manchin, Sinema and the rock-solid McConnell Republicans who give no signs of budging.
We embrace the acknowledgement by the New York Times that the great work done by JOHN BRAKEY, STEVE ROSENFELD and RAY LUTZ in Arizona saved the nation from a bogus, misleading and destructive fake recount set to be duplicated throughout the US was absolutely essential to the survival of the Republic.
We then take the deep dive into the diabolical plans of Steve Bannon and the possibility of turning the US into an actual dictatorship. Hint: the Constitutional highway is totally open, it could be done by 2024 and Bannon is clear on his intention to do it.
We begin the dialogue on this horrifying prospect and will continue it in two weeks, so DO YOUR HOMEWORK, because if you don’t we could all wind up at Guantanamo.
Amidst the spectacular collapse of the absurd cyber-Ninja Arizona recount scam, we hear from JOHN BRAKEY, STEVE ROSENFELD and RAY LUTZ on how it happened.
It’s now clear that without their on-the-ground scrutiny and EP activism, Team Trump could easily have conjured up a “revised outcome” very different from what AZ’s voters actually wanted.
Instead Brakey’s insider contacts with honest brokers like Ken Bennet, Rosenfeld’s reporting and Lutz’s techno-audits made it impossible for the thugs and thieves to flip the outcome.
What comes next will be critical as Team Trump attempts to spread fake audit/recounts to whatever states they want to flip. A handbook/lessons-learned document now becomes crucial from these three great EP pioneers.
Meanwhile, JOEL SEGAL fills us in on the critical growth of the new Progressive Action Coalition and SmartALEC which will be coordinating more on-the-ground campaigns and authoring more legislation as we move forward.
The great TATANKA BRICCA fires us up with an excursion into the land of TRUMP TERROR, as the deposed autocrat attacks anyone—especially moderate Republicans—who doubt his Divine Right to permanent power.
Joined by JOEL SEGAL we further explore the new PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION and its legislative companion, the SmartALEC, meant to move the legislative agenda toward the Green New Deal, Election Protection, DC Statehood and Social Justice, ending poverty, hunger, homelessness.
Joel also updates us on the all-important federal legislation to protect voter rights, which requires beating or end-running the filibuster.
With JOHN BRAKEY and STEVE ROSENFELD we jump through the rabbit hole into the insane miasma of Arizona’s ridiculous recount.
Steve and GLORIA TINUBU also tell of the Georgia Miracle Project and its upcoming book and movie.
From California we get the inside skinny on the recalled recall…and on the Golden State’s Green New Deal.
From Ohio we hear battle reports on GOP gerrymandering.
And there is SO much more…..Join US!!
Sept. 13, 2021
Part One
Our Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition Zoom #64 covers the lot. We assess:
1. The California gubernatorial recall (destined to fail) anointing Gavin Newsom as a likely Presidential candidate;
2. The attempted extra-legal murder of journalist Julian Assange;
3. Gerrymandering in Ohio, a GOP ritual headed for the courts because of new laws passed to curtail it;
4. Voting Rights Bills FOR THE PEOPLE & JOHN LEWIS under intense attack, with all future elections on the line;
5. The birth of the PROGRESSIVE ACTION COALITION, meant for unified power from the diverse but focussed humanist left;
6. The birth of SmartALEC meant to draft and push progressive legislation;
7. DC Statehood…a full exposition of the critical issues with some of its most powerful advocates.
All in all, a pretty big deal. Don’t miss it!
Part Two: Why DC Statehood
Link: https://statehood.dc.gov/page/why-statehood-dc
For more than 200 years, Washington, D.C. residents have been subjected to systemic inequality and denied the full rights of citizenship that the residents of states enjoy, including voting representation in Congress. It is time to right a great historic wrong.
The District of Columbia is the only political and geographical entity within the United States of America whose citizens bear the responsibilities of citizenship, including taxation and Selective Service registration, without sharing in the full rights and privileges of citizenship.
Washington’s residents pay more taxes than residents in 22 states and pay more per capita to the federal government than any state—yet they have no votes in Congress.
D.C. is subject to the whims of the federal government where Congress interferes with our local laws, local funding and operations.
