Evening Roundup, March 26
Cherry blossoms, a farmer speaks out, Calls to Action, Love Story, Days of Love and Rage, what's up with the World Cup?, April Ryan w/ Sen. Warnock & Jonathan Capehart, & more!
🌸 Spring blooms with a wink
Glorious pink baubles shine
Like a whisper, poof 🌸
Julia Payne
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War and Resistance
Oppose ICE at Airports and March on No Kings Day
Democracy is not a spectator sport. Whether you want to exercise your right to vote, join a protest, call your elected officials, run for office, or keep tabs on the week’s hottest issues and protests, The Contrarian has you covered.
Culture Corner
Days of Love and Rage
Anand Gopal’s Days of Love and Rage is a history of how the city of Manbij in Syria ousted the Assad regime in 2011 — and the extraordinary experiment in democracy that followed — through the eyes of the people who made it happen. Gopal spoke with The Contrarian
Trump Seems Intent on Tanking the World Cup
By Shalise Manza Young
In a sane world, there would be attempts to rein him in before he mars the most-watched sporting event on the planet.
Media Center
LIVE w/ April Ryan: The Tea ft. Sen. Warnock & Jonathan Capehart
[VIDEO] Thank you for joining us for another episode of The Tea with April! This week April was joined by U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Journalist and Author Jonathan Capehart.
Could you discuss why the traitors in Congress and the White House aren't being dealt with as ordered by the constitution? None of my representatives nor Heather Cox Richardson have given my an answer.
“The third No Kings protest is THIS Saturday, March 28!” And The '3.5% rule': https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/publications/35-rule-how-small-minority-can-change-world
Erica Chenoweth…Harvard prof, studied hundreds of nonviolent campaigns worldwide, and found nonviolence wins twice as often as violence. The big hook? The "three-point-five percent rule" i.e., 3.5% of a population actively joins a sustained, peaceful movement or protest, strikes, boycotts…then no government in history has held out. They either fold or change.
As for presidents or political groups? Chenoweth's data says “yeah” (see citation above) if enough people stay disciplined and nonviolent, even the toughest systems crack. No guarantees, but history backs it.
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