Quote of the Week:“Let’s stop the spread of misinformation and stick to the facts: Undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes, hold up key industries, and remain largely ineligible for federal benefits.” – Washington Representative Darya Farivar, LD-46. Dec. 3, 2025 Get Out on the Streets: Photo by zaya odeesho on Unsplash Want the scoop on upcoming rallies, marches, and related events? Visit OI’s Rallies, Marches, Town Halls and Boycotts webpage! Actions from Indivisible National and the Washington Indivisible Network
Federal Actions:Tell Congress: No More Boats Blown Up, No War on Venezuela Background:
For three months the US military has been destroying small boats from Venezuela in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, killing 83 people so far—two of them survivors on a damaged boat. It has also been gathering forces near Venezuela, deploying troops, combat vessels, bombers, fighters, and drones. Donald Trump says he’s protecting us from fentanyl sent here by Venezuelan cartels, but provides no evidence. To justify the military buildup, he accuses Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of leading a “narcoterrorist organization”—though last Monday he pardoned the world’s foremost convicted drug trafficker, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández. He doesn’t mention Venezuela’s oil reserves, the largest in the world. Even Republican lawmakers have spoken out against these attacks—”indiscriminately killing people without knowing their names, without seeing any evidence, without making a formal accusation," to quote Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)—and have joined with Democrats on War Powers resolutions filed in both the Senate and the House of Representatives this week. The Senate bill failed on its third vote, but Senator Tim Kaine has filed a bill to stop the funding for war on Venezuela. The House bill is still alive. If passed, it may put a stop to these attacks. Action: Urge your Members of Congress to support the bipartisan Senate and House War Powers Resolutions. Contact your Senators:
Script: As your constituent, I urge you to support Senators Kaine and Merkley’s Bill to Prohibit Federal Funds to Pay for War Against Venezuela. Contact your Representative:
Script: As your constituent, I urge you to support the War Powers Resolution signed by Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Adam Smith, Ro Kanna, Jim Himes, Bennie G. Thompson, Jason Crow, and Ilhan Omar. It is intended to block the Trump Administration from continuing to use US Armed Forces to conduct strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. Under the Constitution, Congress must vote on military action against Venezuela. Local Actions: Works in Progress Needs Writers, Editors, and More You’re probably familiar with Works in Progress (WIP), a valuable source of environmental, local government, and social justice information with in-depth articles contributed by local activists. Articles in WIP this fall helped elect two progressive Port Commissioners endorsed by OI; authors of those articles included members of OI's Port team (POAT). Articles in WIP over the last few years helped the community stop the development of housing on a toxic waste dump in northwest Olympia and inspire the Washington Department of Ecology to begin remediation of the site. Now WIP needs help. “We need the community to step up and take action to keep WIP going. We need writers, editors, tech savvy social media people, and people willing to take over WIP’s management," say Managing Editors Esther Kronenberg and Charlotte Persons. OI folks and their friends are welcome to contribute their time and skills to this worthy cause. Action: Read A Call to Save Works in Progress and take the survey to see how you can help shape WIP’s future. Keep It Coming for Starbucks Baristas Starbucks’ baristas are the face and the hands that make Starbucks profitable. Support Starbucks Workers United’s struggle for a fair contract with:
Here are two ways you can help: Action 1: Join an informational picket line to let customers and the public know that Starbucks baristas are on a national strike and need our help.
Action 2: Don’t buy Starbucks products. The Olympia area has at least a dozen better places for coffee and snacks. Have You Scheduled These Events? Weekly Olympia Indivisible Gatherings You might also enjoy: Mondays at Noon Action Cafe. A Zoom lunchtime gathering where folks meet, make new friends, and take actions together. Sign up HERE. Save the Date! Action Cafe Chef Lisa’s Annual Holiday Tune Fest and Sing-Along, Saturday, Dec. 20th, 11:30am - 1pm Your Work Pays Off: Olympia Police Department Suspending FLOCK Cameras in Olympia
“No surveillance, no surveillance, don’t you spy on me! I live in the USA where the citizens are free.”---Sung by the Olympia Raging Grannies to the tune of “Jingle Bells” After hearing from Olympians, the Olympia City Council voted last Tuesday to suspend the FLOCK camera program, hopefully joining cities in seven states that have removed these automatic license plate readers. Flock Safety, the firm that markets the cameras and collects data from them, has so far failed to use cybersecurity best practices to protect the privacy of people its cameras are supposed to protect. ———-- Election Results: OI’s Electoral Teams Win Big The official results of last month’s general election are in, and OI’s Electoral Teams have done us proud: Of fourteen candidates we endorsed, only three lost (and one of those lost to an OI-aligned candidate). Of six OI-aligned candidates, four won—the maximum possible, since in two races both candidates were OI-aligned. Of two issues OI endorsed, one lost and one won. See the details in the Summary of election results. |
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