D.C. has all the same responsibilities, but not the same rights, as our fellow Americans—we are treated as second-class citizens
Like our counterparts in all 50 states, D.C. residents pay federal taxes, serve in the military and on juries, start businesses and families, and contribute to our national economy.
Yet, we are still unable to control our own budget or our own laws, and we still have no votes in Congress.
D.C. residents want statehood and made their voter clear during the 2016 referendum with an 86% in favor to make Washington, D.C. the 51.
Congress passed the Democrat-dominated House by a vote of 232-180. It was the first time that a chamber of Congress had passed such legislation. Currently, legislation was introduced in both chambers and has overwhelming support among Senate Democrats.
Equal Treatment
Since the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when supporters of Former President Donald Trump attacked the US Capitol, the women and men of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department answered the call to support our federal partners without hesitation and quickly restored order to the Capitol despite not having full representation in Congress.
The lack of precaution by federal authorities to prepare for a highly anticipated attack placed Congressional leadership in danger, clarifies the need for a District of Columbia that controls its own National Guard. Currently, the order must come through the White House.
While our population is larger than that of both Vermont and Wyoming, under the CARES Act, the District was denied $755 million in emergency funds, which is the amount provided to the least populous state through the Coronavirus Relief Fund.
Washington, D.C. is Large Enough to be a State:
D.C. has 712,000 residents, more than Vermont and Wyoming and comparable with other states including Delaware, Alaska, and several others.
Washington, D.C. can Afford to be a State:
D.C. takes on the responsibilities of statehood without enjoying all the rights and privileges embodied in the US Constitution often referred as “taxation without representation”
D.C. residents pay the highest per-capita federal income taxes in the US.
In total, D.C. residents pay more in total federal income tax than residents of 22 other states, but have no say over how those tax dollars are spent.
D.C. now operates as if we’re a state with the exception of federal control over our courts and people in prison for committing felonies in D.C.
D.C. residents are denied representation:
D.C. residents have contributed to this nation just like residents of all other states. More than 11,000 D.C. Residents currently serving in the military can be sent to war to fight for American values, but do not have full voting rights in their own place of residence.
Since World War I, D.C. has sent nearly 200,000 brave men and women to defend and fight for democracy abroad, and tragically 2,000 of those patriots never made it home.
D.C. elects a non-voting Delegate to the US House of Representatives who can draft legislation but cannot vote. The current Delegate for D.C. is Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.
D.C. residents do not have a voice in Senate Committees or on the Senate Floor. This means that D.C. residents have no say in the determination of who should serve as leadership for federal agencies, Serve as US Ambassadors to foreign countries, sit on federal court benches or serve in the US Supreme Court. This is true even for the federal courts within D.C.’s boundaries.
Statehood for Washington, D.C. is constitutional:
The Constitution sets only a maximum size, “not exceeding ten miles square,” for the federal district that is the “Seat of the Government of the United States” (Article 1. Section 8). Congress has the authority to redefine the borders of the federal district and shrink its size, as it did in 1846 when the portion west of the Potomac was returned to Virginia (now Arlington and Alexandria Counties).
The proposed state map carves out a 2-mile radius to be called the National Capital Service Area, which includes federal buildings, such as the White House, Capitol, Supreme Court and the National Mall. This becomes the seat of the federal government as defined in the Constitution.
We need to revive the basic ideals of American democracy. We know that D.C. statehood cannot wait. Generations of Washingtonians have been denied the right to participate in our democracy – to have their voices and votes heard in Congress, to help shape the future of our nation, and to have a say on Supreme Court justices, whose decisions affect every single person living in the United States. It is time for the 712,000 tax-paying Americans to get full equality and autonomy in their government.
Articles on D.C. Statehood:
https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/7NThkO-N0outBmUrOe86v/grid
AMERICA’S FIRST NATIONAL JUSTICE ROUNDTABLE
This five-hour zoom has drawn together an astounding array of powerful thinkers and doers to cover (among much else) the burning issues of DC Statehood, Election Protection/Voter Engagement, Environmental/Solartopian Activism and Social Justice/Abolition of Poverty & Homelessness.\
Convened largely by the great Joel Segal, in concert with Andrea Miller, Tatanka Bricca, “Sluggo” Wasserman and many more, the intense stream of presentations covers a huge chunk of human territory that motivates and excites the core of our progressive communities.
