The polls were looking good there for a while. Guess they still are nationally. But the Arkansas Poll came out yesterday and ruined my fantasy of a purple Arkansas moving toward progressive. Arkansas Poll 2020 report from KARK.COM News Arkansas Poll 2020 Summary Report https://www.kark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2020/10/2020-summary-report.pdf Here’s a quote that’s not surprising, but is still distressing:… Continue reading Arkansas Post-Election: Who the heck are we?
Month: October 2020
Writing the Mythology of Activism
The country is deep into this contentious election, and the Omni folks working on the Choose Democracy Project locally are hard at work plotting how to respond to the vivid possibility that our democracy might be collapsing around us. Watching an online training last night, led entirely by 20- and 30-something young people, brought back… Continue reading Writing the Mythology of Activism
Principles: Choose Democracy
These are the guidelines of our efforts, which we all commit to uphold. By committing to these principles, we ensure our efforts can be unified and disciplined, pushing towards a common goal while giving us the freedom to decide what is best for our own local groups: 1. We commit to defend the people’s… Continue reading Principles: Choose Democracy
The Dawn After the Election Storm… Really
Choose Democracy: the case for a Nonviolent Version of the Story [Look for “All You Fascists Bound to Lose” at the end of this post] Every day we’re waking up to something scary. Our scale for rating scary keeps adding more numbers to the top of the graph as we come to terms with the… Continue reading The Dawn After the Election Storm… Really
Ordinary People Save Their Country? If We Hurry
There are so many examples of politics gone bad floating around, and lots of anxiety about what the outcome of this election will be. One thing we know. Elections are turning points. Especially this one. We all feel a need to take action but there’s a lot of uncertainty about what to do. Sometimes it’s… Continue reading Ordinary People Save Their Country? If We Hurry
1000 Americans showed up last night to stop a coup
Many things may go wrong around the election next month. One that’s the hovering over our heads like a carrion bird is that one candidate says he’ll refuse to leave office no matter what the election result is. And evidence mounts that he’s taken steps to put that idea into action. Waging Nonviolence is a… Continue reading 1000 Americans showed up last night to stop a coup