Our Report Card was viewed by almost 2000 New Mexicans in the first hours. Now action shifts to social and mainstream media. We provide tools to prepare letters to the editor. New Energy Economy is defending us again, this time before the PRC tomorrow at 1pm. PNM wants you to own 10% of Palo Verde…
Election, Political Reform & National Politics / Local-State Government & Legislation
Our look back at last week's posts will be done tomorrow. We don't want anything to distract from what we are posting now. The Report Card has been months in development, relied on the work of scores of volunteers, allies, former legislators, and our leadership team. It describes what was accomplished (lots), what was not…
Social & Racial Justice & Immigration Reform / Uncategorized
Today we report on yesterday's inspiring youth-led EarthCare organizing meeting in preparation for the Sept 20 General Strike and as is our habit now, Sunday at the Movies offers two video on the NM asylum seeker detention disgrace. Ten US cities brace for mass ICE raids today: all done with your tax dollars, in your…
Personal & Collective Action / Social & Racial Justice & Immigration Reform / Uncategorized
Much is happening across the state. We repor on how Democratic challengers are springing up in most every one of the eight Senate districts where their Senator refused to protect a woman's right to choose. We also offer commentary on the vigils scheduled for tonight across the country and we pose the question: What…
The Report Card has taken four months to complete, a dozen experts in the legislative process have reviewed and improved the report and it will be ready for release on Monday. It details what got done, what didn't and why. "This Report Card does an excellent job of going beyond the political theater and on-the-record…
A Look Back At How to Democratize Our Economy, Deplorable Conditions at Detention Centers & a Call to Action
The usual Monday reflection on a week of posts with information on events in ABQ, Taos, Estancia, Embudo and Santa Fe, plus information about how you can plug in, raise your voice and advocate for justice in NM.
1 week ago July 8, 2019 in Social & Racial Justice & Immigration Reform.
Sunday at the Movies with Noam Chomsky Discussing How US Policy Contributes to the Mass Exodus from Central America
Today, we provide two videos, one just five minutes and the other a full hour. The shorter version can provide a brief introduction to US policy in Central America focusing on the current migrant exodus, but if you want the full flavor, a one hour Chomsky talk covers the history of US intervention in…
Call to Action: There Are Bills to Pass, Candidates to Support & Retake Has a Plan
After the legislative session, Retake Our Democracy leadership revisited its purpose, goals, strategies and the action teams that could support the work in 2019-20. We are poised, focused, organized and ready to get to work. We have 30 volunteers who consistently attend our monthly meetings, but now we need to include more of you. Details.There…
2 weeks ago July 6, 2019 in Personal & Collective Action.
Government Report Cites Deplorable Conditions in Detention Centers. Details on Protests Statewide July 12
A government report found detainees forced to stand 24-7 for over a week in cages too crowded for anyone to sit, children under one year old detained for weeks, separated from parents and siblings. The report provides citations from the government's own report and from a pediatrician who described the centers as "torture facilities." Photos…
2 weeks ago July 4, 2019 in Social & Racial Justice & Immigration Reform, Uncategorized.
New Vision for Democratizing the Economy In NM
Today, we begin a series of posts that articulate a vision forward, a path to a more democratic economy, revisiting a recurrent theme of Retake's blog–the need to explore and ultimately develop entirely new economic and political systems, essentially democratizing our economy, the workplace, and our democracy. Reminder of Retake's organizing meeting tonight. Details.
July 2, 2019 in Economic Justice, Community & Economic Development, Uncategorized.
A Look Back at Naomi Klein, Two Democratic Debates, a Powerful Human Look at Immigration & Another Corporate Lie
Taylor Oil estimated its 2004 Gulf of Mexico leak to be less than 3 gallons a day, but a Government Report indicates they were off by 100 to 1000%. Oops. Plus, a look back at a week of video, commentary and polling related to the Democratic debates, and a really powerful post that captures the…
July 1, 2019 in Uncategorized.
Sunday at the Movies: Video Highlights of Harris, Biden, Bernie, Buttigieg, Castro and More
Did you miss the debates? We got you covered. In addition to video clips from Debate I and II and Stephen Colbert's hit on Debate II, we provide a fascinating US map depicting the most prevalent languages spoken in each state not including English and Spanish. Senator Martinez arrested for aggravated DWI. Post debate polls…
June 30, 2019 in Election, Political Reform & National Politics, Uncategorized.
"My Time Is Up" Will Haunt Biden Until He Relents and Withdraws, Kamala & Buttigieg Soar
We reprise the best and worst of the debates and offer some commentary on the implications. We also provide a readers' extremely astute commentary on the debates, the media, Bernie, Biden, Harris, electric cars and more. The comment includes some very subtle observations worth your review..
June 29, 2019 in Election, Political Reform & National Politics.
Two Shameful Tales, Inspiring and Courageous Responses and Opportunities for Action
Two separate issues: the DNC's refusal to hold a climate change debate and a NM private prison housing asylum seekers in squalor. Plus, the inspiring responses from a 23-year old, risking arrest at a DNC meeting and a 95 year-old ABQ activist who just ended her 7 day hunger strike. Plus, Leger de Fernandez wins…
June 27, 2019 in Climate Change, Agriculture, Land Use and Wildlife, Election, Political Reform & National Politics, Social & Racial Justice & Immigration Reform, Uncategorized.
Naomi Klein: Forget Bernie vs Warren and Focus on Beating Biden
Centrist Democrats and Wall St. would like NOTHING more than to see Warren and Sanders' camps go at it, debilitating each others' campaigns. Naomi Klein's message: We can't let that happen. The 1%, the corporatocracy and the centrist wing of the DP realize that either candidate represents a legitimate threat to them so the battle…
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