Edition: 3 February 13, 2024
Are you ready to change everything or not?
If you are, we can do it. But nobody can do it alone. Together, we can do it all.
In this issue, we propose a step to organize ourselves for power.
The system we have now is corrupt. It is so corrupt it is broken. Actually, when we look around, we see it is actually toxic to us. Together, we can change absolutely everything. And that is what we have to do.
What we need to do is organize to fight this corrupt broken toxic system and replace it with the one we want. We can do so much better than what they give us.
Review this Open Proposal to all organized groups among us. Can you see this approach working? Can you improve on it? Can you advocate for it? Feel free to add your comments and ideas at the bottom of this newsletter. Add your ideas. Make this action better.
If we pull together, we can organize ourselves into actually delivering the freedom and liberty we all want. We can define the futures of our communities. We can deliver better lives for us all.
The key to it all is to organize ourselves.
“We are not outnumbered; we are out-organized” Malcolm X.
Let’s capitalize on our numbers. Let’s organize! Let’s change absolutely everything!!!
OPEN PROPOSAL
TO: All political, labor, issue-specific activist groups
TO: All independent media outlets
TO: All independent and 3rd party electoral candidates
TO: All of us. Let’s organize!
We are proposing one thing: We are asking you all to unite together as one force of democratic power so we can change absolutely everything. Can you see a path to actually achieve victory for your cause? Together, we can elevate all our missions.
Standing alone we fail. Standing united we succeed.
We implore you to unite together into one voice. To be that one voice for all of us. Together, we can change absolutely everything. We call on you to organize for power.
We present our case for a unified effort below. Please consider it.
POWER IN UNITY
What if … we united everyone together to change absolutely everything? Could we create one united loud voice that demands the change we need to elevate our lives, our communities and our society?
What if … we unite all the wonderful activist groups into one voice? Sure, each stands for their own cause, yet they all face the exact same roadblock - a corrupt government system that refuses to act in the public interest. Together, we create the power necessary for overall system change.
What if … we unite all that great independent media that calls out the corrupt broken Establishment system? They all spend the bulk of their time reporting on the failures of the corruption; yet they could also unite to report on - and amplify - a movement focused on removing and replacing that corruption.
What if … all those courageous independent and third party electoral candidates united together into one electoral voice? They could come together under one electoral ticket and offer the independent choice the majority of us are calling for.
What if … all of us united into one voice and one mission?
Face it, all of us are fed up with this system that is corrupted to the point of showing no interest in moving our lives forward. Every one of our driving missions on issues runs smack dab into the same wall of refusal.
We stand here today, isolated in our own silos and go nowhere. This isolation approach is not working.
What we each advocate for is not only not taking us in the direction we need to go … it is continuing to hope for some miracle of enlightenment to take hold on the political powers where they act. But those powers are not ignorant of what is right and what is wrong. Those powers are not merely off-course and simply in need of our persuasion to change their course. They REFUSE to act on the wishes of the majority.
We need to adjust to the situation we face. We need to accept that their stand is a stand of refusal. They will not change in the direction demanded by the majority of us. They refuse!
That means our ‘polite’ efforts of conventional protests, petitions, boycotts and general strikes are not going to take us where we want to go. We have tried them all for decades, and the situation has only gotten worse. Those actions have taken us nowhere. We need to re-calibrate our approach into one that works.
Uniting together would be the approach we need. The corruption is used to repress and defuse those tactics; they have countered them and rendered them ineffective. They have dug into their power and mission to elevate themselves while repressing us all. All our current efforts are nothing more than nuisances to them. They continue to win while we continue to lose - and the price of our loss only gets increasingly expensive.
We are in a class war and it is time to change our strategy. It is time to show up on the battlefield of power.
Frederick Douglass is right. We are way too polite. We are asking them to do what we want. Let me emphasize the response we have received: “Request Refused!” So much for being polite. Politeness is a dead-end to change.
It is time to demand what we want. We need to change our strategy from requesting the changes we want to demanding the changes we want. And we can do that. All we have to do is unite together into one loud voice that demands complete system change. And that strategy culminates into the actions we want by actually removing and replacing those who are holding us all back. We can do that!
We all stand in our silos. Politely. Isolated.
Let’s tear down those silos. Let’s put us all together and demand the change we all want. No more being polite about it. No more standing in silos of isolation.
Let's remove those who refuse the changes we want. Let’s replace them with ourselves. We can do that.
We can do that by shedding ourselves of the silos that keep us isolated by joining together for our united cause: To change absolutely everything.
Let’s take all the issues we advocate for and unite them into one solution. Let’s elevate our power through combining our energy. Let’s add to our energy by amplifying our message through independent media which we already have. Let’s make it all happen by uniting the power of our vote which is already pointing to a clear electoral victory.
Let’s do what we have to do to make it happen.
Let’s rally together as one voice with one demand: To change absolutely everything.
Let’s rally together as one voice and amplify it: To change absolutely everything.
Let’s rally together as one voice and make it happen: To change absolutely everything.
We rally all our voices together. We amplify it through independent media. We make it happen through electoral power.
We need all the labor organizations to unite together - not with their political leaders who endorse the current establishment - but with the wishes of their membership.
