Saturday is a national day of action: Join Indivisible 1431 in Round Rock to say STOP ICE DETENTION WAREHOUSES!
u/global-palladin — 12 hours ago
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Weeks of bombing Houthis accomplished little: Is Iran an exercise in rinse and repeat?
Remember the “Houthi Small Group” of tRumpian goofballs planning a bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen that was busted by the Atlantic magazine? This led to Signalgate, thanks to Mike Waltz’s doofus invitation to the magazine’s editor.
Well, according to Foreign Affairs magazine, the seven and a half weeks of heavy anti-Houthi airstrikes on more than 1,000 separate targets accomplished basically nothing.
Sound familiar? It sounds like rinse and repeat in Iran.
The Houthi attacks ended abruptly, with tRump’s announcement that the Houthie’s “don’t want to fight anymore.”
“What is puzzling about the White House announcement is that the Houthis’ position remains essentially unchanged from when the Trump administration began its escalated air campaign on March 15.,” writes April Longley Alley, former Senior Expert for the Gulf States and Yemen at the United State Institute of Peace. Note that she is the “former” Senior Expert.
Ostensibly, Operation Rough Rider—as the U.S. campaign was called—was launched to restore freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and to reestablish deterrence against Iran and its proxies. When the operation began, the Houthis were explicitly targeting Israel as well as Israeli-linked ships—though not U.S. ships—and saying they would continue to do so until Israel ends its war in Gaza. Since the outset of the U.S. campaign, Houthi leaders
Despite tRump’s bragging about the “capitulated” Houthis, the group hangs onto power, and has called the deal a “victory for Yemen.”
u/global-palladin — 19 hours ago
Celebrate May Day, and have a hot dog on us!
May Day is a day to celebrate working people, and Indivisible 1431 is celebrating and building community with a hot dog picnic that evening at Round Rock’s Sharon Prete Downtown Plaza, 6-8 pm Friday, May 1.
That’s near supper time, so enjoy a hot dog on us. We will have the Hotdog King food truck up from Austin for the evening. Yum!
Everyone gets a coupon for a free all-beef hot dog ($6 value, which can also be used toward one of Hotdog King’s more elaborate wieners, until we run out of coupons! Pick yours up when you join us; limit 2 per family)
Whether you're worried about public schools, workers' rights, health care, or what's happening in Washington and Austin, come eat a hot dog and meet your neighbors. Let’s talk solutions.
No speeches. No sign-up sheets. Just good people, good food, and a chance to connect.
Bring a friend. Bring the family. Bring the neighbor who keeps saying "someone should do something."
It is up to us to stand against the oligarchs. We are more than they, but we can only succeed by working together. Billionaires will break every rule in the book. It will take concerted and continuous work by all of us to defeat them.
These are our demands:
- Tax the rich so our families, not their fortunes, come first
- No ICE. No war. No private army serving unchecked federal power
- Expand democracy, not corporate power. Hands off our vote!
Join us for hot dogs and cool conversations. Together, let’s celebrate May 1st through action and community.
*Please note: A core principle behind all our events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.*
Indivisible 1431 is a local Indivisible group serving the FM1431 corridor. This spans from Lake Travis, North Shore in the west to Taylor in the east, and includes Jonestown, Leander, Cedar Park, Round Rock, Georgetown, Hutto, Pflugerville, and any community thereabouts! We are dedicated to resisting fascism, protecting endangered populations, and building a consensus to return the USA to a sane course.
u/global-palladin — 20 hours ago
Attend May 9 fundraiser for ASN -- have a blast!
Show your solidarity with our immigrant neighbors and friends by attending this cool fundraiser in Austin on Saturday, May 9 (3-6 pm).
Enjoy great music by Swerve Left and other local bands, connect with neighbors, and explore a silent auction featuring incredible offerings from local businesses — all while supporting vital, grassroots work for families facing deportation and detention.
Come out, bring a friend, and show up for your community.
Our silent auction will include contributions from Bola Pizza, House Wine, Savir Foods, Bufalina Due, Raven’s Row Hair Salon, Blue Owl Brewing, and more.
Suggested donation of $20 at the door, but what matters most is showing up — give what you can and support the cause. All proceeds go directly to families in need!
WHERE: Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches, 3220 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723
WHEN: 3-6 pm Saturday, May 9
u/global-palladin — 24 hours ago
Today, Pflugerville will hear our message of NO WAR, NO ICE, NO CAMPS; Monday: Cedar Park
Today will be a beautiful day to show Pflugerville our opposition to tRump’s illegal wars, the horrendous inhumane treatment of immigrants and those seeking to help them, and the worst corruption in American history.
Indivisible 1431 is holding three rallies each weekend through April: Saturdays (11 am- 1 pm), Round Rock; Sundays (noon-2 pm), Pflugerville; Mondays (5-7 pm; bannering & popup!), Cedar Park. (Watch for subsequent announcements regarding May)
Only one big change to the schedule from March, which is we will banner in Cedar Park from 5-7 pm. Now that the days are longer, we’ll have better light, and this time frame brings even more northbound traffic on US 183A.
Join us this coming weekend for any or all of our three weekly protests around the FM 1431 corridor:
• Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm: Pop up protest in Round Rock, University Blvd & University Oaks Blvd, across University from IKEA -- https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible1431/event/930236/
• Sundays, noon - 2 pm: Pop up in Pflugerville, Kelly Lane & Benning -- https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible1431/event/879293/
• Mondays, 5-7 pm: Bannering and pop up in Cedar Park, E Park St bridge over US 183A -- https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible1431/event/881140/
Check out our website and social media for more opportunities! https://Indivisible1431.org .
u/global-palladin — 6 days ago