 Did your "progressive" Congress Member just vote for more weapons for more slaughter in Ukraine? (Every single member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus did.) Click here to ask them to do better. |
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 As we approach Daniel Ellsberg Week, coming up June 10-16, we are organizing a series of events emphasizing the importance of peacemaking, global diplomacy, and nuclear disarmament. These events include pickets, vigils, campaigns to name a street, library, or other local landmark after Daniel Ellsberg, as well as other types of events. For more information, please click here. And if you’d like to organize an event, click here. Additionally, RootsAction Education Fund and The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy invite you to join in for a Virtual Dialogue on War and the Nuclear Threat. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 2, at 5:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM MT / 7:30 PM CT / 8:30 PM ET. You can register here. Our esteemed panel of speakers includes author and Orbis Books editor-in-chief Robert Ellsberg; professor and historian Christian Appy; author and historian Dr. Assal Rad; Pastor Michael McBride of the Quincy Institute; Defuse Nuclear War’s Emma Claire Foley; RootsAction’s Norman Solomon; and CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling. We eagerly anticipate your participation in next week's panel discussion and throughout Daniel Ellsberg Week in June. |
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 Congresswoman Summer Lee just won her primary by an impressive 20 points. Thanks for everything you all did to help her! |
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 REPORT FROM INDIA WALTON IN BUFFALO: I’m from Buffalo, so I am accustomed to the sleepy, Tammany Hall-reminiscent style of politics. The Democrats' machine is entrenched, and our gerrymandered city council districts ensure that challenges from progressives even in small, down-ballot races fail to gain much traction. Given that Buffalo is such a solidly Democratic city, with almost no threat to the current power structure, that led me to wonder: What interest would AIPAC have in the New York 26th Congressional District? The 26th district is 95% urban and has a +9 very solidly Democrat seat. The seat is open, having been vacated by Brian Higgins (who was silent on the siege in Gaza), leaving current state Senator Tim Kennedy with the blessing of top Democrats. Although there is a Republican challenger in the special election, Senator Kennedy will most likely win convincingly. Senator Kennedy has previously received the endorsement of many groups who have recently joined the Reject AIPAC campaign including the New York State Working Families Party. That leaves me wondering if I can depend on him as my representative in Congress to carry out the wishes of an overwhelming and growing majority of the U.S. electorate and that is to call for a permanent ceasefire and end the genocide in Gaza. While my focus this election cycle will be to protect our ceasefire incumbents in Congress from the undue influence of foreign interests, there is also growing concern about what’s happening in my own backyard. |
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