Mass Call: What’s Next After No Kings?
No Kings
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No Kings was massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it’s not the end, it's only the beginning. There are more of us than there are of them. Our growing movement of over 7 million people is coming together to hear from leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to celebrate what we accomplished, and learn about what’s next. Join us.
Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
By all accounts the 'No-Kings' protests on Saturday, October 18th October were massive and peaceful. The message was clear ... Trump's policieis are unpopu;ar and there will be an accounting!
The messaging on October 21st was very well intended ... but something of an anti-climax. Even so, some 30,000 people listened in, which is not insignificant!
Follow up!!!!!!!!
I am adding this note/observation about three weeks after the original No-Kings Demonstration and a few days after the recent election day.
The 'No-Kings' event was huge, and to some extent replicated in the recent election which has given the Democratic Party way better results than in a very long time. My impression is that 'young voters' were the biggest factor by far in delivering the election result last Tuesday ... way better for the Democrat Party that was anticipated at any time up to the election itself.
Now the hard work ... the real work ... has to be done. And some of this work is not going to be easy. There is a very rich and powerful 'establishment' that has become very 'tntitled over the past several decades especially in the United States and they are going to protect their position using every dirty trick in the book!
As for Donald Trump ... he has become very unpopular but he still has a huge amount of dangerous power which I expect hime to use in every possible way to push his agenda a protect himself from legitimate retribution! Things could get very ugly as things at the top of the political pyramid start to fall apart.
The USA is in for a wild ride ... and the outcome is very important ... and could be very good for both the uSA and the World in general!
Peter Burgess
Transcript
- 4:31
- ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TONIGHT IS BE PRESENT.
- THE CHAT IS TURNED OFF BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET TO FOCUS IN ON THE INCREDIBLE STORIES AND INFORMATION THAT'S CAN BE SHARED WITH YOU TONIGHT YOU STOP AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN
- CHAT WITH US ON TO THE SKY OR ANY OF THE SOCIALS YOU USE, JUST USE THE #NOKINGS
- 5:13
- THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THINGS SPOKEN AT YOU TONIGHT BUT WE KNOW SEEING IT IS BETTER THAN
- HEARING ABOUT IT. LET'S SEE WHAT WE JUST MADE IT HAPPEN.
- [PAUSE FOR CLIP]
- 8:34
- YELLOW, WE DID THAT! SEVEN7 MILLION PEOPLE DID HAT.
- FROM MASSIVE BASE BUILDING ORGANIZATION TO TINY DEFENSE
- GROUPS, WE DID THAT. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, I WANT YOU TO GO TO
- 9:12
- OKINGS.org/PARTNERS. SCROLL THROUGH THAT LIST AND SEE THE STAFF, VOLUNTEERS THE
- MARSHALS, THE ELDERS, YOUTH, THE OLD HEADS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US THAT MADE THIS HISTORIC
- MOMENT HAPPENED TO COME UP TO THINK ABOUT THEM AND SAY THANK
- YOU BECAUSE TOGETHER AGAINST ALL ODDS AND DIFFERENCE WE GET BACK. WE MADE IT HAPPEN. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CHATTER I
- READ A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT,
- WHAT IS ONE MARCH, DO. I WANT TO TELL A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY REALLY QUICKLY. BECAUSE NOT ONLY WAS IT NOT JUST A MERGE, WE DID EVEN JUST START THEIR YOUNG REMEMBER WE
- 10:00
- ALL WERE WITH US WHEN WE WERE DOING WE ARE FIGHTING FOR IN OUR GATHERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IS A PRACTICE NOT JUST A PLACE.
- SOME YELLOW WHERE THERE ARE SOME Y'ALL THEN ACTIVATE IT AGAIN WHEN WE DID HANDS-OFF RALLIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND MADE HISTORY THEN SOME
- Y'ALL WERE THERE IN JUNE WHEN WE DID KNOW CANS 1.0. THAT WASN'T ENOUGH SO YOU WENT BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES GOT TRAINED ON NOT COOPERATION WE
- WILL TOGETHER MORE AND MORE
- RELATIONSHIPS AND SKILL SET ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE BIG MOMENT OF VISIBILITY
- ALSO WAS MATCHED BY DAILY GRIND OF PEOPLE OF GOODWILL WILLING TO BUILD ACROSS DIFFERENT FOR THE SAKE OF STOPPING THE CHARITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
- LET'S NOT FORGET, REPUBLICANS JUST SPENT MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO
- SMEAR THIS MOMENT, THIS MOVEMENT, THEY LIED ABOUT YOU, THEY TOLD PEOPLE Y'ALL WERE HATEFUL, THEY TOOK YOU AND YOUR
- 11:02
- COMMUNITIES AND SAID SO MONEY UNBELIEVABLE UNFATHOMABLE LIVES
- ABOUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND YOU TOOK THAT AND TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING VIRAL AND PROFOUND. YOU SHOWED FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T
- BEEN WITH US, THOSE WHO REALLY ARE HARMING THIS COUNTRY AND YOU SHOW THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
- WITH US THAT WE ARE BUILDING THE RESISTANCE IT TAKES TO WIN THE STOP IT'S NO SMALL THING
- WHAT YOU JUST DID. AND IT'S NOT OVER.
- IT'S NOT GOING TO END HERE. IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT 3.5%, THIS
- WAS A HUGE GIGANTIC STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BY THE TUNE OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW WHEN YOU GET THERE,
- BECAUSE THIS WASN'T ABOUT ONE BIG DAY, WE BEEN SAYING THAT, THE STORIES YOU ALL HAVE SHARED WITH US IN THE REPORT MATTHEW
- 12:00
- SENT TO THE BACKEND TEAMS YOU TOLD STORIES ABOUT HOW YOU'VE GROWN AND BUILT NEW ALLIANCES
- THAT YOU CONNECTED THIS DAY OF DEMONSTRATION TO COMMUNITY DEFENSE EFFORTS AND LOCAL ADVOCACY ACTIONS. YOU BROUGHT IN HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN YOUR
- COMMUNITIES WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY NOT IN THE STREETS.
- WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT THIS IS A MOVEMENT THAT'S COMMITTED TO ANSWERING PRECISELY THOSE QUESTIONS BUT THEY CAN ONLY BE
- ANSWERED WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE ARE GOING TO WEAVE TOGETHER THE BIG DAYS OF ACTION AND THE
- HUMBLE ON GLORIOUS UNGLAMOROUS DEEPLY NECESSARY MOVEMENT
- 13:00
- BUILDING, THE CIVIL RESISTANCE TO ACTS OF COOPERATION THAT NEED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT KNOW.
- 14:22
- >> YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF FOLKS AFTER THIS I WANT
- TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TLE BIT
- ABOUT THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID HE SAID WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHAT WE DID HERE. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO WE ARE ALL ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO BUT SOME OF THIS IS
- A WRONG WRONG WRONG CALL ON PURPOSE BECAUSE A HALLMARK OF AUTHORITARIANISM IS IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE SHIT ON A DAILY
- BASIS. IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, DURING
- THIS AUTHORITARIAN BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT, CELEBRATE SUCCESS IS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE. WE REFUSE TO BE DRIVEN TO
- 15:02
- OPPRESSION BY THESE BASTARDS.
