Dear Friend, IMAGINE Imagine you live in a sane country in a normal time. Re-imagine that again prior to reading each of these reports. Do the action that accompanies each report. Share this with everyone not yet in the cult of Trump. Resist being conditioned to behave as if any of this is normal or acceptable.  TRANSFORM We've got to get out of this place. Here are some steps.  TEACH-IN Get together online with those who are thinking and acting bravely! Here are two upcoming opportunities: An Iran War? How to Prevent It APRIL 17 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET  Join our national teach-in focused on a potential war with Iran, featuring experts:
Hassan El-Tayyab, Legislative Director for Middle East policy for FCNL, leading their efforts to end U.S. military involvement in the Saudi-led war on Yemen, advocate for Palestinian human rights, and advance diplomacy with Iran. Hassan was honored by Arab America Foundation as an awardee of its 2022 “40 under 40” initiative, for his policy work on Capitol Hill.
Dr. Assal Rad, Historian of Modern Middle East (PhD History, University of California Irvine). Author, “State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran”
Jeffrey Sterling, Whistleblower Advocate for RootsAction and a former CIA case officer for nearly a decade, including on the Iran Task Force. He served two years in prison after being convicted of violating the Espionage Act.
Emma Claire Foley, Campaign Director for Defuse Nuclear War and Specialist on Nuclear Issues for RootsAction. Writer and filmmaker who has spent career working for nuclear disarmament campaigns
Hanieh Jodat, Senior Partnership Coordinator at RootsAction, Strategist with Defuse Nuclear War, founder of Progressive Democrats of America Middle East Alliances RootsAction National Progressive Call APRIL 24 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m ET Join us along with Nina Turner from We Are Somebody, Michael Greenberg from Climate Defiance, and more to be announced soon. | |
