On the Calendar this week (click or scroll) - or see as a list in date order!
- This Week
- Resistance
- Climate Crisis
- Elections
- Healthcare
- Immigrant & Native Rights
- Incarceration
- Israel/Palestine
- Job Openings
- Labor
- LGBTQIA+
- Mask BanNew!
- Mayor's Race and Adams
- Other groups
- Reproductive Health
- Social Security
- Tax The RichNew!
- Trump / Musk / Fascism
- Useful Stuff
- Working Families Party
What We're reading (and listening to) this Week
Before Trump Broke Democracy, the System Weakened It. This isn’t a crisis of one man. It’s the collapse of trust built by decades of bipartisan lies, media complicity, and a democracy that stopped working long ago.
Why Today April 30th Should Be a National Holiday - by Michael Moore
“Deprivation by Design”: Israel Intensifies Mass Killing Campaign in Gaza With Starvation and Daily Strikes. The scale of killing in Gaza is almost impossible to track as the Israeli military bombs and starves Palestinian civilians with impunity.
House Oversight Committee Refers Andrew Cuomo to DOJ for Criminal Prosecution
Blue California GIVES $83 billion in taxes to our government. Red Texas TAKES $71.1 billion.
Is the Democratic Party Starting to Show Cracks? For years, we were told the Democratic Party was fine. Now even a few party elders are admitting it’s broken. But naming the problem isn’t enough. We need primaries.
This week's actions
May 4 - Immigrant Justice Working Group May Meeting, 2:00 - 3:30pm, NYC-DSA Office, 14 Jefferson Street, New York, NY 10002 RSVP
May 5 - Join Councilmembers Carmen De La Rosa & Lincoln Restler for a press event to close Eric Adams' Landlord loophole by passing Intro 1180, 11:00am, near City Hall, 140 Broadway, New York, NY 10005 RSVP
May 6 - Planning for the May 15/16 “Refuse Fascism” protests at the Supreme Court and elsewhere, 8:00pm RSVP
May 6 - Planning for the May 15/16 “Refuse Fascism” protests at the Supreme Court and elsewhere, 8:00pm RSVP
May 18 - “Love fights back” concert with Dr. Cornell West, 5:00pm, 209 Madison Avenue, NYC
Jun 6 - D-Day Veterans Protest, 2:00pm, National Mall, Washington DC (and in most state capitols) RSVP
Add your name to the petition: Donald Trump is leaving office on January 20, 2029, whether he wants to or not.
Email your senators now and tell them to publicly oppose and vote NO on AIPAC’s misleadingly-titled Antisemitism Awareness Act
Send letters to your members of Congress: fight against any cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. Paying for tax cuts for the wealthy by cutting health insurance and food assistance to low income Americans is just plain wrong.
Elon Musk is trying to chop the federal grants to NPR and PBS - while he has personally received SIXTY times more Federal dollars than NPR and PBS get in any given year. Show your support for public broadcasting!
Support ActBlue against Trump’s attacks
We just signed the #SolidarityPledge to block Trump's mass deportation plans. Join us!
Join fiftyfifty.one - Fifty protests, Fifty states, One movement
If you represent an NGO, please sign on to Fridays for the Future's petition to express solidarity against the rumored NGO attacks from Trump
Tell Congress: Demand the release of detained students and call ICE to testify
Reject the House Republican tax proposal. Paying for tax cuts to wealthy Americans by cutting food stamps, health insurance to poor kids and investments in clean energy is wrong.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on the SAVE Act (Legislation Silencing Americans)
May 5 - Join Councilmembers Carmen De La Rosa & Lincoln Restler for a press event to close Eric Adams' Landlord loophole by passing Intro 1180, 11:00am, near City Hall, 140 Broadway, New York, NY 10005 RSVP
May 7 - People Over Plastic Rally & Advocacy Day, 10:00am - 4:30pm, Legislative Office Building, 198 State Street, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP
May 7 - Lt. Gov. Delgado & Bill McKibben in conversation about the affordability of energy, 7:00pm, zoom RSVP
May 20 - Third Act NYC Working Group General Meeting, 6:00pm, zoom RSVP The third Tuesday of every month.
Send letter to Governor Kathy Hochul to shut down the CPV Valley Plant
Tell the DRBC Commissioners we want a public hearing on Gibbstown DOCK 2
Demand that Secretary Burgum take climate change more seriously than cookies and helicopter rides.
Our Endorsee Harvey Epstein - City Council District 2
Mark Levine for Comptroller phonebanks every Tuesday and Thursday evening, 6:00 - 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
Help us pass the New York Health Act!
Guaranteed comprehensive coverage for every single New Yorker, regardless of income, job status, or immigration status. No networks. No premiums. No out-of-pocket costs. Just care when you need it.
Call your state legislators. Over the next two weeks, legislators will be submitting their end of session priorities to leadership. Tell them to prioritize the New York Health Act this session. You can use this Call Script.
Send this email to your legislators urging them to make the New York Health Act a priority. To make it super easy, all you have to do is text SIGN PBOOVJ to 50409 and Resistbot will send an email to both your State Senator & State Assembly Member. Once you are finished, ask your friends to do it as well!
