SIDSA Organizing Meeting
Carbondale Township Hall, Sunday, January 4 at 05:00 PM CST
Join Southern Illinois Democratic Socialists of America (SIDSA) for our January organizing meeting (dinner/food will be provided/available). Help us take the next steps to opposing capitalism, Trumpism, and organizing our workplaces and communities.
#veganuary basically started a worldwide #trend of trying to eat #vegan for one month. Could the same be done to reduce AI usage for one month?
Name ideas for #noaimonth.
All ears for other human-made ideas.
#noai #ai #jainoary #noaipril #nomai #noaimber #fckai #aislop #organizing #challenge #climate
Jährlicher Anfall an Aufräumwut.
ICE Wants to Reopen Notorious California Prison. Locals Are Fighting Back.
FCI Dublin was shut down in 2024 after revelations of abuse against prisoners. Residents want it to stay closed.The Civil Fleet Podcast: Episode 85: Greece's criminalization of Sudanese refugees
https://civilfleet.libsyn.com/episode-85-greeces-criminalisation-of-sudanese-refugees
Louise and Bairbre tell us more about the situation for people on the move in Greece, how refugees (including children) are being criminalised and sentenced to decades (and sometimes hundreds of years!) in prison for allegedly captaining a boat across the sea or driving a car across the border…
#CivilFleet #Greece #Refugees #Criminalized #Sudanese #DetentionCamps #Organizing
"It is not a hot take at this point, but simply a statement of fact: The Democratic Party and the broader pro-democracy movement have failed to build a sustained infrastructure that can turn meaningful mobilizations like No Kings into long-term power. We have no civic-engagement infrastructure that connects the dots between the marches on Saturday and the nuts-and-bolts local engagement that must happen every other day in order to sustain a win."
"As cofounder and president of Run for Something, an organization that recruits and supports young, diverse leaders running for local office all over the country, I’ve seen firsthand the impact that this failure has had on our politics. And I have been trying for most of the last decade to be part of the solution. Run for Something maintains the largest candidate pipeline in politics, with nearly a quarter-million people raising their hands to run for office in all 50 states since we launched in 2017. (Notably, over 70,000 of those leaders have signed up in the past year—more than in the entirety of Trump’s first term.)"
Amanda Litmann
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/no-kings-local-elections-run-for-something/
Alan Alda:
“How do you tell someone they have their facts wrong?
Erica Chenoweth:
“Oh, this is good!”
“I have a colleague whose research is primarily on this. She says the best way to do it is first trying to say something like, I thought so too, or I can understand why you would think that. I would have thought that too, except that I recently discovered _______ “
From Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Erica Chenoweth: A Better Way to Protest?, Oct 14, 2025. #listening #canvassing #organizing #activism #teaching
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clear-vivid-with-alan-alda/id1400082430?i=1000731766158&r=1927
The difference between mobilization & organizing.
“Those of us who are revolutionary are not concerned with issues, we’re concerned with the system”
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSJcItJETV3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
A big problem in #activism now is that the loudest voices are the mobilizers & organizers are seen as naive.
If you want more #organizing then explore the @roots of change media ecosystem.
Bay Area Dream Defenders
Call to Action Activities
#BayArea #activism, #policeaccountability, #racialjustice, and #youth #organizing
resistancedirectory.com/links/bay-ar...
Bay Area Dream Defenders - Res...
The #Healthcare #Worker #Solidarity #Collective (HCWSC) is a group of individuals committed to building solidarity and power among healthcare workers, patients, and all those suffering at the hands of our for-profit healthcare system through #education, #organizing, and collective #action.
https://debtcollective.org/working-groups/the-healthcare-worker-solidarity-collective/
How We’ve Resisted ICE: Street Lessons From Chicago
“I cannot imagine doing anything else in this moment,” says community defense organizer Gabe Gonzalez.https://murica.website/2025/12/how-weve-resisted-ice-street-lessons-from-chicago/
@qkslvrwolf @hosford42 @xankarn
Tax the billionaires? Without a functional democracy that won't happen.
I recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America and invite you to do the same. Millions of us are deep in #poverty and yet we're not #organizing for our self interest the way that we should be. That's been true for decades. If we want real #democracy we are going to have fight #capitalism directly. We have to #organize in our workplaces and communities.
Wikipedia:Catch Once and Leave
Wikipedia:Catch Once and Leave #wikipedia #organizing #order #parliamentary #procedure #discussion #civilityNew #book about the #persuader #industry - particularly in the case of #union #organizing https://www.laborsbookstore.com/products/pre-order-pay-no-attention-to-that-man-behind-the-curtain-getting-information-about-persuader-consultants-and-the-employers-who-hire-them-2023-hard-copy-edition?_pos=9&_sid=923210137&_ss=r
There is also a free #Zoom January 28 for those who buy the book.
https://www.laborsbookstore.com/collections/online-trainings/products/researching-persuaders-and-the-employers-who-hire-them-free-zoom-january-28-2026
#Farright #extremists have been #organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
It’s that time of year where #nonprofits give #bigtech money to ask us for money. 💰
The way we view fundraising has become Big Tech-ified, making many organizations feel forced to go the digital advertising route.
Don’t despair, get creative!
We can combine #community #organizing & #care within fundraising strategies. Last week, @roots shared ideas to break from advertising.
We can’t advance real change with the same harmful tools!
https://www.rootschangemedia.com/skip-ads-for-community-based-fundraising/
NYC DSA is holding a rally tomorrow for 30 employees fired illegally by Rockstar Games, the video game studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series, for organizing with their coworkers.
5pm at 622 Broadway. Show up if you can!
More info: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nyc-rockstar-workers-solidarity-rally/ (You don't have to RSVP!)
#labor #organizing #workers #WorkersRights #unions #gamedev #RockstarGames #NYC #DSA #NYCDSA
Above mentioned episode is based on this article:
https://jacobin.com/2016/04/democracy-capitalism-freedom-friedman-wright-socialism
More resources for learning about #capitalism, #socialism, #labor, #organizing, #democracy here:
https://education.dsausa.org/resources/
RSS feed for the podcast: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2021076.rss