The zoom opens with the great DOLORES HUERTA, joined by CHASE IRON EYES, REP. ALAN GRAYSON, DC SENATOR MICHAEL BROWN, PRESIDENT CHRISTIAN NUNES of the National Organization for Women, and many many more.
This indescribable, incredibly powerful coming together has clearly bent the arc of history…toward justice, fair elections, ecological preservation, DC Statehood and much much more.
Don’t miss this uniquely powerful piece of evolutionary change.
In a brilliant, unique national forum on unified progressive action, legendary activists NAN FARFAN and TATANKA BRICCA convene a powerful pathbreaking forum on saving our planet.
This already-infamous hour-long excursion is part 2 of our broadcasts from the August 30 National Justice Roundtable zoom gathering of more than 230 major activists to network and coordinate a focused progressive movement to win social change.
Among the participants presenting 3-minute of green wisdom in this amazing confab are: HEATHER BOOTH, Founder, Citizen Action; EMILY WURTH, Food and Water Watch; JOSIAH EDWARDS, Sunrise, LA; BETSY NICHOLAS, River Keepers, Chesapeake Bay; HOPE CANOY, Indigenous Visions; ALAN MINSKY, Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America; RUDY ARREDONDO, President, National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association; RUDY MAGDELENO, long-time legendary organizer; HARVEY WASSERMAN, No Nukes/Solartopia; Professor EVA K. LEE, renewables expert, Georgia Tech; DREW GLOVER, green activist; MOLLY BASLER, Green Dream candidate for Los Angeles City Council.
With focused, hard-hitting presentations aimed at linking a unified environmental movement with DC Statehood, Election Protection and Social Justice, this is one of the most powerful hours of ecological organizing you will ever hear. Join Us!!!
Additional videos/out takes:
Dolores Huerta 3 min video https://youtu.be/CUjIJAPYXOg
Dolores Huerta 5 min. video https://youtu.be/w1sl6FyvIWc
Chase Iron Eyes 5 min. video https://youtu.be/a1Sww-VvD5Y
As Trump Republicans assault the right to vote with more than 400 bills pushed into state legislatures, we track the possibilities of the FOR THE PEOPLE ACT and the JOHN LEWIS ACT.
The twin attempts to use federal legal powers to protect our citizens’ ability to exercise the franchise face serious obstacles. JOEL SEGAL and other powerful experts give us the news on what’s happening.
We also discuss next week’s NATIONAL JUSTICE ROUNDTABLE to take place at 1-5pm eastern time, Monday, August 30, will cover the issues of DC Statehood, Election Protection, Saving the Earth & Social Justice/Ending Poverty & Homelessness.
This huge gathering of progressive forces can be accessed this coming Monday via www.electionprotection2024.org. Don’t miss it!!
We also get an update on the by-laws election at the Pacifica Radio Network, with reports from New York, California, Texas, Georgia and more.
This is the Grassroots Election Protection Emergency Coalition Zoom #62. We are glad to have you aboard.
AFGHAN DEJA VU; A NEW GEORGIA MIRACLE?; CA RECALL/NEW NY GOV; FOR THE PEOPLE/JOHN LEWIS ACTS; NATIONAL SUMMIT 8/30
For our 61st Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition zoom we note the American flight from Kabul, replicating the one from Saigon on April 30, 1975.
HAS THERE BEEN NO LEARNING CURVE?
We ask the same of REBECCA LANDAU and RAY MCCLENDON as we confront the unlikely Georgia Senatorial campaign of former NFL bust & Trump devotee Herschel Walker.
Rebecca and Ray discuss the major post card campaign and other grassroots tactics meant to keep hold on Georgia’s US Senate seat in 2002.
With TATANKA BRICCA and others we examine the California recall; with JULIE WIENER we face the new Governor in NY.
With JOEL SEGAL we go deep into the major national summit upcoming August 30, 1-5pm eastern, to gather top national leaders & grassroots organizations around Voting Rights/Election Protection; a Green Planet; DC Statehood; and Justice, Homelessness & Poverty.
