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What a Day it was!!
Message from Marilyn
Hello Indivisibles,
Monday, October 27 – Respect the Human Rights of Migrants Vermont Statewide March –
St. Albans: Noon to 2:00 pm. Meet at Taylor Park and March to Vermont ICE HQ on Gricebrook Rd, St. Albans.
Here is the email information I have received from Indivisible Brattleboro, who are organizing this event:
WE COULD USE ADDITIONAL PEACEKEEPERS
The Justice For All group in Brattleboro will supply 6-8 peacekeepers, but we anticipate 300-800 participants. We could use 10 more, and ask that any group bringing 5 or more people try to supply a volunteer peacekeeper. The peacekeepers will circle up at the Taylor Park bandstand at 11:45. Police are fully briefed on our plans. We do not anticipate seeing or confronting any ICE personnel. Largest concerns are hostile motorists, and ambulatory counter-protesters.
ACCESSIBILITY
There is a park and ride at the junction of 104 and 36, about 0.3 miles from the Gricebrook Road ICE site. This would be good for people who need a shorter walk, and could be used if groups want to drop off/ shuttle folks to that ICE site.
CARPOOLING
Highly encouraged for groups to arrange their own carpools. Southern Vermont is carpooling from Exits 3 and 5 of I-91
>> RESPECT the HUMAN RIGHTS of MIGRANTS
>> Statewide demonstration: From All Corners of Vermont
>> Sponsor: Justice for All of Indivisible Brattleboro
>> Action: March and Protest at Vermont ICE HQ in St. Albans
>> Date: Monday October 27
>> Time: Noon to 2pm
>> Gather: Taylor Park in St. Albans
>> March: to ICE HQ at 64 Gricebrook Road, 1.3 miles each way
>> Flavor: Nonviolent, peaceful legal gathering
>> Tone: Solemn, respectful, drum, signs, bells, shakers
>> Parking: St. Albans Parking Garage
>> Carpool: please arrange locally
>> Contact: justice4allvt@proton.me
I (Marilyn) just want to give you a heads up about a couple of things, which I have also mentioned to the organizer. It is a long walk from Taylor Park to Grice Brook Rd. – and back. There are two portions of the walk that do not have sidewalks. The last portion is on a fairly busy highway. Please wear bright clothing to be visible to traffic. Wear weather appropriate clothing. The Park and Ride that is mentioned tends to be full on a weekday so do not count on being able to park there. Contact justice4allvt@proton.me for more information.
SPOTIFY – The music streaming service, Spotify, has begun running recruitment ads for ICE. There is a growing call for a boycott, similar to what happened to Disney/HULU, for supporting the Trump regime. Spotify gets nearly 90% of revenue from subscriptions so they are vulnerable to large cancellations by their users. Note: people who pay for the ad-free service do not see the ICE ads, but they are the ones supporting Spotify, so that the service can run the ads for other users to see. Indivisible is discussing asking members to join this boycott but as of this morning had not put out a call to action. I have already canceled my subscription AND told them why. We need businesses that support the Trump administration, or submit to demands from the Trump administration, to know there are consequences for doing that and they should change course. They should not bow down to the wanna-be dictator. If more and more businesses are taken to task for this, other businesses will also take note. The People have the Power, not Trump.
Just a thought – I have noticed that Russ Vought and Stephen Miller are the real power behind dismantling our government and moving the Authoritarian Take-over forward. They wrote a lot of Project 2025. Like with a bothersome child, they are happy to let Trump play with his favorite toys: tariffs, pushing world leaders around, and going after his personal ‘enemies’. This keeps him busy and provides a smoke screen while they try to deal a death blow to our democracy. In essence, Trump has become a puppet to these two smart, dangerous men. How to get rid of them? They are not elected. Let’s see, humm, how long was it after the internet started calling Musk, “President Musk”, before you didn’t see him around anymore? Trump does not like to be upstaged or made fun of, so he showed Elon the exit. I am sensing it is time for some memes showing Trump as a puppet controlled by Vought and Miller … a lot of very clever, funny, humiliating memes … on platforms that I, unfortunately, do not know how to use. Trump eventually can’t ignore them, gets angry … exit Miller and Vought.
Just a thought.
Have a great weekend!
Marilyn Lagrow
Celebrate Freedom, October 7 @ SnowFarm Winery
Thank you!
Thank you to the Indivisible PATRIOTS that walked in the South Hero parade today [July 4]! It was so nice to hear the roaring support from all of us onlookers as they marched on by. It was awesome to see a group of folks standing up for what this day is actually commemorating – Freedom and Liberty!
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