This episode’s guests found themselves in a position many long-time political organizers and activists were in back in 2016 following the first election of Donald Trump–family, friends, comrades and more all coming to them and asking “what do we do?”

This familiar experience was the catalyst which resulted ten years later in the publication of their book Remaking Democracy: How We Make the Worlds We Want. Co-authors Danielle Chynoweth and Elizabeth Adams took on the task of putting their multiple decades of experience in movement organizing–dating back to the WTO protests of the late 90’s–to work for others looking to organize and take on the contradictions of capitalism which must be resolved to make true, multiracial democracy.

The end result is a book full of resources for movement organizers and allies to work through the authors’ theory of progress, referred throughout the book as the “spiral of change”. Remaking Democracy flows in and out of personal stories, practical resources, and accessible theory informed by the authors’ experience as organizers, artists, and teachers. It is available now from Common Notions press.

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This week we are building July's Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you’d assume.

Joining to help build this month's Attention Economy Navigator in real time is comedian and host of The Bitchuation Room, Francesca Fiorentini.

We are also joined this week by Convergence's Senior Multimedia Producer, Josh Elstro.

You can also read the article version on the Convergence website, or watch the panel plot these stories in real time on YouTube.

• ICE Murders Lorenzo Salgado in Houston, and admits he was the wrong target
• Supreme Court ends TPS for Haitian and Syrian migrants
• Over 100 Venezuelans who had just been deported are among the thousands gone missing after earthquake
• Waymo took the law into its own hands by locking teens in car and driving them to police
• Graham Platner is out as Maine Senate candidate after latest accusations of sexual assault
• Mysterious silence surrounds the state of Senator Mitch McConnell's health (Note: this episode was recorded before a "proof of life" photo was released Sunday afternoon)
• FBI raids homes of Michigan students who participated in pro-Palestinian campus protests

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On June 11th, staff members of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative watched as over one hundred FBI agents entered and raided their offices, questioning workers, and seizing computer files and documents. Agents also reportedly fanned out to homes of volunteers, board members, and staff–fishing for information and electronic devices. The agents were said to have been investigating voter fraud allegations, but a month later, the FBI has released no official statement on or probable cause for these actions.

The FBI raids follow similar attacks from the Trump administration, including seizing ballots and records in Fulton County in Georgia, Maricopa County in Arizona, and Wayne County in Michigan. All three of these are in crucial presidential battleground states.

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative works to boost voter rights and participation by helping Ohioans register to vote and defending minority groups in court against redistricting efforts as well as other assaults on voter freedoms.

Joining this episode to discuss is former staff member of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative and current Senior Communications Director at Innovation Ohio, Caitlin Johnson to talk about what exactly happened, how communities in Ohio are responding, and what other groups can do to protect themselves against other attacks.

Visit handsoffohio.org for more info on how you can support OOC and other impacted organizers.

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