- IT GAVE ME REAL HOPE. I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT TO FEEL BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I
- FELT I SAW IT IN THAT MONTAGE WE JUST SAW IN THE VIDEOS AND PICTURES. JOY AND POWER. AGAIN AND AGAIN ALL OVER THE
- COUNTRY. THE HISTORIANS ARE, DESCRIBE IT BECAUSE IT'S TRUE, THE LARGEST PEACEFUL PROTEST IN AMERICAN
- HISTORY. THE LARGEST PEACEFUL PROTEST IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THAT'S WHAT WE DID! EVERY SINGLE STATE EVERY SINGLE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
- 16:00
- AMANDA MIKE JOHNSON HAD 11 KNOW
- ON THIS WASN'T BLUE AMERICA THIS WASN'T RIGHT AMERICA THIS WAS URBAN AMERICA SUBURBAN AMERICA OR RURAL AMERICA THIS WAS AMERICA!
- THE AMERICA EVERYBODY ON THIS CALL IS BELIEVED IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY AND GEOGRAPHY IN UNISON SAYING WITH ONE CLEAR VOICE, WE DON'T DO THINGS HERE
- IN THIS DAY DID NOT, AND
- NOWHERE. WE SAW THE STUDIES THAT SAID 3.5% OF THE POPULATION THEY SAY
- 3.5% ENGAGED IN PUSHING BACK
- 17:04
- REGIME.
- THE FIRST NO KINGS IN JUNE 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2100 EVENTS. SATURDAY 7 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2700 EVENTS.
- CONNECT THE DOTS, EXTRAPOLATE
- OUT, THIS REGIME IS ON ITS WAY DOWN STICKING TO ITS LOWEST
- LEVEL OF POPULARITY AND WE ARE BIGGER THAN EVER BEFORE ON OUR WAY TO THE 3 A HALF PERCENT. IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT WE
- DO NEXT? HOW DO WE KEEP BUILDING, NO
- SUCCESSFUL ANTIAUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD HAS RELIED EXCLUSIVELY ON ONE DAY OF PROTEST.
- SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENTS GROW AND EVOLVE AND DIVERSIFY THE TACTICS AND DO NEW THINGS TOGETHER. THEY ARE GOING TO BE BIG MOBILIZATIONS IN OUR FUTURE BUT
- BEFORE THAT THIS CAN BE OVERREACHED FROM THIS REGIME.
- 18:06
- WE NEED TO COORDINATE A WAY TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND POWERFULLY WITH THE FOCUS OF THIS
- MOVEMENT, THE ERA OF TRIBULATION AND OBEYING ADVANCES OVER THE KNOW CAIN'S ERROR IS HERE AND DEFINED BY
- WIDESPREAD MASS DEFIANCE IN THIS REGIME. THAT'S WHY THIS WHOLE COALITION
- IS A NATIONWIDE RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK BUILT FOR THIS MOMENT
- WE HAVE TO USE THE LEVERAGE WE HAVE WITH THE PEOPLE IN POWER WE COLLECTIVELY BUILT.WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY. THAT'S HOW WE ACTUALLY APPLY
- POWER EFFECTIVELY QUICKLY AND
- 19:04
- TACTFULLY.
- THIS IS NOT ABOUT TRAUMA OR THE TEXT THAT SHOWS IT'S NOT ABOUT THE COWARDLY REPUBLICAN LEADERS, IT'S ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE DO TOGETHER TO
- DEFINE WHERE THIS COUNTRY GOES NEXT. WE JUST PULLED OFF THE LARGEST PEACEFUL PROTEST IN AMERICAN
- HISTORY AND THOSE FASCISTS ARE QUAKING IN THEIR JACKBOOTS UP WHAT WE WILL DO NEXT BECAUSE
- THEY CAN SMEAR US, THREATEN US, WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN BECAUSE
- WE PULLED OFF THE LARGEST PEACEFUL PROTEST AMERICAN HISTORY. THIS IS THE NO KINGS ERA, WE ARE BETTER THAN FEAR, BIGGER
- THAN BILLIONAIRES BETTER THAN EVER AND WE ARE GOING TO WIN.
- 20:03
- >> EZRA TRIED TO TELL Y'ALL, THE FOLKS WONDERING WHAT THE DEMAND IS NO KINGS IT'S IN THE
- NAME. WE ARE PUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND THIS MOVEMENT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A STANDARD TELL THE POINT IS MADE AND FINAL.
- I SEE YOU ALL, ALL OF YOU WHO KEEP COMING KEEP SHOWING UP.
- NO KINGS IS WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE YOU ARE. THANK YOU TO EZRA AND LEAH AND
- THE INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT INDIVISIBLE ALL THAT I WAS ECSTATIC WE ALL ARE AMAZING. NEXT I'M THRILLED TO BRING UP
- HUNTER DONE NATIONAL TRUST GRENADA FOR THE 50-50 ON5051
- MOVEMENT. >> HI, I'M HUNTER DONE WITH
- 21:03
- 5051, THE EVENT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES WAS AMAZING WE HAD ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN LA ALONE AND MUCH MORE
- AT 30 EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTY. ALL COMING TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY AGAINST TRUMP'S
- ADMINISTRATION, AGAINST THE ACTIONS THEY BEEN TAKING ESPECIALLY IN GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA BECAUSE WE WERE THE CITY THAT WAS OCCUPIED FOR THE FIRST NO KINGS.
- WAS ON THE GROUND DAVID GOT ARRESTED JUNE 6. I WANT TO
- EMPHASIZE HOW LARGE THIS COALITION IS. IT WASN'T JUST IN LA, THERE
- 22:03
- WERE OVER 20,000 PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA, OVER 200 AND A SMALL CITY CALLEWE ARE PEOPLE LEFT RI
- AND CENTER WHETHER LIBERTARIANS, CONSERVATIVES, CENTRIST, LIBERALS, LEFTISTS, ALL WORKING TOGETHER NOT JUST
- AT THE SAME PROTEST BUT UNITED
- WITH HAVING ONE GOAL WHICH WAS STANDING UP FOR OUR COUNTRY FOR THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER ATTACK.
- THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER BUT CONNECTED WITH GROUPS ON THE GROUND.
- 23:05
- IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET PEOPLE
- CONNECTED TO THOSE COMMUNITY GROUPS WHETHER IT'S THE GROUP I'M PART OF HER YOU ARE PART OF OUR NEW GROUP THAT FORMED ON THE DAY.
- ISN'T JUST A SPRINT, IT'S NOT EVEN JUST A MARATHON, IT'S A RELAY RACE BETWEEN NATIONAL
- NATIONWIDE MASS MOBILIZATIONS ON ONE HAND AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THE WORK THAT'S DONE
- EVERY SINGLE DAY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
- >> SHOW SOME LOVE FOR THE 5051 FAN AND HUNTER FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE AGREEABLE
- WORK YOU'VE DONE TO GET PEOPLE MOBILIZED ACROSS THIS COUNTRY FOR THESE MEANINGFUL MOMENTS,
- WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU FOR HOSTING. THIS IS FANTASTIC.
- >> SHOW SOME LOVE TO THE 5051 FAMILY AND IF YOU ARE WITH THE TEAM MAKE SURE TO MAKE YOUR PRESENCE KNOWN ON LINE AND HIT US WITH THE #NOKINGS.
