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Our network of grassroots groups is organizing in cities across the country to win good jobs, affordable homes, and thriving communities on a livable planet.
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Local Organizing Sparking National Transformation
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Hey there! We’re PowerSwitch, and we’ve got a problem with greedy corporations meddling in our democracy and economy. It's time to put power back where it belongs: in the hands of everyday people.
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💥 ACTION ALERT: This weekend, we’re coming together again to stand up to one of the corporations making sure ICE has what they need to occupy our cities and destroy our communities: Hilton Hotels.
Come out and join a local action 👇 #NoICENoWar #WorkersOverBillionaires maydaystrong.org
Come out and join a local action 👇 #NoICENoWar #WorkersOverBillionaires maydaystrong.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
💥 ACTION ALERT: This weekend, we’re coming together again to stand up to one of the corporations making sure ICE has what they need to occupy our cities and destroy our communities: Hilton Hotels.
Come out and join a local action 👇 #NoICENoWar #WorkersOverBillionaires maydaystrong.org
Come out and join a local action 👇 #NoICENoWar #WorkersOverBillionaires maydaystrong.org
TONIGHT @ 8PM ET: Join our #NoICENoWar mass call with organizers and activists from across the country!
Learn about the upcoming weekend of action and how we can hold corporations like Hilton accountable and protect our communities. RSVP HERE:
actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...
Learn about the upcoming weekend of action and how we can hold corporations like Hilton accountable and protect our communities. RSVP HERE:
actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...
Mass Call: #NoICENoWar Weekend of Action
Join activists and community members from around the country on Thursday, January 15th at 8pm et for a mass call! Hundreds of thousands have been in the streets at thousands of events, rallies, protes...
actionnetwork.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:57 PM
TONIGHT @ 8PM ET: Join our #NoICENoWar mass call with organizers and activists from across the country!
Learn about the upcoming weekend of action and how we can hold corporations like Hilton accountable and protect our communities. RSVP HERE:
actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...
Learn about the upcoming weekend of action and how we can hold corporations like Hilton accountable and protect our communities. RSVP HERE:
actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...
TONIGHT (1/15): Join our mass call w/ activists, organizers & folks from across the country & learn about the upcoming weekend of action!
We’re taking collective action to hold corps like Hilton accountable for enabling ICE violence against our communities. RSVP:
actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...
We’re taking collective action to hold corps like Hilton accountable for enabling ICE violence against our communities. RSVP:
actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...
Mass Call: #NoICENoWar Weekend of Action
Join activists and community members from around the country on Thursday, January 15th at 8pm et for a mass call! Hundreds of thousands have been in the streets at thousands of events, rallies, protes...
actionnetwork.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
TONIGHT (1/15): Join our mass call w/ activists, organizers & folks from across the country & learn about the upcoming weekend of action!
We’re taking collective action to hold corps like Hilton accountable for enabling ICE violence against our communities. RSVP:
actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...
We’re taking collective action to hold corps like Hilton accountable for enabling ICE violence against our communities. RSVP:
actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...
WE'RE HIRING: Development Director
We're looking for a seasoned development professional to join our team! Learn more about the responsibilities and qualifications for the role below 👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/jobs/psa-dev...
We're looking for a seasoned development professional to join our team! Learn more about the responsibilities and qualifications for the role below 👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/jobs/psa-dev...
Development Director
Local Organizing Sparking National Transformation
www.powerswitchaction.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
WE'RE HIRING: Development Director
We're looking for a seasoned development professional to join our team! Learn more about the responsibilities and qualifications for the role below 👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/jobs/psa-dev...
We're looking for a seasoned development professional to join our team! Learn more about the responsibilities and qualifications for the role below 👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/jobs/psa-dev...
We won't stand by while the Trump regime invades Venezuela and sends masked agents into our communities.
