Coretta Scott King on Attorney General Jeff Sessions

DC Politics National Politics

Little Rock   During the US Senate debate on the confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions, which was ultimately achieved, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced in the debate for trying to read the following letter in opposition to his approval. Statement of Coretta Scott King on the Nomination of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III for the United …

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Karl Rove, the IAF, and Protest Advice Everywhere We Turn

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Organizing

Little Rock   When Karl Rove, the George W. Bush hardcore Republican consigliere and now Fox News favorite and Wall Street Journal op-ed pundit approvingly quotes Michael Gecan, veteran community organizer and co-director of the Industrial Areas Foundation, the Saul Alinsky legacy community organizing training and support outfit, it is hard to prevent a momentary shutter …

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Looking at the Indivisible Guide for Progressive Tea Party

Community Organizing National Politics Organizing

New Orleans   Some groups are forming in Congressional Districts as part of the resistance to President Trump’s agenda and are deliberately mimicking the Tea Party’s earlier playbook when they were opposing any and all Obama. Several groups are using Indivisible in their names having been inspired by the Indivisible Guide, which is described as having …

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