A new Indivisible group is starting up in Bellingham! All residents of Bellingham and the surrounding towns are welcome to join. For more information, visit our website, find us on Facebook, or email us at bellinghamindivisible@gmail.com
Across the Metrowest-Norfolk-Worcester area, we are standing up, speaking out, and taking action in record numbers. With massive rally crowds and sold-out events, it's clear we have passion and momentum. This group was created to work more efficiently across the many local groups responsible for this surge in activism.
The MNW Action hub has three core functions:
1. To serve as a clearinghouse for best practice in activism. We'll help area organizations share their successful activities through "how to" blog posts and a robust set of digital resources. Want to access our files? Fill out the Best Practice Clearinghouse Share Request. Want to share a practice? Fill out the MNW Best Practice Clearinghouse Submission.
2. To maintain a coordinated calendar of area events and activities so that, at any time, activists can find actions that match their schedules and areas of interest. Want to add an event to our calendar? Fill out the Calendar Input Form. Want to embed our calendar on your website? Request the embed code.
3. To encourage folks to find groups in their area and get more deeply involved in organizing. We have a solid set of generals. We have a lot of foot soldiers. We need some colonels and majors to help things run more smoothly. Ready to level up? Find a local group here. Or, help out the hub by emailing us.
Message from Indivisible:
Dear Reader,
Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE.
Let that sink in. A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force. They’re choosing complicity over the artists, podcasters, and fans who make Spotify what it is -- and when users and musicians called them out, Spotify’s first act was doubling down.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make them listen.
We’re asking anyone who subscribes to Spotify Premium to cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. Click here to watch step-by-step instructions on how to cancel Spotify Premium.
When ABC/Disney capitulated to the Trump regime by silencing Jimmy Kimmel this year, millions of paying customers spoke up by canceling their Disney+ subscriptions and putting off their Disney vacations. It worked.
The same people-power that made ABC/Disney reverse course can work on Spotify. Spotify needs its listeners and subscribers far more than it relies on advertisers. If enough of us cancel our subscriptions, it’ll send a clear message that's too loud for Spotify to ignore.
To catch Spotify leaders’ attention and compel them to stop capitulating, we need to move fast and in unison, so we’re asking anyone who can to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription today.
Read on for more tools and info, including ways to join this fight even if you aren’t a Spotify user!
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Spotify subscriber? How to leave them behind:
We created a step-by-step video on how to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription, and since we understand it’s tough losing your playlists and saved songs, we have resources to help make the transition to alternative music services smooth:
After Spotify removes ICE ads and stops profiting from fascist propaganda, you may re-subscribe to Spotify Premium at any time.
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NOT a Spotify subscriber? How to take action:
If you're not a Spotify Premium subscriber, there’s still a meaningful place for you in this campaign! Chances are high that you know someone -- a child, grandchild, friend, or social follower -- who uses Spotify Premium, and pushing your favorite artists and podcasters to speak out with us is also really helpful.
Here's how you can make a difference if you don't subscribe to Spotify:
Profit-driven media giants and their billionaire owners seem to think that going along with the authoritarian Trump regime is the easy thing. They’re following the profits and painting it as neutrality.
But in the face of an unjust regime, neutrality is complicity.
See you soon,
Indivisible Team
*All events should be hosted on public property or in public spaces, such as streets, sidewalks, or parks. Please follow all state and local guidelines.
Introduction
As an organizer we must always think “how can we make the coming event succeed AND how can this event lead to even more successful future events”. Below are a few tips on how to succeed and build on national events like Handsoff2025 and NoKings.
"I am honored to stand in peaceful protest with people of Millis and area towns who believe in the very best values of America: that through non-violent protest in defense of those values we affirm that we are a goverment of laws and not the whims of an individual who uses misleading rhetoric and unconstitional actions to instigate violence and intimidate the public - instead every person should be treated with dignity and respect. And that we firmly believe in liberty and justice for all."
"No kings - No Dictators - Defend our Constitution".
To stand in solidarity with American workers, Mass50501, the Greater Boston Labor Council, UUMassAction, and more are planning a Labor Day Parade in Boston Monday, 9/1, starting at 9:30 AM. Details about the Boston Parade will be shared here.
Prayers for Liberty will host a Labor Day walk from Lexington to Boston, from 9am-5pm. The walk will start at the Lexington Battle Green and will end at The Embrace statue on the Boston Common. Register for any portion of the walk here.
Area events include:
Holliston, 12-1pm
Canton, 2-3pm
Natick, 12-1:30pm
Needham, 3:30-5pm, with speakers (including Tamisha Civil)
Waltham, 4-6pm
Worcester, (overpass standout), 11am-1pm
Stay tuned here for more details, or check the national map. If your town is planning a Labor Day event, please add it to our calendar by filling out this form. Or, email us.
I went to an all-day Nonviolent Direct Action training yesterday, in anticipation of the completely illegal--but probable--upcoming occupation of the city. It involved a lot of yelling, role-playing, people getting roughly pushed around, and the linking of arms with total strangers, which I _particularly_ hated.
My discomfort with all of this was so palpable that after the midday break, more than one person came up to me and said, wow, I'm really surprised you came back--and my tense response was somewhere along the lines of a grim "Well, fascism."
All of this also kind of banged up against my French resistance fighter soul who is wearing a beret and a black turtleneck and throwing a Molotov cocktail--and my peaceful, friendly persona, noted for being kind to children and animals.