TOMORROW (1/10): Join people all across the country & stand up to the corporations and billionaires that are getting rich while the rest of us struggle. More info: maydaystrong.org #NoIceNoWar
TOMORROW (1/10): Join people all across the country & stand up to the corporations and billionaires that are getting rich while the rest of us struggle. More info: maydaystrong.org #NoIceNoWar
January 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
We won't stand by while the Trump regime invades Venezuela and sends masked agents into our communities.
TOMORROW (1/10): Join people all across the country & stand up to the corporations and billionaires that are getting rich while the rest of us struggle. More info: maydaystrong.org #NoIceNoWar
TOMORROW (1/10): Join people all across the country & stand up to the corporations and billionaires that are getting rich while the rest of us struggle. More info: maydaystrong.org #NoIceNoWar
The Trump regime is continuing its campaign of violence and greed at home and abroad. This isn't about making our lives better. It’s about billionaires making themselves richer no matter the human cost.
TOMORROW (1/10): Join a local action near you #NoIceNoWar👇
bit.ly/NoKingsNoColonies
TOMORROW (1/10): Join a local action near you #NoIceNoWar👇
bit.ly/NoKingsNoColonies
Take Action: No Kings No Colonies · Mobilize
Trump is waging war and committing murder to enrich his billionaire backers. We are fighting to stop him. **Stand with us and take action this Saturday to demand an end to the occupation of Venezuela ...
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The Trump regime is continuing its campaign of violence and greed at home and abroad. This isn't about making our lives better. It’s about billionaires making themselves richer no matter the human cost.
TOMORROW (1/10): Join a local action near you #NoIceNoWar👇
bit.ly/NoKingsNoColonies
TOMORROW (1/10): Join a local action near you #NoIceNoWar👇
bit.ly/NoKingsNoColonies
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ICE needs to leave Minnesota.
🔗 Read our full statement regarding an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Good yesterday morning: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DWm...
🔗 Read our full statement regarding an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Good yesterday morning: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DWm...
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
ICE needs to leave Minnesota.
🔗 Read our full statement regarding an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Good yesterday morning: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DWm...
🔗 Read our full statement regarding an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Good yesterday morning: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DWm...
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Jan 22 @ 2pm ET: For our first event of 2026, we’re taking a close look at Trump administration AI policy. Join us online as @alondra.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com & @telliotter.bsky.social talk to D&S's Brian J. Chen about the admin’s actions & their consequences. datasociety.net/events/one-y...
January 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Jan 22 @ 2pm ET: For our first event of 2026, we’re taking a close look at Trump administration AI policy. Join us online as @alondra.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com & @telliotter.bsky.social talk to D&S's Brian J. Chen about the admin’s actions & their consequences. datasociety.net/events/one-y...
An ICE agent just shot and killed a woman who was nonviolently monitoring federal agents in Minneapolis.
This agent must be brought to justice, and ICE must get out of our communities. #ICEout
This agent must be brought to justice, and ICE must get out of our communities. #ICEout
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
An ICE agent just shot and killed a woman who was nonviolently monitoring federal agents in Minneapolis.
This agent must be brought to justice, and ICE must get out of our communities. #ICEout
This agent must be brought to justice, and ICE must get out of our communities. #ICEout
⚡ Tomorrow (1/8)! Join us, @ilsr.bsky.social, and @athenaforall.bsky.social for an urgent convo about how Amazon is capturing billions of our public dollars thru government contracts, and how we can fight back. RSVP HERE 👇
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us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Break Up with Amazon: A Citizen’s Guide to Ending Amazon’s Government Contracts. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ...
A recent investigation by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has uncovered that Amazon is capturing billions of dollars in government purchasing in cities, counties, and school districts across the...
us02web.zoom.us
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
⚡ Tomorrow (1/8)! Join us, @ilsr.bsky.social, and @athenaforall.bsky.social for an urgent convo about how Amazon is capturing billions of our public dollars thru government contracts, and how we can fight back. RSVP HERE 👇
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Want a step-by-step guide for getting your state or city to cancel their contracts with Amazon? RSVP for the Jan 8th webinar with us, @powerswitchaction.org and @ilsr.bsky.social! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Break Up with Amazon: A Citizen’s Guide to Ending Amazon’s Government Contracts. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ...
