Political organizing is tough work … until it isn't. Until a movement that dwarfs anything ever seen in human history rises and sweeps through the entire population.
GO BIG OR GO HOME: TOWARDS A MASS CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT
Apparent Horizon
GROUNDED MONKEYS: MILLIONAIRES UNLIKELY TO FLEE COMMONWEALTH IF RAISE UP MASS WINS TAX ON 1 PERCENT
That’s basically what I would expect rich people to do if the amendment passes. They’ll play games that allow them to report as little income as possible.
BARGAINING AGAINST OURSELVES: MEANS TESTING MBTA FARES WILL DECREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR MASS TRANSIT
In other words, mass transit advocates should not start the current fight with a weak political proposal like trying to give low-income T riders lower fares and exposing a lot of other better off.
REMEMBRANCE AND PROTEST: THANKSGIVING THEN & NOW
A number of Native American nations were for all intents and purposes destroyed—at least as political entities. The rest were assimilated or marginalized.
LEFT BEHIND: THE PARIS ATTACKS AND THE NEED TO FUND A MASS INDEPENDENT AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA
News Corp succeeds in pulling public discourse far to the right in the absence of major outlets willing to confront them when it matters most.
APPARENT HORIZON: MASS BAIL REFORM NOW
Cash bail a debtors’ prison in the Commonwealth
