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vr colletti's avatar

i think all intelligible people MUST STOP talking about the "midterm elections" ... firstly, we cannot wait that long ... secondly, there is clearly NO CHANCE that we will have a free & fair midterm election cycle precisely because of the point of this BRILLIANT article : we have a dictator ruling in an autocratic political system in the united states ... dictators (like putin) host shell elections, which we all ready see them preparing ... WE ALL MUST ACT ... NOW ... the revolution is here ... may freedom prevail !!!

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Julie King's avatar

What is the plan?

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vr colletti's avatar

thank you for your patience ... i have four different proposals ...

1) blue states MUST withhold from giving ANY of OUR dollars to the federal government ... blue states MUST keep OUR tax dollars in OUR states in an emergency fund to be able to take care of OUR people who will be losing their health care, their housing, their ability to survive under this administration BECAUSE of this administration & all of the reckless, irresponsible & fucking illegal actions they are taking daily ...

2) it is just time ... think europe ... it is time to disintegrate the union ... the "united states" must morph into a map of several different countries -- each state can be its own country, or -- if some states want -- they can come together to become a bigger, united country ...

3) the senate MUST be pressured to SHUT DOWN this autocratic takeover -- they CANNOT fund this illegal government ...

4) REVOLUTION

i must state that i am a stalwart pacifist ... i only believe in & endorse peaceful actions ... i ABSOLUTELY CONDEMN ALL ACTS OF VIOLENCE PERIODT !!! ... my idealistic hope is that we CAN do this peacefully ...

only ...

because of who & what maga is, i do not think this will be peaceful ...

we must acknowledge : THE REVOLUTION IS HERE ...

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LaTrice's avatar

THANK YOU! For months I've been tell folks that by the time midterms get here it will be too late. Look at all the damage that's been done in a mere 9 months.

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Psychedelic Literature's avatar

As award-winning poet June Jordan wrote in her 1978 “Poem for South African Women,” “we are the ones we have been waiting for.” Yet, the actions of resistance must contain a three-fold plan of voting, reclaiming the curricula of K - college, and developing economic strategies that either enable the oppressed to create their own institutions or enable the oppressed to use their leverage to force economic institutions to invest in their communities. Voting is essential, but voting without the combination of economic and educational plans merely perpetuates the status quo while providing the illusion of progress or change.

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