Mutual aid networks are being formed in the neighborhoods in Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, Arlington, and other communities. My Nextdoor account (https://nextdoor.com) is filling up with people offering help to others as MA goes into … [Read more...]
Parkland: When the Targets Talk Back
Dave Cullen has been covering mass shootings since Columbine. It is not the career he wanted and, although he has become an expert on the issue, it is not something he wants to do. His work has given him PTSD and each new event shakes him … [Read more...]
An open letter to the Democratic Party
Dear Democrats, CC: Tim Kaine, DNC Chair; John Walsh, Chairman Massachusetts Democratic Party Subject: An open letter to the Democratic Party Well done! This week you proved that by empowering volunteers to take the campaign and make it … [Read more...]
Mr Franklin’s Folks Go to the Tea Party
Mr Franklin's Folks Mister Franklin's Folks began when a small group of people decided to bring a solar fountain to the local farmers markets, swap meets, and all the other outdoor community events. Each week, they'd float the solar … [Read more...]
Cambridge-Somerville for Change (CSfC) Community Meeting
Cambridge-Somerville for Change, formerly Cambridge-Somerville for Obama, is a community group dedicated to harnessing the grassroots energy inspired by the Obama campaign. Our organizing activities include campaigns, elections, and … [Read more...]
Cambridge Drinking Liberally wants you as a leader!
We're looking for a few good leaders to help us run Cambridge DL, and we want you to help out! With universal health care, global warming, and a major overhaul of labor law all on the Congressional docket, this summer promises to be very … [Read more...]
Dukakis frets about Dem organizing
From the Globe's Political Intelligence blog:"We have to organize every damn precinct in the United States of America -- all 185,000," Dukakis told the Observer. "I'm serious. I'm deadly serious. I didn't do it after the primary [in 1988]. … [Read more...]
Republicans can organize
Several things are of interest: 1) their meteoric growth, and 2) the fact that they are membership based: "Numbers USA had fewer than 50,000 members at the end of 2004, but now counts more than 447,000, with an increase of 83 percent since … [Read more...]
Cap’n Walsh on CNN
CNN is flogging the heck out of their Dems/YouTube debate tonight, and had a little segment with MassDems chair John Walsh, talking about the Patrick campaign's use of the internet. Walsh says the lesson is to integrate so called "new … [Read more...]
Dukakis on grassroots organizing
sco and Below Boston both say this is must-see video; therefore it is must-see video. Full stop.sco's partial transcript:I wish I could tell you that Democrats around the country understand precinct based organizing, but you know they … [Read more...]