This monumental zoom will allow key organizers to announce their campaigns, their goals, what they need and how to get in touch. It will be the prime unifying event for the progressive community leading up to the 2022 mid-term elections…and much more.
We also explore the critical progress of the nation’s two critical federal election protection laws, the FOR THE PEOPLE ACT and the JOHN LEWIS ACT. Both are tied up in the complexities of Congressional maneuvering. This report tells us how.
We finish with a round-table of front-line reports. If you are ready to work for a democratic and sustainable future in the country, don’t miss this show!
http://electionprotection2024.org
AMERICAN FASCISM
w author Brynn Tannehill
https://www.transgresspress.org/authors.html
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California Recall: Is Newsom Out?
NY Scandal: Is Cuomo Out?
Will the AZ Madness Never End?
DC Dreaming: 8/27-30
Charles Moreland:
DC Statehood / Voter Rights
Joel Segal:
No More Silos / Smart ALEC
DRUM CIRCLE
PV to the White House
Student Debt
We hear from RAY MCCLENDON of the Atlanta NAACP about the terrifying fascist assault of the gerrymandered Georgia legislature against the state’s democratic election apparatus.
MAUREEN TAYLOR tells us of the crisis in Michigan’s voting procedures and the mass marches against it.
CHARLES MORELAND lays out the major progress being made toward the upcoming August 27-30 DREAM events for DC Statehood, a Green Earth & Justice.
JOEL SEGAL describes the upcoming August 30 Summit/Roundtable for voting rights & justice at the Plymouth Church in DC. Joel also lays out plans for SMART ALEC, the exciting new coalition for drafting progressive legislation.
CHASE IRON EYES confirms there will be a Drum Circle in Lafayette Park the morning of August 30, followed by the delivery of a solar panel and plan for a Clean/Green White House.
We end with an amazing report from Arizona and RAY LUTZ on how he, JOHN BRAKEY & STEVE ROSENFELD turned a complete fiasco into an important democracy learning event for the whole nation.
There is much more in this action-packed session on grassroots democracy. Don’t miss it!
BIDEN SUPPORTS THE FILIBUSTER
August 28 DREAM MARCH
August 30 SUMMIT
A Left ALEC?
IS ROE V. WADE DEAD?
30 Ways Trump Fascists Attack Democracy
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/70462-rsn-30-ways-trump-fascists-assault-on-democracy-threatens-us-all
GA Postcards/Miracle
Is Arizona Insane?
Covered at CNN etc.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/us/march-on-washington-2021/index.html
Has Biden Figured it Out?
“Have You No Shame?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g24ppmW-UH4
Will Manchin Bend on HR 1-4?
30 Ways Trump Fascists Attack Democracy
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SUPREME Jim Crow ATTACKS ON
AZ / Indigenous Voters
More AZ Ninja Nonsense
NY Ranked Choice Voting / Hybrid Nightmare
DREAM August 27-30 for
DC STATEHOOD, GREEN JOBS & JUSTICE
The GEORGIA MIRACLE
For the People / John Lewis Acts
Was 1/6 a Fascist Assault?
AT GREEP ZOOM #56
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https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/70146-rsn-collapsed-florida-condo-sends-a-giant-nuke-warning
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-04/how-supreme-court-tilted-election-law-favor-gop
Some links mentioned in Zoom:
DREAM MARCH FOR D.C. STATEHOOD, GREEN JOBS, AND JUSTICE
(In commemoration of the 1963 “March on Washington For Jobs And Freedom.”)
DATE: August 28th and 29th, 2021
LOCATION: Washington, D.C. at the National Mall
http://www.douglasscommonwealth.us/events.php
https://electionscience.org/library/approval-voting-versus-irv/
https://goodtroublevigil.org
https://education.greencal.org/
http://buildtoflowwithnaturenottoresistit.blogspot.com/
Can HR-1 Now Be Passed in Pieces?
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-15/democrats-are-pursuing-two-different-paths-on-voting-rights-why
Can HR-4 Get Through?
