Time to Get Out and Get Active
I want to keep this relatively brief because we are just a week away from the election (11/5) and we should be spending our time getting...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 223 min read
Losing Democracy by Inches and Miles
Democracy is on the ballot and yet so many in this country don't seem to know, or care. Why is that? What drives this apathy or...
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Barrie Friedland
Oct 153 min read
Don't Use Your Privilege to Take Away the Right to Vote. Voting is a Right
Can you imagine having a business in which your employees conspired to steal your rights and hinder your input? It seems a bit absurd...
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Barrie Friedland
Oct 102 min read
Meet Ryan Dorsey
Local Politicians Who Serve the People: From Abel Wolman to Ryan Dorsey It’s Thursday and we’ve got a quick Civics Pop Quiz for you: Who...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 83 min read
Are We Brave Enough to Seek Peace
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack per capita in modern history , when Hamas invaded Israel, killed 1200...
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Barrie Friedland
Oct 62 min read
What You Can Do
#DSOT Don't Shop on Tuesday was created to harness the power of people all over the country. It is designed to craft a growing and...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 41 min read
Hi/ Give us a Listen
Zoomside chats are quick informal conversations with activists about their causes/challenges and victories. We would love to talk with...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 13 min read
Dangerous/Deadly and Getting Worse
This past weekend hurricane Helene tore into the US mainland and ripped its way through multiple States including Florida, Georgia,...
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Jacob Kravetz
Sep 243 min read
If You Can't Beat 'em/ Don't Let 'em Vote
As we enter into the final weeks of campaigning prior to the elections for positions from Councilman to President there is coverage...
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Jacob Kravetz
Sep 172 min read
Fight with Combined Economic Power...Not Guns
The FBI and Secret Service are currently looking into another apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, this time at his golf...
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Barrie Friedland
Sep 102 min read
Mass Shootings No Mas
With September here, the school year is underway across the nation. All the excitement and trepidation of a new year, new classes, new...
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Barrie Friedland
Sep 32 min read
Unions a Primer: Volume 1
To many, this past weekend meant that school started, the last Summer BBQ’s were held before the season slips away, and mattresses are on...
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Barrie Friedland
Aug 272 min read
Abingdon Woods: Victory and a Blueprint for Hope and Change
Recently there has been an unfamiliar feeling in the political air, hope. We’ve discussed over the last few weeks some of the changes...
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Jacob Kravetz
Aug 203 min read
Democratic Policies Thus Far
Go left young man ( et. al.) and align with the country. Monday was the start of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The...
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Jacob Kravetz
Aug 201 min read
Together/United/We Win
The mistake we cannot make as organizers, activists, and conscious, caring citizens is to not make our voices heard, both with raucous...
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Barrie Friedland
Aug 133 min read
A Real Reality Show
As written here before this election is unprecedented. Literally overnight the race transformed from the Deja Vu of the same two old...
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Jacob Kravetz
Aug 62 min read
Not Weird Walz
Since this email was sent out, Governor Tim Walz was selected to be the Democratic VP candidate. The next major moment in the Harris...
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Jacob Kravetz
Aug 62 min read
Weird
With Joe Biden stepping down from his re-election campaign and passing the torch this election has become one of the wildest and least...
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Barrie Friedland
Jul 303 min read
VEEP Sweeps
#DSOT is a rapidly growing coalition of people from all over the country fighting for a wide array of cogent policies and needed...
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Barrie Friedland
Jul 233 min read
Democracy Floats to the Surface
News Flash- people grow old. Yes, the adage says- aging is all in your mind, but that’s in fact the problem, it affects people's acuity...
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Barrie Friedland
Jul 162 min read
Please Put Your Gun Down
No government agency is taking them. In fact, it is nearly impossible to craft even the smallest protections in regard to gun sanity. If...
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Barrie Friedland
Jul 93 min read
Meet Chevron
If corporations are people my friend, then Chevron is the Devil. Beelzebub. Satan. Lucifer. Stand aside ExxonMobile- you are merely...
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Jacob Kravetz
Jul 23 min read
King Me/ But This is NOT a Game
There is no King of America It’s a little difficult to comprehend just how damaging to our country’s founding principles, and proper...
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Barrie Friedland
Jun 252 min read
VOTE
Power corrupts: absolute power corrupts absolutely. Credited to Lord Acton. Power shared is power diluted, but it is the basis of a free...
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Barrie Friedland
Jun 181 min read
Quote of the Day
Milan Kundera: 'The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.'
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Jacob Kravetz
Jun 182 min read
Elections for Sale
Buying an election megaphone. Since the 1970s, America has been walking a path where money and Free Speech are the same thing, and...
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Jacob Kravetz
Jun 181 min read
AWAKEN THE SLEEPING GIANT
We are not hopeless, however, we can awaken the sleeping giant of the poor and working class! Activating even a fraction of these 140...
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Barrie Friedland
Jun 113 min read
The Crime of Poverty
The late Leona Helmsley oft remarked that only the little people pay taxes. Well, Donald Trump originally ran on the fact that he also...
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Barrie Friedland
Jun 43 min read
The Lesson of the Dog
For those of you just waking up the Governor of South Dakota bragged in her recent autobiography that she shot a puppy because she (the...
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Jacob Kravetz
May 283 min read
A Memorial Day for What
Memorial Day is ostensibly a time when we reflect on the sacrifices it takes to protect and maintain a flourishing democracy, with...
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Barrie Friedland
May 213 min read
Foul Fast Fashion
Tragedy, low wages, miserable working conditions, and exploitation have always been linked to the clothing industry. From the Triangle...
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Jacob Kravetz
May 143 min read
Enough- Hold Companies Accountable for the Pollution and Harm They Cause
Pollution Can't Be the Cost of Doing Business Americans are, perhaps by design, removed from the conditions of food production in our...
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Jacob Kravetz
May 72 min read
Weed is um er oh A Weed/ Legalize It
Way Behind Schedule Last week we were treated to the news that the Biden Administration, through the Drug Enforcement Agency,...
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Barrie Friedland
Apr 302 min read
Democracy for Sale in Aisle 1 - 2/3/4/5 and 6
What do you buy when you have everything? Picture this, you are born into great wealth, and you did not create the fortune. What is an...
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Jacob Kravetz
Apr 261 min read
Float like a Butterfly...THEN FIGHT FOR THEM
Indiscriminately Pruning the Tree of Life Hello fellow political stonecutters, we've made it to another weekend! Join us as we discuss...
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Jacob Kravetz
Apr 233 min read
Every Day Must Be Earth Day
An Earth Worth Fighting For Monday was the 54th Earth Day, and while the current dire state of the Climate Crisis could engender a...
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Jacob Kravetz
Apr 163 min read
Total Eclipse of Priorities
Just over a week ago millions in the United States experienced an awe-inspiring total solar eclipse the Moon passed in front of the Sun...
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Jacob Kravetz
Apr 111 min read
Reclaim Our Government
The Very Real Costs of Non-Representative Government It is far too expensive Hello fellow political stonecutters! Join us for an...
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Barrie Friedland
Apr 93 min read
Bridges Falling Down
#DSOT was founded in Baltimore City. Now, as often reported, there are partners/allies and folks not shopping on Tuesday everywhere/ in...
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Barrie Friedland
Apr 22 min read
NUMBERS
There is a song from the soundtrack of Rent titled Seasons with the following lyrics: “Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred...
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