May 17 - DSA General Meeting of the Healthcare Working Group, noon, NYC-DSA Office, 14 Jefferson Street, NY, NY 10002 RSVP
Medicare for All 2025 Reintroduction Toolkit
Congress: Cut corporate giveaways, not Medicaid!
Urge your representatives to co-sponsor the Medicare for All Act (note: please edit the text if you’re not a physician)
Protect Medicaid! Sign up to deliver petition signatures to your member of Congress
Take a moment to call your representative and tell them: hands off Medicaid! Use our hotline 202-978-5357 and feel free to follow our short script.
Demand that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stop lying about measles treatments and stop putting lives at risk with reckless misinformation.
Single Payer News - useful articles, regularly updated by Tim Frasca.
And now with a PODCAST too!
May 4 - Immigrant Justice Working Group May Meeting, 2:00 - 3:30pm, NYC-DSA Office, 14 Jefferson Street, New York, NY 10002 RSVP
Tell Congress: Demand the release of detained students and call ICE to testify
Bring Abrego Garcia Home and Stop Trump’s Plan to Traffic Civilians to a Foreign Gulag
The Trump administration mistakenly deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a legally protected Maryland resident and father, to El Salvador. Bring him home!
Guides and Legal
As ICE raids persist across the country, please share these guides far and wide to make sure people know their rights
Know Your Rights - printable flyer in Spanish and English
Comparison of Administrative Warrant vs. JUDICIAL Warrant. A Judicial Warrant signed by a judge is required for ICE to take action.
In anticipation of ICE raids and repression, the ACLU and NYCLU websites have some resources to help answer questions and quell anxiety with at least the illusion of some control. ICE officials may roll right over these rights, but it's probably worth knowing they exist. WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE STOPPED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS:
May 7 - Communities Not Cages Advocacy Day Training, 6:00 - 7:00pm, zoom LINK
May 13 - Come to Albany to fight for Communities Not Cages, 9:00am - 4:00pm, New York State Capitol, Million Dollar Staircase, Albany, NY 12224 RSVP
May 5 - Gabor Maté, Chris Hedges: Palestine, the Moral Issue of Our Time, 7:00 - 9:00pm, NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, NYC RSVP
May 18 - Join Northern Manhattan for Gaza for an in-person film screening of “Surviving Orphans of Gaza”, 3:00 - 5:00pm, Church of the Intercession, 550 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032 RSVP
Tell CHUCK SCHUMER: Condemn the Killing of Palestinian Protesters in Gaza
Tell New York State: Stop purchasing Israel Bonds for the Common Retirement Fund!
Write to TIME magazine: Don’t whitewash the ADL’s authoritarianism.
Tell Cisco to stop silencing pro-Palestine voices!
Tell Congress: Demand the release of detained students and call ICE to testify
Here's Joe Catron’s List of Palestine Actions
Lots of events in one place!
IfNotNow is hiring! We're looking for a Boston and NYC field organizer who will strengthen our ability to build power for the long term.
May 14 - Forum "Labor Can't Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism", 6:30pm, 1199 auditorium, 498 7th Avenue, NYC RSVP
Support the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore collective bargaining for federal employees
Send a message to Congress and demand that they increase the federal minimum wage to a living wage now.
June 14 - Brooklyn Pride Parade, 6:30 - 10:00pm, 5th Avenue & Lincoln Place/Degraw Street, Brooklyn MORE
Nassau passed a mask ban. Is New York State next? TELL LAWMAKERS: Wearing a mask should not be a crime.
When you vote in the June primary, DO NOT RANK ADAMS or CUOMO. You do not have to fill in all five slots, so ONLY RANK PEOPLE YOU WANT!
Our Endorsee Brad Lander
Our Endorsee Zohran Mamdani
All Zohran Mamdani events here!
Zohran Mamdani Is Breaking Through
Zohran Mamdani Tackles Climate Change and New York City’s Cost-of-Living Crisis. The mayoral hopeful’s Green Schools plan would renovate 500 public schools, build 500 green schoolyards, and turn 50 schools into resilience hubs.
Our Endorsee Jessica Ramos
Our Endorsee Zellnor Myrie
All Zellnor Myrie events here!
Zellnor for Mayor Monday Phonebanks - RSVP
Zellnor for Mayor Wednesday Phonebanks - RSVP
Zellnor for Mayor Sunday Canvasses in Forest Hills - RSVP
Zellnor for Mayor Sunday Canvesses in Jackson Heights - RSVP
May 8 - Cooper Union New York City mayoral forum, 6:00pm, The Great Hall at The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003 RSVP
Don’t rank Cuomo! And help Fund the DREAM Team to get the word out.
Buunni performance calendar, 4961 Broadway, New York, NY
Northwest Bronx Indivisible events
Support abortion clinics and providers MORE
Your Rights to Abortion Care in New York. After helping to end Roe v. Wade in his first term, Trump and his allies again have abortion rights in their sights. Here you can find information on your abortion rights under New York law, and resources for those seeking care.