A recent investigation by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has uncovered that Amazon is capturing billions of dollars in government purchasing in cities, counties, and school districts across the...
us02web.zoom.us
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Want a step-by-step guide for getting your state or city to cancel their contracts with Amazon? RSVP for the Jan 8th webinar with us, @powerswitchaction.org and @ilsr.bsky.social! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Harris County has adopted its first comprehensive Worksite Safety Policy. Starting Jan 2026, contractors must provide rest breaks, heat safety plans, PPE, and face stronger inspections. Worker lives come first. #HoustonLabor #WorkersSafety cp4.harriscountytx.gov/Connect/News...
Commissioners Lesley Briones, Rodney Ellis Champion Passage of Harris County’s First Comprehensive Worksite Safety Policy
Harris County Commissioners Court approved a historic Worksite Safety Policy, the first unified system in the county to strengthen oversight, …
cp4.harriscountytx.gov
December 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Harris County has adopted its first comprehensive Worksite Safety Policy. Starting Jan 2026, contractors must provide rest breaks, heat safety plans, PPE, and face stronger inspections. Worker lives come first. #HoustonLabor #WorkersSafety cp4.harriscountytx.gov/Connect/News...
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Happy New Year! #MOworkers are starting 2026 off strong with some big news:
Hundreds of thousands of Missourians are getting a RAISE today after over a decade of low-wage worker organizing to win a $15 minimum wage!
Hundreds of thousands of Missourians are getting a RAISE today after over a decade of low-wage worker organizing to win a $15 minimum wage!
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Happy New Year! #MOworkers are starting 2026 off strong with some big news:
Hundreds of thousands of Missourians are getting a RAISE today after over a decade of low-wage worker organizing to win a $15 minimum wage!
Hundreds of thousands of Missourians are getting a RAISE today after over a decade of low-wage worker organizing to win a $15 minimum wage!
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What a year! In 2025, our work both anticipated and responded to the big conversations about technology's impacts on people and society, and helped make sense of this moment. Check out our year-in-review for some of the highlights. We'll be back with more in 2026! datasociety.net/points/our-y...
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What a year! In 2025, our work both anticipated and responded to the big conversations about technology's impacts on people and society, and helped make sense of this moment. Check out our year-in-review for some of the highlights. We'll be back with more in 2026! datasociety.net/points/our-y...
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Big Tech is really doing its best to convince people that giving their land, water, and power to billionaires is somehow patriotic.
Fox tells Americans to buy artificial trees so Christmas tree farms can be used for data centers:
"Everybody needs to get on board."
"Everybody needs to get on board."
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Big Tech is really doing its best to convince people that giving their land, water, and power to billionaires is somehow patriotic.
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🎤 “Workers aren’t begging anymore. Workers are building. Workers are rising. Stand up KC! Stand up Missouri Workers Center! Stand up @uaw.org! Because when we stand together, we are the force that moves history! And how do we accomplish this? Organize! Organize! Organize!”
December 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🎤 “Workers aren’t begging anymore. Workers are building. Workers are rising. Stand up KC! Stand up Missouri Workers Center! Stand up @uaw.org! Because when we stand together, we are the force that moves history! And how do we accomplish this? Organize! Organize! Organize!”
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"Regions with significant data center activity have already endured price increases by as much as 267% over the past five years, the three lawmakers wrote." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democratic senators investigate data centers’ effects on electricity prices
Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Van Hollen go after tech firms including Google and Amazon
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"Regions with significant data center activity have already endured price increases by as much as 267% over the past five years, the three lawmakers wrote." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What happens when Amazon becomes embedded in local governments, and our public dollars go to a corporation that can raise prices on a whim?