See Joel Segal’s Letter to Chair Nadler at Https://grassrootsep.org/petition-to-honorable-chairman-jerome-nadler-to-introduce-the-voting-rights-act-hr-4
WTF!!! How did AZ’s Ballots Get to
Montana?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arizona-audit-montana-cabin-data-hijack-controversy_n_60cbfb25e4b02e04e28a983e
DC DREAM MARCH
program & permits in process
GA MIRACLE Project Updates
ELECTION PROTECTION CRISIS IN NY
Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom #53
MONDAY June 14, 5pm est / 2pm pst
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A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR
THE JOHN LEWIS ACT
Will the Biden/Garland DOJ
Fight for Voter Rights?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/politics/garland-justice-department-voting-laws.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=US%20Politics
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IS THE AZ MADNESS OVER?
What has it meant for Election Protection?
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DC DREAM MARCH
Permits in Process
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GA/MI MIRACLE
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GREEN JOBS & JUSTICE——————————————-
GEORGIA MIRACLE
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1/6 COMMISSION
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FED CENSUS FAIL
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VOTERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS
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IS AZ MADNESS DONE?
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WILL SINEMA/MANCHIN CRACK?
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DC STATEHOOD,
GREEN JOBS & JUSTICE
CHARLES MORELAND et. al.
Are you ready to organize??? JOIN US!!!
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GEORGIA MIRACLE PROJECT UPDATE
Ray McClendon, et. al.
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A VOTERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS
We Want YOUR Demands…
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MORE AZ MADNESS
JOHN BRAKEY, RAY LUTZ, STEVE ROSENFELD
Did YOU eat the chickens that ate the
shredded ballots that then got incinerated
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ANTI-GERRYMANDERED MICHIGAN:
CENSUS DELAYS THREATEN THE FRANCHISE
AUGUST 28-9 “DREAM” MARCH FOR
DC STATEHOOD, GREEN JOBS & JUSTICE
ANDREA MILLER, CHARLES MORELAND et. al.
A VOTERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS?
MANCHIN BACKS HR-4
JOEL SEGAL
MORE AZ MADNESS
JOHN BRAKEY, RAY LUTZ, STEVE ROSENFELD
THE FIGHT TO SAVE PACIFICA
Jan Goodman
JIM CROW TAKES GA, FL, TX, OH
Voter Suppression Laws on a Rampage
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S-1, HR-4… Will the Focus Shift?
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LIVE REPORT!!
AZ RECOUNT MADNESS
Mainstream Media, DOJ Jumping In
John Brakey, Ray Lutz…
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LIVE REPORT:
GERRYMANDERED NC
Former Mayor Jennifer Roberts
Rep. John Autry
Former Deputy SOS Robert Wilson
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RECOUNT MADNESS IN AZ
Why so secret?
Ray Lutz / John Brakey
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JIM CROW TAKES FLORIDA
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Democracy Centers in DC?
Will Manchin stop statehood?
Could a massive public uprising succeed?
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S-1, HR-4… How do we win?
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DC & PR Statehood
with James Fukuda, Joel Segal et. al.
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Are Democracy Centers
America’s Future?
with Andrea Miller & Elsa Schafer
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AZ Recount Insanity:
You couldn’t make this up!
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S-1, HR-4 & More….
Stacy Abrams: ALL IN!
we’ll view the trailer & discuss the vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jVGswLPd8
GREEP:
THE GEORGIA MIRACLE
soon to be a major motion picture, book, webinar, organizing tool
we need your input!!!
April 10, 2021
March 22, 2021
SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY!
Gloria Tinubu
James Fakuda
Ray McClendon
Joel Segal
Launching the fight versus…
250 Jim Crow laws in 43 states
For: S1, HR 4, GA Miracle, DC Statehood
Monday, March 15
Could S-1, HR-4 &/or DC Statehood Become EXECUTIVE ORDERS?
Burt Wides / Ray McClendon
6 Barriers to Breach by 2024
Arizona: Who Gets the Ballots? John Roberts Brakey
Bob Koehler: JIM CROW REVISITED
https://www.laprogressive.com/jim-crow-revisited/
Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom #44
Co-Conveners: Harvey Wasserman & Joel Segal
Engineers: Mike Hersh & Steve Caruso
Monday, March 8, 2021
WILL HR-1 PASS THE SENATE?
