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May
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all-day Mayday Events Variety of Choices
Mayday Events Variety of Choices
May 1 all-day
Mayday Events Variety of Choices
  May Day is the International Workers Day.  (The US created Labor Day in September to separate US workers from the internationalist socialist workers movement).  Here are three ways to celebrate May Day in Nevada[...]
all-day Mayday General Strike and Demo–S...
Mayday General Strike and Demo–S...
May 1 all-day
Mayday General Strike and Demo--Save the Date
More info to come about the Nevada City Mayday Demo   The Mayday general strike is a nationwide labor and political action on May 1, 2026, calling for “No Work, No School, No Shopping” to protest government policies favoring billionaires over workers. The Mayday general strike, organized by groups including Indivisible and the May Day Strong coalition, is part of the broader No Kings movement opposing authoritarian policies and economic inequality in the United States. Scheduled for May 1, 2026, the strike aims to mobilize workers, students, and families across the country to demonstrate collective power and demand a government that prioritizes communities over billionaires.    AnneLandmanBlog.com+3 Purpose and Goals The strike is designed as a tactical escalation beyond traditional protests, emphasizing an economic show of force. Participants are encouraged to refuse work, school, and shopping, signaling that ordinary people can challenge systemic power structures. The goals include:    naked capitalism+1 Advocating for workers’ rights and economic justice Opposing authoritarian government policies Promoting expanded democracy and community investment Resisting private armies, ICE enforcement, and militarized policing   2   2 Sources Organizers and Support Key organizers include Indivisible co-founders Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, who have previously led the No Kings protests, which drew millions nationwide. The strike also has backing from major unions such as the AFT, AAUP, NEA, Starbucks Workers United, and the UE, along with dozens of local labor councils and union locals. These groups are coordinating to replicate the success of the Minnesota General Strike in January 2026, where over 100,000 participants marched and hundreds of businesses closed in solidarity.    AnneLandmanBlog.com+3 Scale and Participation The Mayday general strike is expected to involve thousands of cities and towns across the U.S., with coordinated actions including rallies, marches, and walkouts. The movement emphasizes collective action and solidarity, aiming to demonstrate the power of organized labor and community networks in shaping political and economic outcomes. [...]
May
4
Mon
9:00 am Gaza Vigil
Gaza Vigil
May 4 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Banner and sing to support an end to Gaza Genocide
May
11
Mon
9:00 am Gaza Vigil
Gaza Vigil
May 11 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Banner and sing to support an end to Gaza Genocide
May
18
Mon
9:00 am Gaza Vigil
Gaza Vigil
May 18 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Banner and sing to support an end to Gaza Genocide
May
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5:30 pm Democrat Central Committee re Co...
Democrat Central Committee re Co...
May 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Advocate at the NC Democratic Party Central Committee meeting for an endorsement of the campaign to establish a Socially Responsible Investment Policy for Nevada County.   Wed, May 20 @ 5:30pm Come Join Us! Nevada County[...]
May
25
Mon
9:00 am Gaza Vigil
Gaza Vigil
May 25 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Banner and sing to support an end to Gaza Genocide

Together, We Can Stop the Theft of this Election

We stood up on the streets by the hundreds in solidarity with black lives.  Now we will fight, from home, to save the endangered votes of people of color and students from a vicious voter suppression scam.

How to stop the planned fix on the 2020 Election before it happens:

1-Buy and read Greg Palast’s new book, How Trump Stole 2020 online at www.gregpalast.com.  Palast is the country’s leading journalist exposing election cheating.  17 million voters of color have already been purged from registration rolls and will not be able to cast their votes.  Millions more will not receive a requested vote-by-mail ballot, or have it disqualified.  Voters of color and students will be forced to wait in line for many hours during the pandemic, while suburban voters vote in ten minutes.  Like the presidential elections of 2000, 2004 and 2016, this one will be stolen as well, along with critical down-ballot races.  The polls are wrong because they do not take these factors into account.  While you are on www.gregpalast.com, make a tax-deductible contribution to help them support lawsuits against voter suppression in many states.  Urge friends to buy the book, and give it as a gift.  We are trying to make it a bestseller so the mainstream media can’t ignore it. 

2-Visit the Peace and Justice Center of Nevada City website, www.ncpeace.org, to see the options for volunteering to re-register disenfranchised purged voters, and register new voters, especially in “swing states”.  You can write postcards and letters to these voters, or text or call them.  Here are three great organizations that are coordinating for us to do this work.  Choose one and start saving democracy: 

-Reclaim Our Vote (non-partisan)https://actionnetwork.org/forms/reclaim-our-vote-signup

-Vote Forward/Swing Left (non-partisan) https://votefwd.org/  There is a local Nevada County campaign organized out of the Unitarian fellowship in Grass Valley that meets Thursdays at 4 on line.  To join, email Reine Thibeault at rthibeault.uucm@yahoo.com

-Stand Up America (partisan) https://www.standupamerica.com/

Jeffrey Gottesman