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This past Saturday, I spoke at the quarterly Harris County Democratic Party Clubs & Organizations meeting, and at a fundraiser in Montgomery for Texas Congressional District 8 Democratic primary candidate Laura Jones.

This is all part of my work on the Houston Democracy Project. I'd be glad to speak at your club or org event or meeting. My e-mail is [email protected] 

​Ms. Jones used her fundraiser to give a platform to a number of community advocates including myself. That was both kind and far-sighted of her. We are going need all our allies and all our tools to get through the very difficult days ahead.

Here is an account of the fundraiser from Politics Done Right host Egberto Willies that captures the event well. Above is me speaking in Montgomery, Montgomery County.

Here is the core of what I said in these appearances:

* Voting is not going to be enough to get us out this crisis.
* Conventional politics and protest are both essential. The line between the two is blurring all the time. We saw this in the response to the martial law declaration in South Korea last year. 
* The No Kings Protests are helping build new networks of both rapid response and political organizing.
* Trump’s new national security strategy document is a white supremacist authoritarian plan. Consider reading it so you can speak to it.
* ICE is an extermination unit in the making.
* Democratic voters have a right to demand standards for our elected officials. It was true for Kim Ogg and Shaun Thierry, and it is true for John Whitmire. It’s not a so-called “purity test.” It is our right to have expectations of the people we help elect.
​* Primary candidates come and go. Our need to live freely remains. 
* Opposing authoritarians isn't going to be safe. We are going to have to accept some measure of risk.
* We have a right to a collective identity as active rank and file democracy advocates and Democrats that is independent from candidates and elected officials. We must advocate for ourselves. 
*The next action is when you organize it, the First Amendment is your permit, the only credential needed is your presence.

I'm on the Egberto Willies Politics Done Right Show every Thursday from 6 AM to 7 AM for the Houston Democracy Project Hour. You can hear the show on the radio, stream it on KPFT or watch later on Egberto's YouTube channel.​​​​​​​​

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