Weekly Brew December 7
Solidarity Shindig this THURSDAY!!!!!
Seasons Greetings, caffeinated resisters!
ICE has arrived, in more ways than one.
Sightings of Immigration actions were reported in Lebanon and Northside this week. Now more than ever, it’s important to be watching your Rapid Response threads. Contact us if you need a link.
But on a more festive note, we’ll be Shindigging it up this Thursday at Factory 52 (Fretboard Norwood) at 6pm!
Friendly reminder: we’re still trying to hit a goal of $5,000 for the billboard campaign by 12/29. Thanks for all your hard work, team!
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Hofner Park team was out on Monday.
Then skated down to UC to demonstrate the Signs of Fascism at Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign event.
We had so much fun, we hiked all the way out to Oxford on Wednesday with our Billionaire banners to switch up the messaging.
A snowstorm hit Tuesday morning and snow and ice were still on the ground Thursday, but that didn’t stop the Montgomery Road team from hitting the overpass!
And the Deerfield-Wyoming sister teams were out in it Friday morning!
And patriotic at Tesla on Saturday! Tesla hours have dilated down to Noon to 1pm.
This week, we are making up for lost time.
MONDAY DECEMBER 8
The Honk n Wave will be back Monday afternoon.
Braver Angels is having a bipartisan discussion on Birthright Citizenship at Hyde Park Methodist Monday night at 7pm.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 9
Butler Co Dems are having another Run for Office session in Oxford on Tuesday.
Swing Left is having a strategizing zoom session on How We Win at 8pm
And Red Wine and Blue is having a zoom on the Top 5 News Stories You Haven’t Heard at 7:30pm
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10
Is Human Rights Day! There is a Justice for Immigrants Vigil at 7pm at St. Julie Billart Church
Or if you feel more like staying in, the UUSC Resistance Network is having an End of Year Webinar at 7pm
And Red, Wine and Blue is having their Banned Book Zoom Wednesday as well. This month’s choice is The House of Spirits.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11
SHINDIG ALERT!!!!
We’ll be partying down at Factory 52 (Fretboard Norwood) this Thursday, starting at 6pm.
The EastSiders on Clough Pike are in a holding pattern for the weather, stay tuned.
But the Montgomery Rd team plans to be out at 10:00am. (Park at Cream + Sugar Coffeehouse - 3546 Montgomery Rd)
There is also a Racial Justice Tactics Zoom at 7pm
And Red, Wine and Blue is having a Creativity in Organizing zoom at 7:30pm
FRIDAY DECEMBER 12
The Friday Bridge teams are back this week as well. Wyoming Ave is officially shortening to 7:30am to 8:30am for the winter and all events are weather permitting for safety.
Clermont Co Brewing Change Coffee Klatch will be at it as always, Friday at 4pm.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 13
TESLA TAKEDOWN
with Queen City Bridgeadiers
12pM - 1PM
SUNDAY DECEMBER 14
Nada! Have brunch with friends or something.
11 Days til BOOK CLUB! This month we’re doing 1984 - and it’ s a two parter. We’ll be covering Part 1 on December 18 and then following up with Parts 2 and 3 in January. That way, you don’t need to worry if you haven’t read the book!
Other sources include:
LOOKING AHEAD...
Dates to Earmark
December 16 - BCDP Holiday Gathering, 5:30pm at Casual Pint
December 18 - CCA Book Club 1984 Part 1 6pm at Sharonville Library
MUST WATCH OF THE WEEK
Listen, there’s been a LOT of talk about the F word.
The word FASCISM is very sensationalistic, I know. It’s meant to evoke a response. The other side tells us we drive us further apart by “namecalling” with this evocative word. Some say we’ve just “cried wolf” with it too much, now no one is listening.
And several of the Turning Point audience for Vivek wanted to tell us how WE were the real fascists while holding our signs out on Monday.
But it’s hard to deny: it’s happening. And former Labor Secretary (and rock star Substack’er) Robert Reich has compiled a series of explanatory videos as to how we got here.