WILL HR-4 PASS THE HOUSE?
Prof. Gloria Tinuba
WILL GA PIZZA BE FELONIOUS?
WILL DC SECEDE?
Charles Mooreland & Eugene Kinlow
MORE AZ MADNESS?
OHIO GOES NO NUKES!?!
Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom #43
Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom #42
HR-1, HR4 & the National
ASSAULT ON VOTING RIGHTS
DOMINGO GARCIA (LULAC) (next week Feb 29)&
RAY MCCLENDON (ATLANTA NAACP)
Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom #41
The Once-Proud New Yorker Soils Itself in Radioactive Offal
By Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/67935-rsn-the-once-proud-new-yorker-soils-itself-in-radioactive-offal
January 5 & 6, Impeachment: How
Democracy Won, Fascism Lost
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/67765-rsn-on-january-5th-and-6th-democracy-won-fascism-lost
What’s REALLY in HR-1 & HR-4?
Joel Segal
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4
https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr1/BILLS-117hr1ih.pdf
Puerto Rico:
Statehood v. Independence
Big-Time Lawsuits: FL, GA, AZ
Update: Ntl. EP Summit 2/25
Below: Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom #39
Monday (February 8)
The Empire Strikes Back: Democracy Under Assault
Andrea Miller / Ray McClendon
Puerto Rico: Statehood v. Independence *
Joel Segal National EP Summit 2/25
What’s in HR-1?
Introducing the Great Karl Grossman
see RSN.org :
“The Empire Strikes Back:
The Largest Voter Suppression Campaign in US History Is Underway”
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/67708-rsn-the-empire-strikes-back-part-one-the-largest-voter-suppression-campaign-in-us-history-is-underway
Feb. 1, 2021 #38
Lousy Machines Decertified Lulu Friesdat, Howie Hawkins, Julie Wiener
National EP Summit Coming February 25 Ray McClendon, Christian Nunes, Joel Segal
Paper Ballots by Mail…Yes or No? Dr. Lora Chamberlain
More From Minnesota Hedy Tripp
Bonus video: Lila Garrett Sings! Let’s Make the World a Better Place https://youtu.be/mKLs3lO3xXY
Jan. 25, 2021 #37
Lulu Friesdat NY State voting machine looming purchase
Daniel Blackman Did Georgia Scrub a Name
Ray McClendon, Atlanta NAACP
Carolina Miranda Georgia, Florida EP Lawyer, Labor Organizer
Hosted with Harvey Wasserman and Joel Segal
and more!
- Michigan’s Jim Crow Gerrymandering Jan Bendor, MI Election Reform Alliance
- Grassroots Victory In Georgia Ray McClendon, Atlanta NAACP
- New York’s Bum Machines
- HB1 & a New Democracy
- TRUMP’S FAILED COUP: FROM REICHSTAG FIRE TO NUREMBERG TRIALS?
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Jan. 11, 2020
Beat Bum Hackables in NY
Lulu Friesdat
NY Bd. of Elections must stop certification process; please send this letter:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-expressvote-xl-certification-in-new-york
Big Victories in GA & MI
Andrea Miller
Jan BenDor
DC Statehood & Democracy Nancy Wasserman
Arnold vs Fascism
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Seismic Success in Georgia
What worked in this epic grassroots victory?
& what failed in NC?
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LAST TRAIN TO SAVING THE GEORGIA ELECTIONS
The hugely publicized special US Senate runoffs in Georgia will determine control of the upper house….and of much of the political agenda for years to come.
This Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition zoom gathering #33 gets into the deep detail of how the election will be conducted and protected.
We’re joined again by RAY MCCLENDON, political direction of the Atlanta NAACP, who fills us in on what’s happening on the ground with getting out the vote.
We also hear from JEANNE DUFORT of Citizens for Good Governance on the complex interior of how the election will be conducted.
From JENNIFER TANNER, EMILY LEVY, LORA CHAMBERLAIN, DON WOLF, JOHN BRAKEY, BOB FITRAKIS & others we cover much of the ground we’ll need to see in making sure the vote count actually matches the public will.
The Fate of the Earth is now in the hands of the voters of Georgia. Listen to find out how we can honor what they have to say.