- 24:09
- I KNOW WE ARE LIFTING UP THE WORK BE IN QUICKBOOKS DATA ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND, YOU CAN'T BLAME YOU
- FOR THAT EVEN THE CHOIR NEEDS PREACHING TO SOMETIMES. NOW IT'S TIME, IT'S FINALLY
- TIME TO ACT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION I'VE HEARD 10 MILLION
- TIMES SINCE SATURDAY, QUESTION I'VE READ ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ALL DAY EVERYDAY SINCE WE HAD
- THE LARGEST PEACEFUL PROTEST IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WHAT'S NEXT?
- WE WILL TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THAT BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN
- THAT SINCE DAY ONE IT'S IMPORTANT AS THESE SYMBOLIC ACTIONS HAVE BEEN AS IMPORTANT AS THE DEMAND SITUATION EVENTS
- HAVE BEEN WORKING AT CSP COURAGEOUS AND JOIN US WITH THE TOTALITY OF WORK HE BUT PART OF
- 25:01
- THAT MEANS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE BEEN IN FOR A MINUTE NOW WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND
- LEARNING FROM ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORK WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. TO SHARE ABOUT THAT ON WAY TO BRING UP SOMEONE WHOSE FACE YOU
- KNOW, WHOSE VOICE YOU KNOW, OUR DEAR FRED LISA GILBERT.
- >> I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND HOW WE CAN CHANNEL THE MOMENTUM FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO WINNING THAT FIGHT.
- I WANT TO START BY REMINDING US ALL HOW WE GOT HERE. HAS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, BUDGET BATTLES ARE ONE OF THE
- FEW WAYS TO LEVERAGE A MINORITY PARTY HAS. AS A 60 VOTE THRESHOLD IS REQUIRED TO PASS A BUDGET BILL
- IN THE SENATE.RIGHT NOW THAT MEANS SEVEN DEMOCRATS ARE NEEDED TO MOVE ANY PROPOSAL.
- 26:11
- THE BACKDROP FOR THIS FIGHT IS THE MOST BROKEN BUDGET MOMENT WE COULD HAVE EVER BEEN IN. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS LITERALLY CATALYZING THE POWER
- OF THE PURSE, THEY BEEN ILLEGALLY IMPOUNDING AND RESENDING WHICH MEANS CLIMBING THE BACK WHICH MEANS STEALING THEM, WHICH CONGRESS MANDATED THEY SEND AND THERE IS TOTAL
- CLARITY FROM OMB DIRECTOR AND PROJECT 2025 ARCHITECT RUSSEL
- VOGT. THEY BEEN TAKING AWAY HEALTHCARE FROM MILLIONS OF
- AMERICANS. WE'VE ALSO SEEN A MASSIVE TERRIFYING INCREASE IN AUTHORITARIAN BEHAVIOR
- 27:01
- GENERALLY. YOU ALL KNOW THAT, THAT'S WHY WE WERE OUT THIS WEEKEND, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DETAINING PEOPLE FOR A POSITION TO STOP THREATENING JUDGES, ATTACKING THE MEDIA, COMING AT
- UNIVERSITIES AND NONPROFITS. MILITARIZING CITIES WITHOUT CAUSE. SADLY, SO MUCH MORE. THE IMPERATIVE TO USE THIS INFLECTION POINT TO USE THIS
- LEVERAGE WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY TO TRY WHEN SOMETHING IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. THUS FAR, THIS BUDGET BATTLE LEVERAGE MOMENT IS BEING
- UTILIZED BY DEMOCRATS EFFECTIVELY TO PUSH FOR NEGOTIATIONS AND EVENTUAL DEAL
- THAT RETURNS HEALTHCARE TO REGULAR AMERICANS AND FIGHTS THESE ILLEGAL CLAWBACKS AT THE VERY LEAST RESTORING THE
- EXPIRING AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TAX CREDITS OF MILLIONS MORE DON'T LOSE THEIR CARE. WHERE WE NOW WE ARE AT DAY 21
- OF THE SHUTDOWN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT I SHUT DOWN IS NOT A GOOD THING.
- IT HAS REAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR REGULAR PEOPLE. SO STAYING TOUGH WITHIN IT IS
- HARD, IT'S CHALLENGING AND WE SHOULDN'T FORGET THAT PART OF THE DYNAMIC. BECAUSE OF THAT, DEMOCRATS NEED TO HEAR FROM US THAT THEY
- 28:05
- SHOULD CONTINUE TO FIGHT, PARTICULARLY AS REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO TRY TO BLAME THEM FOR THE SHUTDOWN AND AS RUSSEL
- VOGT AND TRUMP CONTINUE TO FIRE FEDERAL WORKERS.
- THERE ARE SUCCESSFUL LAWSUITS SLOWING THE FIRINGS DOWN, SLOWING THE TACTICS DOWN BUT IT'S A HARSH THREAT AND INTIMIDATION TACTIC OF COURSE
- JUST PART OF THE COURSE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT AND THESE ACTIONS WE SHOULD ALL SEEK TO MAKE
- CLEAR THAT ENDING THE SHUTDOWN DOESN'T MEAN AVERTING LAYOFFS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
- GOING TO CONTINUE TO SLASH
- FEDERAL JOBS. FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS THEY FIRED PEOPLE FOR NINE MONTHS BEFORE THIS.
- WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS VOTE IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE PASSED CONTINUING RESOLUTION THAT OPENS THE GOVERNMENT WITHOUT IMPROVING HEALTHCARE.
- THESE THE VOTE SO FAR WE'VE LOST ONLY A FEW DEMOCRATS. THUS FAR WE ARE DOING REALLY WELL AND THEY ARE HOLDING THE LINE.
- 29:05
- BUT THINGS ARE GOING TO GET HARDER AS THE SHUTDOWN CONTINUES. ARE OUTSIDE PRESSURE IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP THE DEMO
- CAUCUS TOGETHER AND PROVIDED AN ABILITY IF THEY START TO WAIVER IF THEY DON'T STAY TOUGH. THEY ONLY NEED 7 AND MRS. OVER.
- WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE WE WIN SOMETHING FROM THIS MOMENT BOTH ON HEALTHCARE AND GUARDRAILS AGAINST FUTURE CUTS.
- THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPACT ALL OF THIS AND WE HAVE TWO CALLS TO ACTION.
- THERE'S A SINGLE THING YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW AND AN EASY ACTION TO SIGN UP TO TAKE. IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS SEND THE
- 30:07
- TAX AND WF P WILL ASK YOU TO SHARE YOUR STATE YOU AUTOMATICALLY CONNECT WITH YOUR SENATOR'S OFFICE. THAT IS TEXT SHUTDOWN TO 30403.
- YOU COULD SIGN UP TO TAKE AN EASY ACTION ORGANIZED BY AN
- ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT THIS WEEK TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE RE HAS.
- THE LINK TO TAKE ACTION IN THIS WAY IS ON YOUR SCREEN AND YOU
- WILL ALSO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE TYPES OF ACTIONS WE HOPE YOU WILL DO IN A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL AND THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CALL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOMORROW NIGHT.
- YOU CAN USE THE LINK ON YOUR SCREEN TO SIGN UP TO TAKE THIS ACTION RIGHT NOW. THE CALLS TO ACTION OR MAKE A
- 31:01
- CALL TO YOUR SENATOR BY TEXTING 'SHUTDOWN' TO 30403 AND SIGN UP
- TO TAKE A VERY SIMPLE ACTION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS USING WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN.
- WE NEED DEMOCRATS TO STAY STRONG, WE NEED ALL MEMBERS AND SENATORS TO HEAR WHAT'S AT STAKE AROUND OUR HEALTHCARE.
