 The people have the power & this is how we show it! Global Day of Action Against Elon Musk & DOGE When: Tomorrow, Saturday, March 29th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Where: NE corner at Oakway Rd. & Coburg Rd. intersection, 124 Coburg Rd, Eugene What: Picket at Oakway Center, which has the one Tesla supercharger station in Eugene. It is not easy to picket the station directly because it is not on public property, so organizers have planned a peaceful picket on the sidewalk at the busy intersection in front of PF Chang's to show our outrage at Elon Musk and DOGE and to show fellow Eugenians they are not alone. Bring your awesome signs! We’re taking collective action! We’re not handing our country over to the oligarchs. We’re fighting for American democracy. Find out more about the TeslaTakeDown in Eugene and sign-up here.  To learn more about Musk & Tesla and find other and future TeslaTakeDown actions, go to TeslaTakedown.com. We say no to bully billionaires dismantling our country! Take Down Tesla!  Bill McKibben (founder of 350.org & Third Act) at a recent TeslaTakeDown event. “HANDS OFF” NATIONAL MOBILIZATION DAY SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH - NOON TO 3:00 PM EUGENE CITY HALL  (Indivisible event flyer) EMERGING SYNERGY: A powerful new local group, ACES (Activist Coalition Eugene Springfield) has formed in the face of Trump 2.0 and is growing fast, with Indivisible Eugene & 50501 Eugene leading the way. Many diverse grassroots organizations have signed-on to plan this event and to build an unbeatable, non-violent, progressive social movement in our community. On this national day of action, people all over the country will hit the streets collectively to say “NO” to fascism and “NO” to the wholesale looting of data, resources, and sanity by the Trump/Musk administration.  (50501 event flyer) COME ONE, COME ALL! It’s going to be huge. New speakers, bands, Samba Ja, The Willamette Solidarity Singers, movement art, chants and more… The goal is community engagement. Find a place to plug in! Bring your friends and family. Bring signs, voices and spirit! Let’s mobilize! Attention: Meet 350 Eugene peeps at 11:30 am near the City Hall entrance (south building). We need art animators! Thank you! CAUTION: We have to be smart when we hit the streets. Please take a minute to review the Civil Liberties Defense Center’s guidance for staying safe & secure as massive numbers of us take to the streets to stand up to the incompetent, unelected, fascist, white supremacists running the country. The basics: 1) Know your support network—have safety plans!! 2) Secure your data!! 3) Know your rights and risks when dealing with the State. 4) Resilience for the long haul!! To stay up to date on and sign up for events happening in our area, be sure to check the Mobilize website. Register for the April 5th event with this Indivisible link today! See you in the streets! Let’s be fierce.  “I believe everything we dream, Can come to pass through our union.” - Patty Smith (Always inspiring!)
Patti Smith Tribute - People Have the Power at Carnegie Hall, March 26, 2025 [Verse 1] I was dreaming in my dreaming Of an aspect bright and fair And my sleeping, it was broken But my dream, it lingered near In the form of shining valleys Where the pure air recognized And my senses newly opened I awakened to the cry [Pre-Chorus] That the people have the power To redeem the work of fools Upon the meek the graces shower It's decreed: the people rule [Chorus] People have the power People have the power People have the power People have the power [Verse 2] Vengeful aspect became suspect And bending low as if to hear And the armies ceased advancing Because the people had their ear And the shepherds and the soldiers Lay beneath the stars Exchanging visions and laying arms To waste in the dust [Pre-Chorus] In the form of shining valleys Where the pure air recognized And my senses newly opened I awakened to the cry [Chorus] People have the power People have the power People have the power People have the power [Verse 3] Where there were deserts I saw fountains Like cream the waters rise And we strolled there together With none to laugh or criticize And the leopard and the lamb Lay together truly bound I was hoping in my hoping To recall what I had found [Pre-Chorus] I was dreaming in my dreaming God knows a purer view As I lay down to my sleeping I commit my dream to you [Chorus] People have the power People have the power People have the power People have the power [Bridge] The power to dream, to rule To wrestle the world from fools It's decreed: the people rule It's decreed: the people rule Listen. I believe everything we dream Can come to pass through our union We can turn the world around We can turn the earth's revolution [Chorus] We have the power People have the power People have the power People have the power [Outro] The power to dream, to rule To wrestle the world from fools It's decreed: the people rule It's decreed: the people rule We have the power We have the power The people have the power We have the power
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