Successful 6/14 Protests Volunteer Organized-We Are The Leaders In Challenge Ahead

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​Nearly all the work for the successful June 14 protests was done by volunteers. The risks of interacting with aggressive right-wingers--which did in fact happen locally--was also taken up by the rank & file. And there is always risk when protestors interact with police. There were no police incidents reported at any Houston-region protests. 

(Picture above of the No Kings Protest in League City. Picture from KGTX Channel 7 in Galveston County. That's a really good crowd in Republican League City.)

So as-for example-Senator Carol Alvarado, Commissioner Rodney Ellis & Mayor John Whitmire sit on over at least $10 million in campaign cash on hand acquired in public offices that belong to us, it was us who did the work to oppose the authoritarian outcomes that the systems they have so successfully navigated have produced.

I know the organizers for the Kingwood, Katy, Conroe and Huntsville protests this past Saturday. They are just everyday folks. I also know or am aware of a number of the organizers of the big Downtown Houston 50501 protest. They also are everyday people who stepped up to fight authoritarianism. (There were elected officials who spoke Downtown on Saturday. Here are ways electeds can fight for us.) 

Nobody was getting paid to put all this together. 

At least five million people attended No Kings protests over the weekend. These rallies across the country were organized by people no different than you and I. The next protest is when you organize it. The First Amendment is your permit. 

The systems that brought us this nightmare will not be saving us. Each of us are the leaders in the challenging days ahead. 
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I'm on the Egberto Willies Politics Done Right Show every Thursday from 6 AM to 7 AM for the Houston Democracy Project segment. You can hear the show on the radio, stream it on KPFT or watch later Egberto's YouTube channel.​​

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