- I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE FOR DOING WHATEVER YOU
- CAN. >> YOU HAD THE CALLS TO ACTION I NEEDED TO TAKE YOUR PHONE OUT RIGHT NOW AND GO TO THE TEXT MESSAGING AND TEXT 'SHUTDOWN'
- TO 30403. IF WE ARE ABOUT THAT LIFE WE SHOULD BE A PART OF THE HEALTHCARE HIGHEST NATIONAL WEEK OF ACTION A STRATEGIC MOMENT TO COME TOGETHER AND
- 32:03
- SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT FOR THE 22 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SEA THERE HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS DOUBLE IN THE 4.2 MILLION PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA LOSE COVERAGE ALL BECAUSE THESE ARE
- CONCRETE ACTIONS FRIENDS, WHO
- OF YOU OUT THERE WERE GIVING
- OUT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CARDS AND HOW MANY HAVE BEEN DOING COMMUNITY RAPID RESPONSE.
- I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO BRING UP MARYBETH
- HERNANDEZ RIVIERA FROM THE ACLU.
- YOU KNOW THEM, MIGHTY MIGHTY LAWYERS GOING TO TALK ABOUT CONNECTING THE DOTS FROM A SMALL SQUARE PAPER YOU MIGHT HAVE PASSED OUT AT THE NO KINGS
- EVENT WHICH IS SMALL AS IT IS HAS MIGHTY IMPACT ON PEOPLE AND OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT WORK.
- 33:05
- TO THE URGENT WORK OF DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITIES AGAINST I.C.E., MARIBEL, I WILL TOSS IT TO YOU NEXT. >> THANK YOU. WELCOME EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ET'S TALK ABOUT THAT SMALL
- CARD THAT TELLS YOUR RIGHTS. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO MAKE A PRIORITY, WE KNOW THAT KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS CAN HELP YOU
- UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAWS ON OUR
- SIDE. KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT WAY WE CAN DECIDE HOW WE ARE GOING TO RESPOND.
- KNOWING OUR RIGHTS CAN HELP US DETERMINE WHAT INFORMATION WE ARE GOING TO WRITE DOWN WHAT INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO RECORD SO WE CAN HAVE THAT
- INFORMATION IN CASE OUR LAWYERS NEED THEM. SO WE CAN HAVE THE INFORMATION
- 34:01
- AND SHOW IT TO THE WORLD HOW THE ABUSES OF POWER ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN OUR COUNTRY. IN PREPARATION FOR THE LARGEST
- PEACEFUL PROTEST IN AMERICAN HISTORY WE CONDUCTED KNOW YOUR
- RIGHTS TRAININGS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 25,000 PEOPLE, 25,000 OF YOU ATTENDED THOSE TRAININGS.
- WE KNOW THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PRACTICAL TIPS FOR HOW TO STAY SAFE.
- WE HAVE A RESOURCE GUIDE ON OUR
- WEBSITE. HERE YOU WILL FIND ONE MATERIALS ON HOW TO REPAIR FOR PROTEST.YOU'LL SEE MATERIALS FOR PREPARING AHEAD OF TIME.
- 35:31
- WE HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW TO ORGANIZE A COMMUNITY RESPONSE
- SO YOU WILL FIND INFORMATION ON HOW TO PREPARE FOR A RAPID RESPONSE RALLY, HOW TO ORGANIZE AGAINST I.C.E. IN YOUR
- COMMUNITY, HOW TO RESPOND TO FEDERAL AND NATIONAL GUARD OCCUPATION. HOW TO RESPOND TO CAMPUS OPPRESSION. AND HOW TO ADVOCATE TO DEFEND
- THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. NOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE CARDS. ON OUR WEBSITE YOU CAN ALSO
- FIND THE CARDS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT PRIOR TO THE LARGEST PEACEFUL PROTEST IN AMERICAN
- 36:03
- HISTORY, WE MAILED AND SHIPPED
- 3 MILLION ENGLISH AND SPANISH CARDS TO EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR DISTRIBUTION AT THE RALLIES. I KNOW I SAW THEM.
- THEY WERE THERE. WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE THEM ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO 10 DIFFERENT
- LANGUAGES. JUST GO TO NOKINGS.org/CARDS
- THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WERE
- VULNERABLE TO WHAT YOU DO REMEMBER ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS IS BY USING THEM. SO LET'S GO, LET'S CONTINUE TO
- USE THEM. >> MARIBEL, YOU GOT ME SO LIT.
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- NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE ENGLISH AND SPANISH NOT ONLY BEFORE IT WAS GO TIME ON SATURDAY, YOU NOW COULD ACCESS THIS CARD IN 10
- DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
- WHAT I ALSO KNOW IT IS A MINIMUM COUNTRY A LITTLE BIT, THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY DEFENSE WORK ALL OVER THE
- COUNTRY. I PROMISE IF YOU ARE. ABOUT I.C.E., LIKE I SAW PEOPLE IN SMALL TOWNS WITH BIG TURNOUT SAYING GOING BONKERS IN THE
- CROWD WHEN PEOPLE SAID ABSOLUTELY NO TO DISAPPEARING OUR NEIGHBORS. ABSOLUTELY NO TO I.C.E. AND OUR
- NEIGHBORHOODS. I SAW YOU GET HYPED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, YOU ARE RIGHT, FIGHTING AGAINST THAT IS NOT COOPERATION WITH THIS TYRANNICAL WANNABE
- KING. I WANT YOU TO GOOGLE SEARCH AND SEE IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION NEAR YOU THAT'S DOING THIS SACRED WORK I WANT YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND SUPPORT THEM AND MAKE SURE YOU GOT THE
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- KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CARDS.
- WE ARE TO DEFEND THIS FOR ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE FOLKS WITH THE MOST RISK. YOU MARIBEL FOR BEING HERE AND KEEPING US SAFE.
- IN JUST A SECOND, JUST A COUPLE MORE MINUTES, AND THEN I TURN THE SPOTLIGHT BACK ON TO YOU, I HOPE YOU CAN LEAVE TONIGHT
- FEELING OURSELVES AND SEEING YOURSELVES GOING TO CLOSE BY SHARING SOME OF THE STORIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT BUT TO BUILD THE BRIDGE.
- >> HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. I SAW YOU ALL IN THE STREETS
- THE ENERGY ON THE WEEKEND WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. SEEING THE VIDEO AT THE BEGINNING OF JUST THE SEA OF
- 39:01
- PEOPLE FLOODING THE STREETS AND CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD IT WAS LIKE A SHOT OF ADRENALINE INTO MY VEINS. SO EASY TO WATCH THE NEWS AND FEEL SO ALONE BUT KNOWING THAT THERE IS AT LEAST 7 MILLION
- PEOPLE WHO WANT A BETTER AMERICA IS INCREDIBLE.
- IT'S WHAT WE DID THIS WEEKEND AS WE ALSO TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO
- THEIR NARRATIVE AND INSTRUCTED IT. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DESPERATELY WANTED A NATIVE OF CHAOS AND DISORDER BECAUSE THEY WANT A PRETEXT TO CRACK DOWN AND INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT
- AND COME AFTER US BUT THE VIBES THIS WEEKEND WERE IMMACULATE.
- SO HARD TO PAINT AMERICANS EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH TO SONG AND DANCE AND INFLATABLE COSTUMES AS VIOLENT DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, BRAVO TO
- 40:04
- ALL OF US.
- IN THE WAKE OF ANY BIG SUCCESSFUL EVENT LIKE THIS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASK, WHAT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT'S NEXT.