Start 2026 off with policy experts, researchers, and organizers who will walk us thru how our govts can break up with Amazon: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Start 2026 off with policy experts, researchers, and organizers who will walk us thru how our govts can break up with Amazon: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Break Up with Amazon: A Citizen’s Guide to Ending Amazon’s Government Contracts. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ...
A recent investigation by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has uncovered that Amazon is capturing billions of dollars in government purchasing in cities, counties, and school districts across the...
us02web.zoom.us
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What happens when Amazon becomes embedded in local governments, and our public dollars go to a corporation that can raise prices on a whim?
Start 2026 off with policy experts, researchers, and organizers who will walk us thru how our govts can break up with Amazon: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Start 2026 off with policy experts, researchers, and organizers who will walk us thru how our govts can break up with Amazon: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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At our MO Worker Voices narrative power training, Stand Up KC and MWC leader Terrence Wise told the story of bridging racial divides with his Burger King coworkers through organizing — and how rejecting the division corporate giants try to sow allowed them to win respect, raises, and more!
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
At our MO Worker Voices narrative power training, Stand Up KC and MWC leader Terrence Wise told the story of bridging racial divides with his Burger King coworkers through organizing — and how rejecting the division corporate giants try to sow allowed them to win respect, raises, and more!
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When cities and schools buy supplies from Amazon, they think they're getting good deals. @ilsr.bsky.social has a new report showing how many of them are getting ripped off instead.
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
When cities and schools buy supplies from Amazon, they think they're getting good deals. @ilsr.bsky.social has a new report showing how many of them are getting ripped off instead.
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Harris County just passed its first countywide worksite safety policy—a win for construction workers facing heat risks & preventable injuries. 🌡️👷♂️ Strong enforcement means action, not just words. Worker lives must come before profit. #WorkersSafety #HoustonLabor communityimpact.com/houston/bell...
Harris County commissioners pass countywide worksite safety policy
Harris County commissioners voted 3-1 on the worksite policy Nov. 13.
communityimpact.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Harris County just passed its first countywide worksite safety policy—a win for construction workers facing heat risks & preventable injuries. 🌡️👷♂️ Strong enforcement means action, not just words. Worker lives must come before profit. #WorkersSafety #HoustonLabor communityimpact.com/houston/bell...
New research from @ilsr.bsky.social uncovers billions of $$$ that Amazon is capturing in govt contracts all across the country. Next month, experts and organizers will unpack what this means and how we fight back: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@athenaforall.bsky.social @laurenrants.bsky.social
@athenaforall.bsky.social @laurenrants.bsky.social
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Break Up with Amazon: A Citizen’s Guide to Ending Amazon’s Government Contracts. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ...
A recent investigation by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has uncovered that Amazon is capturing billions of dollars in government purchasing in cities, counties, and school districts across the...
us02web.zoom.us
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New research from @ilsr.bsky.social uncovers billions of $$$ that Amazon is capturing in govt contracts all across the country. Next month, experts and organizers will unpack what this means and how we fight back: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@athenaforall.bsky.social @laurenrants.bsky.social
@athenaforall.bsky.social @laurenrants.bsky.social
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Just because we're on national ULP strike doesn't mean we stop organizing. We've won 7 union elections in just the last few weeks!
150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just because we're on national ULP strike doesn't mean we stop organizing. We've won 7 union elections in just the last few weeks!
150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
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Through city budgets, people make democratic governance meaningful. Across the country, people are cutting through technical barriers to make local budgets their own. nonprofitquarterly.org/how-peoples-... @steve-npq.bsky.social
How People’s Budgets Advance Local Democracy: A Conversation with Celina Su | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Through city budgets, people make democratic governance meaningful. Across the country, people are cutting through technical barriers to make local budgets their own.
nonprofitquarterly.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Through city budgets, people make democratic governance meaningful. Across the country, people are cutting through technical barriers to make local budgets their own. nonprofitquarterly.org/how-peoples-... @steve-npq.bsky.social