Focus.
Organize.
Tomorrow there will be more of us.
March 27, 2025
Hear us, Congressman Tiffany.
There WILL BE a town hall. You can try and hide from us, but we are your constituents. You answer to us.
See you on Sunday.
Tomorrow there will be more of us,
Ashland Indivisible
March 27, 2025
Across the country, and right here at home. It’s been less than 100 days into the current administration, and folks have had enough. There are already a lot of people saying, “I voted for this, but I didn’t vote for THIS.” At the start of this administration, I said out loud that the phrase, “I can’t believe….” should be stricken from the American vocabulary; we were warned, we were here for the dress rehearsal, and we knew we were being lied to. But even those of us who knew it was coming were shocked at the speed and ruthlessness with which democracy is being dismantled.
I think we all know that things will get worse before they get better. I think we all feel the helplessness that moves us to do something, anything, whatever we can do to feel like we aren’t doing nothing.
Across the country, and right here at home, on April 5, we will take to the streets to say Hands Off! of all the people and programs that we love and care about. The reality is that there is not one concrete thing that the current administration could do on April 5 to make itself wholly redeemable. Not one concrete thing that will make us believe that April 5 is a one-and-done event that leaves in its wake a finished structure of a better democracy. It’s hard to give a detailed list of demands when the attacks on democracy are coming at us like a firehose.
The reality is that April 5 is just the beginning. We take to the streets across the country and here at home to show that we are all in this together. And starting April 5, we promise ourselves, each other, and the next generation that we will fight at every turn and carry each other through this with everything we’ve got for as long as it takes. It will be a long road, and an uncertain journey, and we are just getting started. But through it all, what we have is each other. And tomorrow there will be more of us.
We have awesome neighbors. Our friends in Washburn (Washburnians?), Ellie and Alex, have been organizing and community building for a while now. They meet at the Washburn library every week on Wednesdays. They are always up to something that makes us all want to be better neighbors. But THIS week, they’re really making a splash!
Instead of their usual meeting at the library, they will be at The Club (3W Bayfield St., Washburn) throwing a work party to elect Susan Crawford. Now, I don’t know how much you know about Susan Crawford and the WI Supreme Court elections. But here’s the lowdown from Indivisible:
The liberal majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at risk, and with it, collective bargaining rights, abortion rights, fair maps, and every Constitutional freedom under attack by Republicans in the state legislature. Protecting this judicial seat is of critical importance, and we need YOUR help to ensure we win.
So tomorrow, March 26, at 5:30 PM, you should gather your friends and go to the work party in Washburn and help elect Susan Crawford!
Sometimes things don’t go as planned, but they work out just fine anyways.
We were notified last week that today there would be rallies at Post Offices all over the country today, March 23. Hell no! to dismantling the Postal Service! The rallies were being hosted by the National Association of Letter Carriers AFL-CIO. This was a call we really wanted to answer, knowing how crucial a role labor unions will play in organizing and unifying Americans around building a better democracy and defending workers’ rights. The nearest rally to us in Ashland was being held at the Post Office in Superior. So we did what we do; we organized! A caravan from Ashland to Superior was planned to depart from Ashland at 10:30 am.
As important as all of that is, the weather doesn’t care. It is Northern Wisconsin, after all. About an hour before the caravan was supposed to leave, we checked the weather and road conditions. It had been raining for a bit, and the roads between Ashland and Superior were either mostly icy or completely icy. Some folks are braver than others, but when we’re asking people to ride along with us, we will err on the side of caution. We cancelled the caravan. The rally in Superior went on without us. Some of our friends made it safely there and back. They reported a good attendance, lots of union support (and free signs and tee shirts) and a good media presence.
Those of us who stayed at home decided that, even if we weren’t the Letter Carrier’s Union, we would throw our own little rally right here in Ashland. About 9 of us showed up, holding signs and walking the sidewalk. We waved at passersby and got a lot of honks, waves and drive-by gratitude from our community. Nine people coming together on an hour’s notice in a town of 8,000 people from a group that’s only been organized for a little over a month? I think it was a pretty special day. Much love to all of you who came out in the cold, grey, windy, isitspringorisitwinter weather today to show support for the USPS, our Letter Carriers, and organized labor.
Join us every Monday at Bohemian Hall in Ashland at 5:30 pm. Topics vary every week. This week, there will be some large scale sign making, some planning for April 5th’s national event and a few other things that Beth has envisioned. Bring a dish to pass if you wish, or don’t.