- I WANT TO START WITH WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW FROM POLITICAL SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY AUTHORITARIANISM AROUND THE WORLD IS THAT TRUMP
- WOULD LIKE US TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE BUT 7 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STREETS IN THE MOST PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY PAINTS A
- VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE AND DIRECTLY CAPTURES THE NARRATIVE. THEY ALSO CREATE GOOD BRIBES
- AND SOCIAL PROOF. SOCIAL GROUP IS BASICALLY THE FORMAL EFFECT THE SOCIAL PHENOMENON WHERE YOU TEND TO DO
- 41:05
- THINGS BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE OTHER PEOPLE LIKE YOU YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE DOING THEM TOO.
- IT'S ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL DRIVERS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR WHEN WE GET 7 MILLION PEOPLE OUT WE SEND A MESSAGE LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING.
- WE ARE ALL PROTESTING THIS REGIME. AND THEY PROVIDED ENTRY POINT FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR
- MOVEMENT. WE NEED TO GROW IT IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN FACING AUTHORITARIANISM FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO BUILD MOVEMENT.
- THERE IS NO DEFEATING FASCISM WITHOUT VERY SERIOUS COMMUNITY BUILDING.HAT'S WHY HAVING THESE EVENTS AHEAD OF COMMUNITY
- IS SO IMPORTANT. NEED TO FIND OUR PEOPLE ARE FORMING A FREE AMERICA.
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- WE DON'T GET 3.5 PERCENT FOR PEOPLE TO MAGICALLY SHOW UP IN THE STREETS AND MAGICALLY FASCISM DISAPPEARS IN THE COUNTRY. WE NEED SUSTAINED COLLECTIVE
- ACTION THAT DISRUPTS THE
- REGIME. IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT DEFEATED FASCISM THIS HAS MEANT EXPANDING THE TOOLBOX, EXPANDING THE TOOLBOX BEYOND MOBILIZATION TO INCLUDE BUILDING ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES
- AND ENGAGING IN MASS NONCOOPERATION SO WE CAN REFUSE
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- TO ENGAGE IN THE SYSTEMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PERPETUATING HARM AND ALLOWING AUTHORITARIANISM TO DRIVE. WE HAVE EXAMPLES WE CAN LOOK AT HERE IN AMERICA WE SAW PRIME
- EXAMPLE DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THE PAVEMENTS MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT REQUIRED PEOPLE TO REFUSE TO PARTAKE IN
- A SYSTEM REFUSE TO TAKE THE BUS THEY HAD TO BUILD MUTUAL AID TO
- COORDINATED ALTERNATIVE CARPOOL SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE BOYCOTTING AND CAUSE THE ECONOMIC PAIN.
- IN GUATEMALA TWO YEARS AGO AUTHORITARIAN FORCES TRIED TO HOLD ONTO POWER DESPITE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IN ELECTION AND INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY LED THOUSANDS OF GUATEMALANS TO LEAVE WORK IN
- ORDER TO HAVE ENOUGH ECONOMIC LEVERAGE TO ENFORCE THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION. THERE ARE COUNTLESS OTHER EXAMPLES OF OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE STRATEGICALLY
- INTERFERING WITH THE PILLARS THAT UPHOLD AUTHORITARIANISM TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF NON-COY
- CREATION TACTICS.
- WE ARE NOT THE FIRST TO FACE FASCISM WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER EXAMPLES WE CAN LEARN FROM, BUT
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- I HAVE TO BE REAL WITH YOU THAT THIS TYPE OF WORK IS NEW IN OUR TOOLBOX AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC NEEDS TO LEARN ALL THESE NEW
- TACTICS. WERE IN A NEED TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THESE TYPE OF TACTICS AT SCALE EN MASSE IF WE ARE
- GOING TO FREE AMERICA FROM RISING FASCISM. SO HOW DO WE GET THERE.
- I WANT TO FOCUS ON ONE THING RIGHT NOW THAT LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US CAN DO EVERY
- SINGLE DAY FROM THE COMFORT OF OUR OWN HOMES AND THAT'S TO HELP SHAPE THE NARRATIVE TO BUILD A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE.
- WE BASICALLY NEED TO MAKE RESISTANCE COOL SO PEOPLE WANT TO JOIN OUR MOVEMENT AND PEOPLE
- GET SOCIALIZED TO THESE NEW AND DIFFERENT TACTICS TO FIGHT
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- AUTHORITARIANISM. WE CAN CHANGE THE THINGS WE SHARE IN THE STORIES WE TELL SO WE CAN BRING PEOPLE INTO OUR
- MOVEMENT. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE INDEED LIVING UNDER AUTHORITARIANISM IF WE WANT THEM TO TAKE NEW TYPES OF ACTIONS THEY NEED TO REALIZE WE ARE NOT LIVING IN NORMAL TIMES.
- THAT MEANS SHARING IS THE TYPE OF STORIES THAT MAKES THAT REALITY CLEAR. THE HORRIFYING I.C.E.
- ABDUCTIONS THERE'S NO DEFICIT OF EXAMPLES OF THE FASCISM THAT'S ON FULL DISPLAY AND THE
- MORE WE SHARE THAT, THE MORE WE SHARE THE REALITY WITH PEOPLE AND PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE STAKES. SECONDLY, PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL THE IMPACTS.
- THAT MEANS SHARING THE REAL WAYS EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE
- HURTING. AS TIME GOES ON, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE AND FEEL THE PAINFUL REALITY OF
- FASCISM AND WE NEED TO BE READY TO CATCH THEM AND CHANNEL THAT ANGER INTO ACTION.
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- WE HAVE TO BE READY TO PLACE BLAME ON ANY AND ALL WHO CAPITULATE AND SUPPORT THE REGIME AND USE OUR COLLECTIVE POWER TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
- WHEN ABC CANFIELD JIMMY, 1.7 MILLION AMERICANS CANCEL THEIR DISNEY PLUS SUBSCRIPTIONS WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS. WITHIN A WEEK DISNEY LOST
- NEARLY $5 BILLION IN REVERSE COURSE BECAUSE MONEY TALKS THEY
- MET OUR DEMANDS AND REINSTATED THE SHOW THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE POWER CAN HOLD THOSE WHO CAPITULATE
- ACCOUNTABLE. I ALREADY SAID SOCIAL PROOF IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DRIVERS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR, IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR MOVEMENT THEY NEED TO SEE OTHER
- PEOPLE TAKING ACTION THEY NEED TO FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY'S DOING
- THIS, THEIR SOCIAL FEED NEEDS TO BE FLOODED WITH CONTENT SHOWCASING THE RESISTANCE SO THEY LOOK OUT ON THEIR FEET AND
- SAY, THERE IS THIS MASS MOVEMENT AGAINST FASCISM HAPPENING. EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU COULD
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- SHARE YOUR STORY YOU COULD
- SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT'S HAPPENED. YOU CAN HELP AMPLIFY THE STORIES OF THE RESISTANCE SO SHARE YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
- FROM NO KINGS. SHARE VIDEOS OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AS THEY CHASE I.C.E. OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
- THERE IS NO DEFICIT OF PEOPLE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST FASCISM
- IN THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT SEEING IT. THEY ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO TRUST IT IF THEY SEE IT AND HEAR IT FROM SOMEBODY THEY
- KNOW. WHILE WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED AND HAVE A VERY LONG WAY TO GET TO MASS DEFIANCE WE HAVE 7 MILLION PEOPLE JUST RAISE THEIR HAND AND MOVED THEIR BODIES INTO THE STREETS
- TO FIGHT BACK. TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING, NO KINGS IS SENDING OUT WEEKLY
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- RAPID RESPONSE CALLS TO ACTION
- AND WHATEVER THE MOMENT REQUIRES, WE WILL ADAPT SO THESE MIGHT BE IN PERSON ACTIONS ARE ECONOMIC PRESSURE CAMPAIGNS STAY TUNED AND WE
- WILL HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU EVERY WEEK.