Dec. 21, 2020 Link to Marilyn Marks Slide Show:
https://coaltionforgoodgovernance.sharefile.com/share/view/s12594f0e25904b1db82d3084b22b54bd
Website: https://coalitionforgoodgovernance.org/
November 30, 2020 Grassroots Election Protection Zoom
November 16, 2020 Emergency Election Protection Coalition Zoom
November 5, 2020 Emergency Election Protection Coalition Zoom
November 2, 2020 Emergency Election Protection Zoom
Grassroots Election Protection Prevent the Coup Press Conference Nov. 2,2020
Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom October 26, 2020
Special Guest: Chase Iron Eye
Third Parties in 2020 Elections Zoom Oct 24, 2020
With Special guests including Daniel Ellsberg and Andrea Miller
10-23-20 Emergency Election Protection Zoom With Greg Palast and Many EP advocates
October 19, 2020 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom
ARMAGEDDON COMIN’ AT US!!! ^^^^^ please listen to this show.
Our desperate nitty-gritty campaign to protect the 2020 election continues with our 22d GRASSROOTS EMERGENCY ELECTION PROTECTION Zoom.
We start with the 1887 ELECTORAL COUNT ACT that might allow Trump to steal the election with Red legislatures overturning the popular vote and choose their own Electoral College delegations.
This terrifying situation has been reinforced by the pending appointment of yet another right-wing fanatic to the US Supreme Court, who could tip the ultimate vote count to enthrone Trump by 6-3 or 5-4.
Helping Trump’s coup is a court opinion upholding North Carolina’s demand that all mail-in ballots be accompanied by a signed witness affidavit.
Reports of a high rejection rate among African-American voters have raised fears of yet another stolen election, with “cure” possibilities real but complex.
Ballot tracking capabilities in many states could help ease the problem.
Digital scanning machines in Florida and Michigan could be a great way to count votes, but they’re also vulnerable to hacking, especially if they’re discarding their digital images (for no real reason except to cheat).
In an election that will likely turn on those two states, our informed scrutiny could make all the difference.
There is much more. If you are concerned about protecting the election that will decide the future of our species, please listen to this show.
October 12, 2020 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom
10-05-20 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom
2020 10 06 AuditEngine Zoom Press Event Oct 6, 2020
Ray Lutz of Citizens’ Oversight Projects presents AuditEngine, a ballot image auditing service that may play a critical roll in the upcoming election. More information: https://copswiki.org/Common/AuditEngine https://auditengine.org https://copswiki.org/Common/SignUp
2020-09-28 Emergency Election Protection Coalition Zoom
See/Hear our Emergency Election Protection Zoom #18: Everything about how the 2020 balloting is under attack
THE ELECTION HAS BEGUN: ELECTION PROTECTION GOES CRITICAL
Ballots are in the mail, & in some places early voting has begun. This ARMAGEDDON ELECTION will determine whether Donald Trump will obliterate our democracy, make himself dictator for life and end our species’ ability to survive on this planet. We cover in deep detail the critical issues surrounding the conduct of the election in NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OHIO, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA and elsewhere. The right to vote, and to have those votes counted, is under total assault. Nowhere are the details of how to protect this election discussed in greater detail than on these zoom calls. We are further joined by BOB FITRAKIS and GARY KRANE to examine possible non-violent responses to Trump’s promised refusal to leave the White House even if he loses the election. Key to our discussion is the possibility of a GENERAL STRIKE, whose history as an effective tactic of social change and resistance Bob explains. This is our 17th exploration of the electoral emergency we face, as explained at the www.grassrootsep.org website. Don’t miss it.
September 14, 2020 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom
August 31, 2020 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom Mtg
8/24/20 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition Zoom
August 10, 2020 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom
08-09-2020 Sunrise Center Election Protection Zoom Meeting
08-03-20 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom Mtg
July 27, 2020 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition Zoom Conference
07-20-20 Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition Zoom Meeting featuring Greg Palast
07-13-20 Grassroots, Emergency Election Protection, Coalition Zoom Meeting
Previous Locations below:
https://www.bam2020.world/covid-19-emergency-response-group/voting-rights
Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition 