“There is no act too small, no act too bold. The history of social change is the history of millions of actions, small and large, coming together at points in history and creating a power that governments cannot suppress.”  

– Howard Zinn  

Trump’s cabinet choices are truly frightening and represent the worst of corporate America and capitalism and neo-fascism.

People everywhere are organizing by as many nonviolent means as possible, including petitions, marches, lawsuits, working with local and state governments, and continuing antiwar, fracking, immigrant rights and other types of actions, such as the Sacred Stone Camp of Standing Rock calling for divestment from the Dakota Access Pipeline’s funders, declaring December a month of action to close bank accounts in 17 banks.

Alternative media sources continue to challenge the mainstream corporate media’s censorship. Who is really creating the “fake news”? Independent media needs your support.

With four years of necessary activism ahead of us in an unseen and unpredictable future, it is all the more crucial to share information and ideas around activism and the issues that matter to us locally and to understand what is happening in other parts of the country and the world.

Rise Up Times brings you critical analysis and perspectives you won’t find in the mainstream corporate media, news of activism and resistance, and thoughtful, cutting edge articles about current issues  with insightful commentary and crucial information for these Rise Up Times. To survive, Rise Up Times needs your help. 

Your help is needed more than ever to continue to bring you the same quality articles, news, commentary, and analysis and perspectives in Rise Up Times that you have come to expect.

Here is a link to the page on Nonviolent Organizing for Action and Change, just one example of the information provided on Rise Up Times that is essential as we move forward together into the next four years. For more page links on specific topics go to RiseUpTimes.org.

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“Resistance is no longer an option, it is a necessity.”  Henry A. Giroux

“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.”   Audre Lorde