#tenessee

Right now, state by state, the Voting Rights Act is being dismantled. We know that we cannot fight the same battles the same way. New times demand new tactics — economic pressure, political organizing, community action, culture, and faith. But we know what we know: organizing works. And we have unfinished business.

On Saturday the All Roads Lead to the South rally starts at 1:00 in Montgomery to fight for civil and voting rights. If you can't make it to Alabama there are similar rallies happening in different cities across the U.S.

https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-voting-rights-trump-33d3a24a63aeb1a0b3702d362e1325c9

https://blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/

Two Black Tennessee lawmakers were physically escorted out of chambers this week while Republicans quietly held a hearing to approve gerrymandered maps that would eliminate the state’s only majority-Black congressional district. No referendum. No special election. No public vote. Because they know what happens when voters actually get a say — just look at Virginia, where the people spoke so loudly that Republicans had to drag the courts in to override them. This isn’t new.

During Reconstruction, Black Americans held more congressional seats than at any point in the prior 90 years of American history. And white supremacists spent the next several decades tearing that down, through gerrymandering, poll taxes, and voter intimidation. 150 years later, the same tools. Different suits.

The audacity of escorting Black lawmakers out of their own chambers while dismantling Black political representation, and then telling us the courts aren’t political, is breathtaking. These are the same courts they’re counting on to make it stick. This is a coordinated, multi-front assault on Black Americans. And we need to say it exactly that plainly.

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Michel Berger

Nathalie Baye

Ils nous ont tous quittés…

Le temps file.

Conservatives don't even try to defend small government anymore, they just look at you like this