- AUTHORITARIANISM DOES NOT STAND ALONE IT SURVIVES ON SILENCE COMPLICITY AND CASH FLOW. WE HAVE THE NUMBERS AND THE POWER SO TOGETHER IF WE KEEP THIS MOMENTUM WE CAN MAKE IT
- IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE IN POWER AND PROFIT ARE DENIAL TO PERPETUATE AND THAT'S THE TASK HABIT WAS.
- >> THERE IS PLENTY YOU CAN DO EDITS EVERY WEEK. AND NO KINGS WILL COME TOGETHER
- TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT IT.
- THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT DIGESTIBLE WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THIS MOMENT.
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- SO MANY OF US FEEL SO OVERWHELMED BY ALL THE
- DIFFERENT ATTACKS ON OUR PEOPLE COMING FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION. IF YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED, I HOPE THIS CALL, THIS GIFT THAT JD
- JUST GAVE US MADE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGESTIBLE WHAT YOU DO FROM RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE BY
- BEING A TRUSTWORTHY SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY BY POSTING WHAT YOU ARE DOING BY COMING TOGETHER AND SAYING THAT
- WE'VE HAD ENOUGH DOING NONCOOPERATION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THIS IS OUR
- MOMENT. AND EXCITED TO BE FOLLOWING THE LEADERSHIP OF PEOPLE LIKE JAKEY. I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING FIRED UP.
- BEFORE WE COVER THE NEXT STEPS, BEFORE I RUN IT DOWN I WANT TO
- OFFER A LITTLE STORYTELLING. CAN WE HAVE STORY TIME.
- I WANT TO HONOR THE STORIES AND POWERFUL MOMENTS.
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- WE HOPE YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO
- SEE YOURSELF, TO SEE YOURSELVES, THIS COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TOGETHER UNDER THIS BANNER AND THIS
- TEENY TINY SLICE OF ABOUT TO COVER. LET'S START AT THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 20,000
- PEOPLE ALMOST 4% OF THE CITY
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- POPULATION A GROUP SPANNING VETERANS AND EDUCATORS, ELDERS WHO BEEN MARCHING SINCE THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, PEOPLE IN UNICORN COSTUMES AND SO MUCH
- MORE. JUST UP THE ROAD IN PLANT CITY WHERE ONLY 20 PEOPLE TURNED OUT ON JUNE 15, 550 COMMUNITY
- MEMBERS CAME OUT THIS WEEKEND. THEN WE WILL GO ACROSS THE
- COUNTRY IN SAN FRANCISCO WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE THE LEGENDARY SCHOLAR AND ACTIVIST ANGELA DAVIS GRACED THE STAGE.
- AND ADJUST AS HONORED TO HAVE
- LAURA, SLOWLY, MY HOMEGIRL MY SISTER MY COLLEAGUE OF THE ARAB RESOURCE AND ORGANIZING CENTER CLEVE JONES FROM THE MOVEMENT FOR EDGE BBQ IA RIGHTS.
- WE THANK THE SPEAKERS AND ALL THE OTHERS FOR THE CONNECTIONS THEY MADE BETWEEN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND CALIFORNIA TO GAZA
- 52:07
- FROM ACT UP TO SCREAM EMPTY, FROM ACROSS MOVEMENTS AND BACK AGAIN SINCE I'M TALKING ABOUT CALIFORNIA, WHY NOT CELEBRATE
- IT. WE HAD CELEBRITIES IN THE HOUSE, WHETHER YOU ARE A PASCAL GIRL OR CARRY WASHINGTON'S FAN,
- OR MAYBE A MILLENNIAL WHO LOVES LANCE BAND'S BECAUSE THAT'S A THROWBACK, WE HAD ALL THESE FOLKS AND SO MANY MORE FOLKS
- ARTIST CULTURE BEARERS, VOICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OUT. AND THEN IN CHICAGO IN THE
- WINDY CITY WHERE OVER 250,000
- PEOPLE TOOK OVER GRANT PARK AND LED A MARCH TO MILES LONG WE
- HAD SURPRISE VISITS FROM HER STALL WERE ELECTED LIKE THE INCREDIBLE MAYOR BRANDON
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- JOHNSON BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM ON THE GROUND ORGANIZING LEADERS LIKE JULIET DEJESUS, ALEJANDRO FROM PALENQUE S&H.
- WHOSE POWERFUL POEM SPOKE TO THE STRENGTH OF DEPORTATION DEFENSE AND RAPID RESPONSE NETWORKS THAT ARE WRAPPED THEIR ARMS AROUND THE CITY OF CHICAGO
- AS THESE KIDNAPPERS THESE I.C.E. AGENTS HAVE DESCENDED ON OUR COMMUNITIES HERE.
- THE NEXT ONE IS PERSONAL TO ME, IN CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE MY
- HOMETOWN, THE TOWN I WAS BORN
- IN OVER 2000 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO DECLARE THAT APPALACHIANS DON'T LIKE BOOTS AND THAT I.C.E. BELONGS IN SWEET TEA NOT
- TENNESSEE. WE KNOW THE SOUTHERN STATES LIKE MY HOME STATE OF TENNESSEE HAVE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO ORGANIZE AND RESIST AGAINST FASCISM LONG BEFORE NOVEMBER
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- 2024. SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLKS IN MEMPHIS WHO ARE RIGHT NOW FIGHTING WITH EVERYTHING THEY'VE GOT AGAINST THE OCCUPATION, THE WOMEN OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHERE THEY ARE.
- SHOUT OUT TO OTHER FRIENDS FROM THE DEEP SOUTH. THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES WE CAN TELL.
- ONE THING WE CAN HIGHLIGHT.
- THE PLACE IN FAIRHOPE ALABAMA. ONLY A VERY SMALL HANDFUL OF ARRESTS HAPPENED IN FAIRHOPE. WHERE A WOMAN IN HER COSTUME NO LEAD TO YOUR IMAGINATION WAS
- ARRESTED FOR LEWD CONDUCT BECAUSE HER COST IN THE COMPANY THE SIGN THAT SAID 'NO
- DICK-TATOR'. I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOUR
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- IMAGINATION. IN ALASKA AND IN MAJORITY INDIGENOUS VILLAGES WITH A POPULATION OF 3000, 28 PEOPLE SHOWED UP, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME SNOW
- AND WE WANT TO SEND BIG LOVE TO OUR COMRADES IN ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE THE FOLKS IN WESTERN
- ALASKA WHO HAVE BEEN
- EXPERIENCING AND SURVIVING THE DESTRUCTION FROM A TYPHOON. PRECISELY THE TYPE OF WEATHER EVENT THAT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON AS CORPORATIONS AND
- THE WEALTHY REFUSE TO MAKE CHANGES TO PROTECT OUR CLIMATE.
