Bristol Action Group

Friends-

It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of an amazing comrade in the movement, seeking justice & equality for all. Nico Raven Lennan (They/Them) was a beautiful soul with an amazing artistic talent. They will be missed dearly by their community. Please keep their friends and family in your thoughts during this difficult time.

If you or anyone you know is struggling there is free and confidential help by calling or texting 988.

📣 MAY DAY RALLY – WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES ✊

Join us this May 1st from 2–4 PM at Fred Hayes Park as we come together in solidarity for workers’ rights, dignity, and economic justice.

May Day is a day rooted in the fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect for the people who keep our communities running. This year, we’re making it clear: we choose WORKERS over BILLIONAIRES.

💥 Bring your signs, your voice, and your energy
🎭 Street theater, music, and community encouraged
📢 Speak out against corporate greed and economic inequality
🤝 Stand in solidarity with workers everywhere

🚫 REMEMBER: No work. No school. No shopping.
A true show of worker power means stepping back and showing just how much the world depends on us.

This is about all of us—healthcare workers, service workers, teachers, caregivers, laborers, and anyone who believes people should come before profit.

Let’s show up, speak out, and stand together.

Yeah. We're more concerned about this than VA's Governor doing what should have been done years ago.

Conservatives, the ones who still follow trump, need to be more angry. Our National Parks & Public Lands are under threat and yes it can/will eventually affect you. You, who loves to fish around public lands around Appalachia and beyond, who also loves hunting & fishing and enjoying the nature that *we all love.* All of that can be destroyed if we let these folks destroy the beautiful landscapes that mean so much to us. Public land belongs in public hands. Not torn down and bulldozed/blown up for finite resources or sold off to the private markets.

This morning, 50 Republican Senators voted in favor of H.J. Res. 140, using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn a copper mining ban in the watershed of the Boundary Waters, Minnesota.

The bill passed with the smallest possible margin 50-49, with only two Republicans voting no (Susan Collins and Thom Tillis).

This is bad. “This is a dark day for the Senate,” Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) said during his remarks this morning. “This is nuts.”

This was the biggest public lands fight of the year so far—the consequences of this use of the CRA will ripple through public lands policy and legislation for decades—and hundreds of thousands of taxpaying, outdoor-loving Americans just lost against the lobbying power of a Chilean mining multinational.

The Republicans today voted against American small businesses. They voted against clean water and wildlife. They voted to decimate a $1.1 billion recreation economy. Their votes now threaten many of the 17,000 jobs in the local tourism industry. They voted against hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, and paddling. In a very real way, 50 Republicans today voted against life.

"Beloved by people from every corner of the country, the Boundary Waters inspires overwhelming public support for its protection," said Ingrid Lyons, Executive Director of Save the Boundary Waters.

"No matter what happens in DC, that support won’t waver. People will continue to stand up and say: not this mine, not this place—and we will fight alongside them, as long as it takes."

Read the full story here: https://ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/republicans-pass-pollution-bill-that

We are happy to see it! Forever forward. Never backwards.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health says the death toll since the start of the Israeli attacks on March 2 has now risen to 2,055 people. It said at least 6,588 others have been wounded

Just our group out downtown supporting local and enjoying the warm weather and beautiful REAL clouds, because some folks here in the Tri don't know they still exist. 😀

*this is sarcasm and if you find our comments in one of the local community groups, you'll find out why ☺️