Great column. I love Micah Sifry's suggestion. I would add one more idea in response to and a way to fight this corrupt John Roberts Court's decision in Callais:
Reform the Court, up to and including adding more Justices and invoking term limits.
A general strike (no work, no shopping) is way too big a jump for most folks in the US. But something more incremental is feasible. Eg, promoting well in advance a one-week boycott of one corporation, say, Amazon. Achieving a smaller but significant goal like that would build muscle and make a strong statement.
Gerrymandering doesn’t just deprive black voters of representation. I have been living in a NC gerrymandered district for 30 years. There was a brief respite after my state Supreme Court disallowed my far right legislatures new map and had the districts redrawn so my district was actually from my local area and I had a Democratic rep for the first time. After the Supreme Court legalized partisan gerrymandering I am not in a deep red district.
Great column. I love Micah Sifry's suggestion. I would add one more idea in response to and a way to fight this corrupt John Roberts Court's decision in Callais:
Reform the Court, up to and including adding more Justices and invoking term limits.
A general strike (no work, no shopping) is way too big a jump for most folks in the US. But something more incremental is feasible. Eg, promoting well in advance a one-week boycott of one corporation, say, Amazon. Achieving a smaller but significant goal like that would build muscle and make a strong statement.
Gerrymandering doesn’t just deprive black voters of representation. I have been living in a NC gerrymandered district for 30 years. There was a brief respite after my state Supreme Court disallowed my far right legislatures new map and had the districts redrawn so my district was actually from my local area and I had a Democratic rep for the first time. After the Supreme Court legalized partisan gerrymandering I am not in a deep red district.
YES! Yes to all of this! ✊🏼