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- WE SEE YOU FIGHTING THE OCCUPATION WE SEE YOU FIGHTING FOR HOME RULE AND WE GOT YOUR
- BACK. LET'S TIME TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAIN WORKING TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE OUR MOVEMENT TURNED OUT ON SATURDAY AND
- OVERCAME ALSO TO BARRIERS IN ORDER TO DO SO. THIS IS IN WHITE PLAINS. A GROUP OF SENIOR CITIZENS AND
- ASSISTED LIVING CENTER IN WHITE PLAINS ORGANIZED AN NO KINGS FOR SENIORS EVENT OR ROUGHLY
- 350 PEOPLE SHOWED UP, THEY RANGED IN AGE FROM TWO YEARS OLD TO 102 YEARS OLD.
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- THAT'S HOW WIDELY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MOMENT b& NOW WE WILL GO TO FORT WORTH
- TEXAS, NOT EVEN POURING RAIN COULD STOP THOSE 8000 PEOPLE FROM TURNING OUT TO SAY THAT WE SEE THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR WHAT IT IS AND WE WILL NOT
- STAND FOR RISING FASCISM, FORT WORTH, WE SEE YOU. SOMETIMES THESE OBSTACLES TOOK A DIFFERENT TONE IN LAKELAND
- FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE, YOU TOLD US THAT THE PROUD BOYS SHOWED UP AND THREATENED YOU, THEY
- TRIED TO INTIMIDATE YOU MOVEMENT BUT YOU ARE A WELL TRAINED PEACEKEEPING TEAMS
- DE-ESCALATE IT. THESE ARE JUST SKILLS THAT MATTER ON THE DAY OF THE
- MOBILIZATION. THIS IS SYMBOLIC WHAT WE TRAINED TO DO, THESE ARE SKILLS WE LOADED UP BECAUSE THEY ARE WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD TOGETHER AND WEAVE
- TOGETHER THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF PEACEFUL PROTESTS AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM ALONGSIDE
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- THESE MASS VISIBLE MOMENT TO PROTEST. YOU PUT IN THE WORK TO BUILD IN
- YOUR COMMUNITIES IN UGANDA FEEL THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR IN THE
- DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, YEARS OF THE WORK AHEAD. THANK YOU TO OUR LOVED ONES IN
- FLORIDA. AND THAT CHANGES MIND MOMENT. THERE WAS OVER 40 EVENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF INDIANA FROM GARY TO COLUMBIA'S IN AND BEYOND INCLUDING LAGRANGE INDIANA
- WHERE THEY REPORTED NINE PEOPLE CAME UP TO STOP US TALK TO THEM AND THEY ALL SAID THEY EXPECTED
- FIRES. THIS WAS A HATE AMERICA CRAZY LEFTIST BURNED THE TOWN DOWN
- THEN REALIZED THEY WERE BEING LIED TO. TWO VIDEO OF THE BUBBLES AND SMILES AND MESSAGES THAT
- THEY'RE BEING LIED TO. IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
- THESE EVENTS ARE NOT DISCONNECTING THOSE WHO ARE WITH US ALREADY, THEY ARE CHANGING THE NARRATIVE FOR THOSE WHO STILL NEED TO WAKE UP
- 59:03
- TO A DIFFERENT PATH FORWARD FOR OUR COUNTRY STOP I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT LET ME RATTLE OFF SOME MORE.
- TA, STACEY ABRAMS SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK, MY BROTHER DON KELLY FROM THE DISABLED SELF.
- SO MANY OTHER LEADERS FROM THE NATIONALLY KNOWN TO LOCALLY BELOVED ON THE STAGE IN ATLANTA. NEW YORK CITY A CULTURE BEARERS LIKE SCOTT FROM THE FALL FOR
- FREEDOM ARTIST MOVEMENT JOINED MAIA WILEY IN OVER 350,000
- PEOPLE IN THE STREETS. 700 IN MOUNTAINSIDE NEW JERSEY,
- 400 AND TRUMAN'S BERG NEW YORK, A TOWN OF 1500 PEOPLE, THAT'S A
- FOURTH OF THEIR POPULATION. 16,000 IN MILWAUKEE,
- ANECDOTALLY THE LARGEST PROTEST EVER HELD IN CULPEPER VIRGINIA. LAST FINALES, IN BECKLEY WEST
- 1:00:01
- VIRGINIA SULLIVAN STAGED A ONE-WOMAN NO KINGS ACTION. YELLED AT HIM HE.
- IN BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA, KENDRA SULLIVAN, SHOUT OUT TO
- KENDRA SULLIVAN, WHO STAGED A ONE-WOMAN NO KINGS ACTION. PEOPLE CONFRONTED HER, THEY
- CALLED THE COPS ON HER, THEY PHYSICALLY THREATENED HER BUT SHE STATED.
- SHE STOOD UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVED IN. KENDRA, WE ARE WITH YOU. WITH THAT, KNOWING THAT THERE
- ARE INFINITELY MORE, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.
- AND MOMENTUM CAN HAVE LINKS AND NEXT STEPS AND ALL THAT JAZZ YOU WILL GET THAT AND THE FOLLOW-UP TO THIS CALL, BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FIRST IS THE CALL TO ACTION THAT I
- CAN'T SHARE A LINK OR A FORM FOR YOU TO FILL OUT OR TOOLKIT OR INSTAGRAM POST OR KNOWN DAY OF ACTION BECAUSE THAT'S THE
- 1:01:01
- WORK OF TRACKING WITHIN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
- IDENTIFY WHERE AND HOW YOU CAN MITIGATE HARM OR PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE WHERE YOU COULD SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER AND BUILD POWER. SOME OF THE ANSWERS ABOUT
- WHAT'S NEXT IS DEPENDENT ON
- YOU. I KNOW SO MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY DOING THIS.OU ARE ALREADY A PART OF THE I.C.E. RAPID RESPONSE DEFENSE NETWORKS TO DO THE MUTUALLY NETWORK SOME OF YOU WHO LIVE IN SANCTUARY
- CITIES HAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN LAWFUL STEPS OF NONCOOPERATION LIKE REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND VIOLATING THE
- RIGHTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. YOU ARE FIGHTING THE DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TO YOUR CITY.
- SHOUT OUT TO MEMPHIS.
- SHOUT OUT TO THOSE OF YOU PUSHING THE GOVERNORS NOT TO SEND THEM TO YOUR STATE TO ANOTHER CITY. YOU ARE HELPING COMMUNITIES FEEL SAFE IN THEIR WORKPLACES
- AND SCHOOLS AND FAITH COMMUNITIES, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING TO WEAVE
- 1:02:01
- TOGETHER THE WORK PROTESTS AND NOT COOPERATION AND MUTUAL AID IN BUILDING ALTERNATIVES. IN BETWEEN THESE BIG MOMENTS OF
- MOBILIZATION YOUR BUILDING BIG COALITIONS WITH FOLKS OF GOODWILL WHO BELIEVE IN OUR
- DEMAND, IT CAN LOOK A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR WHERE YOU
- ARE WORKING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMUNITIES YOU CALL HOME. AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS A
- MOVEMENT MADE AND LED BY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES, WE ASK WHAT'S
- NEXT, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU HOLD SO MUCH POWER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND THAT
- WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE FOLKS YOU WERE IN THE STREETS WITH ON OCTOBER 18, WE CAN LAND THAT PLANE.