Here are a few tips I gleaned.
1) If a police officer gives you grief, say very clearly, "I am not interfering with your investigation, sir/ma'am." (you are always allowed to film their activities in the public sphere) If asked for your ID, you can say, "Am I under arrest?"
2) If you get arrested, share nothing but your name, address, and birthdate. Not your phone number, email address, etc. Answer no other questions. You will not get a phone call or a lawyer; you'll sit there for 2-24 hours, until they process you out with a violation. And in the holding pen, do not discuss anything involving politics or activists or events, since you are almost certainly being filmed/recorded. Talk about movies or recipes or whatever. Note: I do not want to get arrested, but a big chunk of the training focused on just that.
3) If ICE shows up anywhere you are, you can ask for their names, badge numbers, agency, and judicial warrants. They will be assholes. Always. They are inherently violent and not smart. Fuck ICE. Record anything you see them doing. Always shame these fuckers, who are cowards and bullies. In my neighborhood, I would yell "La Migra!" instantly. Encourage your neighbors to stay inside and not to open their doors, because they never have judicial warrants, even though they will lie and pretend they do. ICE will _not_ follow the law--but, by documenting their lawlessness, it's evidence for the trials down the road. Note: a new ICE tactic is for them to wear USPS patches/badges/etc. to trick their way inside, so don't be fooled by that. We all know what actual postal workers look like.
4) If you encounter the National Guard, engage with them politely. Ask where they from, say you're sorry they had to leave their families and jobs behind, etc. Be friendly, because the overwhelming majority of them really don't want to be there. Feel free to tell them, as a local, that there is no crime emergency of any kind going on. Once you have a rapport, remind them that they never have to follow unlawful orders.
5) If you encounter the Marines or regular Army, remind them to honor their oaths. Some people in my group had printed out cards they can give to soldiers and Marines, with numbers they can call if they need confidential help to be conscientious objectors, report unlawful behavior, etc.
6) If you are white, always use your privilege to help others. Always.
Hopkinton, Ashland, and Natick are joining Cambridge on August 2 from noon on to protest the unlawful federal regime. Below their motivating flyers. Click images, links or see flyer for details.
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On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble.
See the area standouts planned below. Click link for details.
Please follow the guidelines for non-reaction & non-violince. noted in the image above. They want to provoke you and then post your reaction online to be used against all of us. Don't give them that chance.
If they become violent: leave. No good will come from staying. There will be another protest.
National:
http://goodtroubleliveson.org
Route 109:
Westwood 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Medfield 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Millis 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Medway 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Route 27: Natick Center 5:00 - 6:30 pm Sherborn 5:00 - 6:00 pm Medfield 5:00 - 6:30 pm Walpole 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Route 16:
Wellesley 5:00 - 6:30 pm
South Natick: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Sherborn 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Mendon 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Route 135:
Hopkinton, 5:00-6:30 pm
Natick Center 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Nearby:
Franklin 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Franklin 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Sharon 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Town Tour with CPOD Indivisible:
Franklin-Millis-Medfield 4:00 - 6:30 pm
The event will take place at the intersection of 109 and 27 in Medfield. Save the date and stay tuned here for details on how to join us in standing up for reproductive rights. The event is co-sponsored by the Democratic Town Committees of Bellingham, Dover, Franklin, Holliston, Medfield, Medway, Norfolk, Plainville, and Wrentham, and by Progressive Mass of Western Norfolk County.
Open https://nokings.org/next for what you can do now to support the cause: write a letter to the paper about the injustice of the MAGA Regime. Or write about your towns NoKings event and how it stood for democracy, decency, a peaceful life, and justice. Or call your elected representatives in opposition to the Big Ugly Bill.
No Kings Day is fast approaching (6/14/25). The following towns have registered their demonstrations at nokings.org. Plan ahead to join one or more of these events. If you're up for a new challenge, consider getting a team together for a progressive demonstration. Start in Norfolk at 8:45 am, Norwood at 9 AM. Then Ashland or Mendon at 10 AM, hit up Milford or Millis at 11 AM, head to Holliston or Walpole at noon, then to Natick from 1pm - 1:30pm. On to the grand finale in Framingham at 1:30pm.
Bring signs and flags mounted to your sign or in your hand. A sea of flags stump the Trumpers. It makes clear who actually stands for this country's values.
In April, we gathered more than 50,000 voices on Boston Common, and millions more across our country, to tell Donald Trump and his band of billionaires HANDS OFF our democracy.
Wannabe King Donald’s formula of chaos and crisis is a daily reminder that the values we hold dear – liberty, opportunity, and access – are under relentless assault.
Emergency Hands Off! Demonstrations
Two emergency Hands Off! demonstrations have been scheduled for today (5/9) and Sunday (5/11) to protest ICE unlawful detentions of residents in Framingham and Worcester:
May 9, 6-7:30 PM
Framingham resident Daniel Orellana was abducted by ICE on Monday, while on his way to work. Join us TODAY, Friday, May 9th, at 6 PM at Framingham City Hall to call on our local and state leaders in Massachusetts to protect our community!
May 11, 2-4 PM
Join us for an emergency protest against ICE’s abduction of a Worcester mother and resident with the assistance of Worcester Police, and to demand that our leaders here in Massachusetts protect our community from ICE. The protest will begin at 2 PM on Worcester Common on Sunday, May 11th.