Hi Friends,

Back in November 2022, RootsAction launched the Don’t Run Joe campaign with a clear statement: “Joe Biden should not be the party’s presidential nominee in 2024.”

No other national group accepted our invitations to co-sponsor Don’t Run Joe.

Today is the second anniversary of when Biden’s campaign collapsed in a 90-minute debate with Donald Trump.

We are not loyal to any politician or political party. Our mission remains as it was when we began a decade and a half ago: “RootsAction is dedicated to galvanizing people who are committed to economic fairness, equal rights for all, civil liberties, environmental protection – and defunding endless wars.”

When genuinely progressive candidates won huge victories on Tuesday that will send them to Congress from New York City, we were proud to have supported them by reaching thousands of voters in those districts. Media outlets ranging from Common Dreams to NBC News quoted our statement:

"Voters overwhelmingly rejected corporatist Democrats in favor of candidates who had the moral fiber to use the word 'genocide' and the backbone to stand up to the donor class. Now, Claire Valdez, Darializa Chevalier and Brad Lander will join the next Congress as three of the most progressive members in that body. With these three in Congress, we’re on track to have one of the most progressive Democratic caucuses ever in the House. That means more pressure on the corporatist Democrats – and leaders who are willing to truly stand up to the fascistic Republican Party.”

We want to express our heartfelt thanks to each one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have supported RootsAction in some way over the years, whether sending constituent emails via our action webpages, signing petitions, making phone calls, getting on picket lines, participating in rallies or making donations.

If you’d like to look at recent online actions you might have missed, please click on one or more of these:

• Let's Stop the Pentagon Spending
• Where Did the Youth Prisons Go?
• Prosecute ICE, Not Its Victims
• Tell UK not to prosecute opposing genocide

You can strengthen this work at a crucial time – and, as a thank-you gift, receive the first edition of the recent book by RootsAction’s national director Norman Solomon, THE BLUE ROAD TO TRUMP HELL: How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy.

Or download the book for free.

If you don't need a book and would like to support RootsAction’s work with a donation, please do.

Thank you for being part of RootsAction!

With appreciation,

The RootsAction Team

RootsAction.org