On April 19, 1775, the citizens of Lexington, Concord, and surrounding towns came together to defend their towns and their way of life in response to Samuel Prescott’s cry, “The British are coming, The British are coming!” This Patriots’ Day in 2024, I’m bringing you the message, “the MAGAs are coming!” And believe me when I say we really do not want to be under their rule.
Rachel Krompinger recounts the laughter, camaraderie, and empowerment sparked by a postcarding party.
Biden lost North Carolina in 2020 by 1.34 percentage points (just 75,000 votes). This has spurred Democrats to target the state in the 2024 presidential election — with special attention to Mecklenburg County. There is no path to the White House without North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes.
From now until the November election, Concord Indivisible will focus our efforts on keeping the White House, maintaining Democrats’ razor-thin margin in the Senate, and flipping the narrowly-red House to a cool blue.
A home-rule petition for ranked choice voting (RCV) was adopted by about 90% of Concordians at 2022’s town meeting. But the state legislature hasn’t acted. We urgently need to let our legislators know that they must actively advocate for our RCV bills.
Small actions add up.
Our actions, however small individually, add up when multiplied across the country. This is our super power as activists. In 2024, it will take all hands on deck to keep an autocrat out of the presidency, hold the Senate, flip the House, and prevent more Republican supermajorities in state legislatures.
Members of Concord Indivisible and its allies gathered again at First Parish in Concord to hear former governor Deval Patrick, Harvard professor/democracy activist Danielle Allen, and other local leaders, speak about the threats to our democracy and the work we have to do to save it.
The large rise in harassment, vandalism, and assault aimed at Jews is especially worth discussing as we gather to remember the six million who perished in the Holocaust during the Nazi’s reign of terror.
Our first fuddle (and everyone’s, as far as we know) surely won’t be our last: It was an enjoyable social event, an inspiring political meeting, and a chance to take meaningful action.
The ADL found that Massachusetts was second only to Texas last year in the total number of hate incidents. You read that right: only the Lone Star State experienced more neo-Nazi propaganda than Massachusetts.