Email your lawmakers today and tell them to strengthen Social Security customer service
The concentration of wealth is a threat to our political system and our democracy. Send a message to Congress telling them to tax the rich.
One hundred days of Trump 2.0: Falsehood after falsehood, again and again. The president’s Time magazine interview featured 32 false or misleading claims.
100 Days In Trump's Fascist Regime — And How to Fight Back. A recap of Trump's First 100 Days confirms his goal is autocracy—not democracy. We must act beyond lip service to save our Republic.
Signatures needed: Donald Trump is targeting ActBlue. Add your name to the petition letting ActBlue know you will support them in their fight against Trump's authoritarian attacks.
Sign the petition: The courts and Congress must block Trump's unconstitutional executive order that would make registering to vote more difficult.
May 8 - Join the WFP for a Happy Hour in Support of Justin Brannan for NYC Comptroller, 5:30 - 7:00pm, Black Forest Brooklyn - Fort Greene, 733 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 RSVP
May 12 - WFP NYC Bi-Weekly Organizing Call, 6:30 - 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
May 22 - Working Families Party Nationwide Welcome Gathering, 7:00 - 8:30pm, zoom RSVP
Trump and MAGA Republicans want to ransack the government and steal health care from millions of families. The Senate Democrats willing to help them have lost the plot completely. We need to build an alternative force in American politics — one that puts working families first and will OPPOSE Trump and Musk. If you’re with us, please help the Working Families Party take up the fight by making a donation today.
Here are three automated contact tools from known sources
"Healthcare Education Project" (joint project of Greater New York Hospital Association and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
- Put in your name and contact information on first screen; be sure to say "Dr" if appropriate,
- Automated sending email: Customizable email for republicans, democrats and general (specify you are a PHYSICIAN who is both a constituent and caring for patients who are constituents, all depending that there be no cuts to Medicaid) to your electeds...
- Automated making phone call: gives you phone numbers of your elected to call and a dialer system, and suggested script (remember to add you are a physician and constituent caring for people who are also constituents and depending that there be no cuts to Medicaid
Medicaid Matters-NY has a similar online tool, but theirs only sends customizable email, does not connect to making phone call automatically
Download 5calls.org, a great app that makes calling your legislators quick and easy.
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May 4 - Immigrant Justice Working Group May Meeting, 2:00 - 3:30pm, NYC-DSA Office, 14 Jefferson Street, New York, NY 10002 RSVP
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May 5 - Join Councilmembers Carmen De La Rosa & Lincoln Restler for a press event to close Eric Adams' Landlord loophole by passing Intro 1180, 11:00am, near City Hall, 140 Broadway, New York, NY 10005 RSVP
May 5 - Gabor Maté, Chris Hedges: Palestine, the Moral Issue of Our Time, 7:00 - 9:00pm, NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, NYC RSVP
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May 6 - Planning for the May 15/16 “Refuse Fascism” protests at the Supreme Court and elsewhere, 8:00pm RSVP
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May 7 - People Over Plastic Rally & Advocacy Day, 10:00am - 4:30pm, Legislative Office Building, 198 State Street, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP
May 7 - Communities Not Cages Advocacy Day Training, 6:00 - 7:00pm, zoom LINK
May 7 - Lt. Gov. Delgado & Bill McKibben in conversation about the affordability of energy, 7:00pm, zoom RSVP
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May 8 - Join the WFP for a Happy Hour in Support of Justin Brannan for NYC Comptroller, 5:30 - 7:00pm, Black Forest Brooklyn - Fort Greene, 733 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 RSVP
May 8 - Cooper Union New York City mayoral forum, 6:00pm, The Great Hall at The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003 RSVP
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May 12 - WFP NYC Bi-Weekly Organizing Call, 6:30 - 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
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May 13 - Come to Albany to fight for Communities Not Cages, 9:00am - 4:00pm, New York State Capitol, Million Dollar Staircase, Albany, NY 12224 RSVP
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May 14 - Forum "Labor Can't Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism", 6:30pm, 1199 auditorium, 498 7th Avenue, NYC RSVP
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May 17 - DSA General Meeting of the Healthcare Working Group, noon, NYC-DSA Office, 14 Jefferson Street, NY, NY 10002 RSVP
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May 18 - “Love fights back” concert with Dr. Cornell West, 5:00pm, 209 Madison Avenue, NYC
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May 18 - Join Northern Manhattan for Gaza for an in-person film screening of “Surviving Orphans of Gaza”, 3:00 - 5:00pm, Church of the Intercession, 550 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032 RSVP
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May 20 - Third Act NYC Working Group General Meeting, 6:00pm, zoom RSVP The third Tuesday of every month.
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May 22 - Working Families Party Nationwide Welcome Gathering, 7:00 - 8:30pm, zoom RSVP
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May 31 - National day of action: Demand Health Not Profit! RSVP
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Jun 6 - D-Day Veterans Protest, 2:00pm, National Mall, Washington DC (and in most state capitols) RSVP
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June 14 - Brooklyn Pride Parade, 6:30 - 10:00pm, 5th Avenue & Lincoln Place/Degraw Street, Brooklyn MORE
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