- BIG PART OF THAT IS YOU TELLING YOUR NO KINGS STORY. GATHER PHOTOS, WRITE UP A SHORT
- STORY. TELL THEM WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THERE AND THE WORK YOU DID, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT, IT JUST HAD TO HAPPEN. SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
- 1:03:03
- SAID THE TEXT MESSAGES, SEND EMAILS. WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER. BE LOUD, BE VISIBLE.
- ARE YOU ON THE SIDE OF AMERICA THAT'S NOT FOR ALL OF US ARE YOU TRYING TO BUILD A BELOVED COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US CAN
- LIVE IN SAFE AND HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. WE CAN DEMAND A BETTER FUTURE AND WE CAN GET READY TO BRING
- IT TO OUR PEOPLE BY BEING ACTIVE IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF WORK. FIRST I WANT YOU TO TELL THE
- STORY I WANT YOU TO TELL THE STORY I WANT YOU TO SHARE THIS VIDEO I WANT YOU TO SHARE THE CALLS TO ACTION TELL A STORY ABOUT HOW IMPACTFUL NO KINGS
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- WAS FOR YOU. NEXT UP LET ME REITERATE SOME OF WHAT MARABLE SAID. THIS IS A KEY MOMENT TO
- CONTINUE SPREADING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. GO TO NOKINGS.org /KYR, WE ARE
- BUILDING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR YOU SO YOU COULD GET CONNECTED TO LOCAL I.C.E. DEFENSE WHERE YOU LIVE AND YOU
- CAN BUILD UP COMMUNITY NETWORKS AND CARE AND PROTECTION. TOGETHER WE WILL SAY THAT WHEN THEY COME FOR US, THEY COME FOR
- ALL OF US. WE WILL PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND EACH OTHER.
- AND YOU HEARD EZRA SAY WE WERE
- LAUNCHING THE NO KINGS ALLIANCE.
- 1:05:35
- WANT TO ASK YOU NOW TO GO TO NOKINGS.org/NEXT AND BOOKMARK THAT PAGE.
- GO TO NOKINGS.org /NEXT.
- BOOKMARK THAT PAGE. BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD, EVERY WEDNESDAY THE NO KINGS ALLIANCE
- IS UPDATING WITH THE CURRENT MOST STRATEGIC NATIONWIDE MASK NONCOOPERATION RESISTANCE ACTION YOU CAN GET IF YOU'RE
- 1:06:01
- NOT ALREADY INTEGRATED IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY JOINED A POLITICAL HOME LONG-TERM ORGANIZING BASE BUILDING
- POWERHOUSE THIS WILL BE A PLACE YOU CAN LAND.
- THIS IS THE HOME BASE FOR YOU WHILE WE WORK TO WEAVE AND INTEGRATE LOCALLY AFTER NO
- KINGS. WANT TO SHOUT OUT A COUPLE FINAL UPCOMING DAYS OF ACTION THAT ARE MOVEMENT PARTNERS ARE LEADING THAT I ENCOURAGE EVERY
- SINGLE ONE OF US TO JUMP ON.
- I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET WHAT LISA ALREADY COVERED WITH THE HEALTHCARE HEIST ACTIONS. I KNOW WE MOVED QUICKLY BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS QR CODE RIGHT
- HERE, I WANT YOU TO ACTUALLY TAKE YOUR CAMERA OUT GET THE QR CODE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
- THIS FALL 22 MILLION PEOPLE ARE
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- GOING TO SEE THEIR HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS DOUBLE AND I'M ABOUT YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF
- US ARE TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT.
- 4.2 MILLION OR LOSE THEIR COVERAGE ALTOGETHER. YOU HAVE AN OPTION AND
- OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO JOIN THE ECONOMIC SECURITY PEOPLE'S NATIONAL LEAGUE OF ACTION FOR A
- MOMENT TO UNITE EXPOSES RESPONSIBLE AND DEMAND BETTER.
- I HEAR JONAH FROM PUBLIC CITIZEN IN MY HEAD BEING LIKE
- ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SHOW UP AT OUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OFFICES. WE HAVE TO SHOW UP AND DEMAND THEY RESTORE HEALTH CARE FOR
- MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND DO IT SOON. THAT'S ALL THE CALL TO ACTION IS REQUIRED.
- 1:08:21
- ON OCTOBER 22 IS OUR MOVEMENT CALL FOR THE DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA WE CAN OF ACTION YOU MIGHT SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES THERE IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON ATTENDING THAT CALL TOMORROW.
- 1:08:29
- FROM PROTESTS AT HOME DEPOT TO VIGILS OUTSIDE DETENTION CENTERS INCLUDING THE FOLKS THAT HAVE IN PROTESTING WEEKLY ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ ORDER TODAY
- 1:08:37
- OF THE DEBT EVENTS HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE LIVES OF OUR PEOPLE WHO BEEN LOST TO DETENTION AND DEPORTATION.
- 1:08:45
- THOUSANDS OF A SECOND TO TAKE ACTION TOGETHER TO SAY THAT WE WILL NOT BE SILENT AS FAMILIES
- 1:08:51
- ARE DISAPPEARED AS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ARE DISMANTLED AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF IS THREATENED.
- 1:08:59
- LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS UPCOMING WEEK ON OCTOBER 23 FOR ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN
- 1:09:05
- HITTING ME UP ON SOCIAL LIKE WE'VE GOT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE VOTING RIGHTS. WE TOTALLY AGREE, NOW IS THE
- TIME NOT ONLY TO FIGHT FOR VOTING RIGHTS BUT TO PREPARE TO DEFEND AND FIGHT FOR FREE AND
- FAIR ELECTION AS WE CAN GET IN THIS COUNTRY.
- THIS COMING WEEK ON OCTOBER 23 WE ARE GOING TO HOST MOVEMENT CALL FOR EARLY VOTE DAY.
- THE NEW CIVIC HOLIDAY THAT FOCUS ON HELPING EVERY VOTER KNOW-HOW WHERE AND WHEN THEY
- CAN VOTE EARLY. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THE DATE OCTOBER 23.
- ONCE AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE LINKS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE CALLS TO ACTION IS TO BE SHARED WITH YOU AND THE FOLLOW-UP EMAIL AND THE YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION AFTER WE'RE DONE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE
- TO HEAR THEM BECAUSE THIS VIDEO IS BEING RECORDED.
- I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON SATURDAY STOP I WANT TO
- 1:10:05
- THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
- AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE A COMMITMENT AND MAYBE IT'S TEMPORARY MAYBE IT'S A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO THE HARD WORK
- AHEAD. THIS MOVEMENT IS READY FOR WHAT'S NEXT, I BELIEVE IT IN MY
- BONES. I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE THIS CALL, THIS PLACE WE'VE CREATED A SENSE OF BELONGING AND COLLECTIVITY AND YOU ARE
- GOING TO GO AND DO THESE CALLS TO ACTION AND HEAR A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT MAYBE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THIS
- AUTHORITARIAN TRAIN FROM MOVING. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE BEEN UP AGAINST THIS FIGHT BEFORE AND
- OUR ELDERS AND ANCESTORS NOT ONLY WON BUT WON WITH LESS RESOURCES THAN WE EVER HAD
- ACCESS TO.
- WE'VE ALREADY DONE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT FIGHTING TO COLLECTIVELY SAVE THIS COUNTRY AND THE SEMBLANCE
- 1:11:01
- OF DEMOCRACY HERE, OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR ABILITY TO
- MAKE SURE DEMOCRACY IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL PEOPLE.
- HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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