We need all the political issue advocacy organizations to unite together - not on single issues, but on one broad issue to reject and remove the corrupt feckless political leaders currently in power.
We need all the independent media outlets to unite together - to elevate our voices and declare our demand for total change.
We need all the independent and third party candidates to unite together - as one voice combined into one electoral option that gives us the alternative choice democracy avails to us.
We can do that. That requires us to meet together and cobble an effort that brings us to where we need to be. It requires the conversations that lead us to a coalition of power.
OUR TOOLBOX
There is an election on November 5. We need to get ready for it - we need to get organized for it. We need to get united for it. If we can do that, we can finally win what we all want.
The Establishment is going to offer their usual pre-selected candidates. They spend a lot of time and money to select who they offer us. They do that because they are organized to do just that. But … they will offer us no change from the corrupt broken course of power we have had for the last 60+ years. They will have themselves ready for November 5. That is guaranteed.
Let’s get ourselves ready for November 5 and take them on.
We do not have a lot of time to get ourselves ready … but we have enough time if we get the ball rolling now.
The first factor to consider is whether or not we have the support required for victory. We have it.
We have enough support to win it. And it’s not even close.
The Establishment has two parties that split the Establishment vote. And it’s perfectly split between them. 25% for the Blue Team. 25% for the Red Team. Our 49% stands victorious. We just have to put it together into a ballot choice. Organize it!
Remember that the Blue and Red Teams are organized. They got their ballot lines set. We don’t - as ours is fragmented into hundreds if not thousands of pieces. We need to combine it into one choice. Organize it!
Election day is November 5. But let’s make one thing perfectly clear: Democracy is not just about voting. It is about getting together, raising all our voices, laying out the alternatives, and working out differences into a consensus. Organize it!
Here is what I propose: Organize it! We organize ourselves into holding our own election one week prior to the November 5 election. We hold an election on October 29. There is no rule that says we can’t.
In democracy, there is one simple rule: The majority wins. That does not mean everyone gets the choice they want … It means everyone accepts the choice the majority wants. We all agree to the majority. As such, we agree to accept the majority decision and - then - on November 5, we all vote for that majority decision. We create our power to be one organized voter bloc. We organize those voters. We organize us. Together, we will win the formal election and change absolutely everything!
We have between now and October 29 to organize all the steps required to hold our election.
What does that require? It requires us to all unite. It requires us all to present our issues. It requires us all to discuss those issues. And it requires us all to arrive at a consensus by October 29. And … on November 5 … we will change absolutely everything.
We will be organized together as one voting bloc to win what we want on November 5.
ACTION STEPS
We will take the effort to unite everyone into one organized action. It starts by inventorying what we have to work with. We will do what we can to put your voices together, amplify them all, and get us the consensus we all need to make them the reality.
It starts by inventorying what we have.
For those of you who represent a political or labor cause:
Please let us know that you are in. That you are willing to declare your mission and present your case to everyone else for inclusion. We will offer a summary of each and put them out for our October 29th election as a “ballot initiative”. If the majority consensus aligns with your cause on October 29th, it becomes a platform item.
You are advocates that give us the agenda our communities need.
For those of you in independent media:
Please let us know that you are in. That you are willing to amplify this mission to unite us all to your audience. That you will devote a commitment to unifying us together as a community to change absolutely everything. Share your ideas to elevate this overall mission.
You are the voice we need to bring this all together.
For those of you running for electoral office:
Please let us know that you are in. That you are willing to state your candidacy with your key reasons for running for office. That you are willing to work with other candidates who all focus on the same goals and mission. That you can work as a team and narrow electoral choices down so that voters can combine their votes into a bloc of power.
This focus is on all elected offices from POTUS to Dog Catcher. Elevate your voice and let’s cover as many elected office positions in one united force that stands for individual liberty and freedom, and focuses on elevating the vibrancy of your community.
Unite together by offering one candidate per electoral office. Work things out so that we offer an Independent choice and do not split our vote. And then - all together - let’s unite our energy behind them and win this.
You bring the courage and passion we need to deliver what we all want.
For those who are just citizens:
We need you to amplify our mission. We need you to push those activist groups, labor groups, independent media outlets, and independent candidates to band together in one united force. Push them. Push them hard!
We will need you every step of the way to help in the work of uniting everyone. Together is where our power is. Together is where our victory is. Together is how we roll.
If we do this right, we will be organizing ourselves across the nation and reflect our power to self-determine the direction of our communities - which we start our focus across the 435 House of Representative districts. Complete the Join Us form on our website. Bring your voice to our party.
Add your ideas and suggestions in the comments below. Together, we can make this into what we all need and what we all deserve.
You are us. You are our neighbors. You are what makes our communities.
ADD YOUR VOICE. ADD YOUR MISSION.
We will elevate the power of democracy. We can hold our election on October 29 and - together - we will absolutely change everything on November 5.
Let’s organize for power. Democracy is our weapon - let’s pick it up and use it. Let’s free ourselves of this corrupt broken system that is strangling the life out of us and our communities.
We can do this. There are more than enough of us. All we have to do is organize it to win it.
Let’s get to it. We all have to take the next steps together. Only together can we live the lives and invigorate the communities we all want. Unite.