Author: CI
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The return of in-person huddles felt great!
Members of the CI community and allied groups showed up by the dozens on June 11 for snacks, chats, and actions!
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Support the Indigenous People’s Legislative Agenda in Massachusetts.
by Denise Gieseke European colonization of North America included the forcible, and often brutally violent, replacement of culturally rich Native communities. Indigenous peoples endured genocide, the forced assimilation of their children in Christian boarding schools, and relocation to inhospitable reservations following devastating population losses. The violence persists to this day – with the unchecked assault…
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Concord voted for ranked choice voting last year. Why can’t we use it?
A home-rule petition for ranked choice voting (RCV) was adopted by about 90% of Concordians at last year’s town meeting. But the state legislature hasn’t acted. Unless the legislature acts this year, Concord and several other towns will have to hold another vote on RCV next year!
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Early money provides greater bang for the buck.
In the final days and weeks of an election, do you click on that DONATE button, hoping desperately that your donation will catapult your candidate into office? But candidates are already asking for my money. Isn’t this an “off year”?
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Stop super-emitter private jet expansion!
Climate and environmental leader Bill McKibben was asked after his recent talk in town about climate change, migration, and racism what citizens in the Concord area should prioritize locally. Without skipping a beat he mentioned the expansion of Hanscom Field for private luxury jets. “It’s the single most ludicrous idea I’ve ever heard,” he said.…
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Antisemitism hits home as we remember the Holocaust.
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.
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Tell dirty banks: “Cut it out, or we’ll cut up our cards!”
It’s time to tell bankers and other corporate elites that if they aren’t done with fossil fuels, then we are done with them!
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Over half of abortions could become illegal overnight.
This should come as no surprise. Once the Supreme Court threw precedent to the wind, reversed its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, and drastically restricted access to surgical abortions, it was only a matter of time before misogynistic officials would go after medication abortions.
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Women’s History Month: Massachusetts women lead with distinction.
What better way to honor Women’s History Month in our fair commonwealth than to recognize and celebrate the women who occupy five of the six highest state constitutional offices in Massachusetts?
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Marking a year of war in Ukraine
The Ukrainian National Anthem — written 175 years ago — has a refrain that translates, “We will lay down our soul and body for our freedom.” This is what Ukrainians have been doing for the last year and will continue to do going forward.
