Indivisible movement

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Logo of Indivisible
Tax Day March
in San Francisco

Indivisible is a

corporate plutocracy."[3]

In 2019, Indivisible's Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin were included in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019.[4]

Origin

The movement started with the online publication of a 23-page handbook, Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda.

Google Document on how to make contact with congressional aides as a way of grieving over Trump's victory. Angel Padilla, and Jeremy Haile, and dozens of other staffers for Democratic members of the United States Congress joined in the creation of the online publication.[7][8]

The authors modeled their document after the Tea Party movement, which focused on local activism and obstructing the Democratic Party's agenda following the election of President Barack Obama in 2008.[9] They thought that similar action taken by the left could be effective against what they perceived as Trump's "bigoted and anti-democratic agenda".[10] The purpose of the guide was to encourage resistance to Trump's presidency, most notably by targeting Republican elected members of Congress by attending town halls, calling congressional officials, visiting their offices, and showing up at public events.[11]

It was first published online on Google Docs on December 14, 2016, with Levin posting a link to it on his personal Twitter account. It soon went viral,[9] with, among others, Robert Reich, Jonathan Chait, George Takei and Miranda July circulating it online.[12]

History

Since the guide's publication, its authors have created a website with further resources on using the guide and organizing local movements. The guide is continuously updated and is available in English and Spanish.[5] By February 4, 2017, less than two months from the publication of the Indivisible Guide, and about two weeks after Trump's inauguration, more than 3,800 local groups identifying as "Indivisibles" had formed and declared their support for the movement.[13] In February, they organized as a 501(c) organization.[7]

Many groups attended

efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[15][16] David Weigel said the movement was a possible reason for the initial failure of Republicans to pass the American Health Care Act of 2017.[17]

In 2018, the group and its volunteers contributed money, endorsement and volunteer time to many House races, which was followed by Democrats winning back control of the chamber.[18] In 2019, the group endorsed a series of events aimed at supporting the impeachment of Donald Trump.[19]

The group continued its advocacy activities into the post-Trump era; in 2021, Indivisible advocated in favor of Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.[20] In October 2021, Indivisible planned to spend $1 million to protect eight Democratic incumbents in Congress, an effort that overlapped partly with that of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.[21] In May of 2022, a board member of Indivisible Houston directly confronted Senator Ted Cruz about gun reform in the wake of the Uvalde shooting and the NRA convention.[22] In June 2022, Indivisible planned to spend $7 million.[23]

On September 5, 2023, Indivisible Action endorsed President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election bid.[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About". Indivisible. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Maddow, Rachel (February 2, 2017). "Anti-Donald Trump Backlash Outpacing Tea Party". MSNBC. Retrieved July 18, 2017 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Dreier, Peter (April 4, 2017). "The Anti-Trump Movement: Recover, Resist, Reform". The American Prospect. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin: The 100 Most Influential People of 2019". TIME. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda". Indivisible Guide. Archived from the original on February 23, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  6. ^ Caey Tolan (May 13, 2017). "Meet the husband-wife duo who are sparking a liberal Tea Party movement". mercurynews.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  7. ^
    POLITICO. Archived
    from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  8. ^ MSNBC (January 5, 2017). "Online Guide Helps Focus Anti-Donald Trump Movement - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC". Retrieved July 18, 2017 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ a b Bethea, Charles (December 16, 2016). "The Crowdsourced Guide to Fighting Trump's Agenda". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  10. ^ Levin, Ezra; Greenberg, Leah; Padilla, Angel (January 2, 2017). "To Stop Trump, Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  11. ^ Criss, Doug (February 11, 2017). "What is Indivisible? Political group hopes to be flip side of tea party". CNN. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  12. ^ Homans, Charles (March 13, 2017). "The New Party of No". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  13. ^ "local action groups". indivisibleguide.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  14. ^ Zremski, Jerry (February 18, 2017). "Raucous crowds overwhelm Reed town hall meetings". buffalonews.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  15. ^ Fuller, Matt (February 26, 2017). "John Kasich Admits Protesters Are Affecting Obamacare Debate". Retrieved April 17, 2017 – via Huff Post.
  16. ^ Massie, Chris (February 24, 2017). "GOP Rep. Mo Brooks says town hall protests may prevent Obamacare repeal". CNN. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  17. ^ "Left out of AHCA fight, Democrats let their grass roots lead — and win". washington post. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  18. ^ Voght, Kara. "The untold story of the progressive insurgency that is remaking Congress". Mother Jones. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  19. ^ "Impeachment Group to Spend 31 Million Targeting Senate Republicans". Washington Post. October 1, 2019.
  20. ^ "Dems prepare to fight their own over $3.5T megabill". Politico. September 3, 2021.
  21. ^ Krieg, Gregory (October 15, 2021). "Indivisible launches project to protect Democratic incumbents in 2022". CNN. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  22. ^ Moseley, Terry (May 28, 2022). "Senator Ted Cruz Challenged By Gun Reform Activist At Restaurant: "Is That So Hard?"". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  23. ^ Schneider, Elena (June 7, 2022). "Trump-era progressive organizing group unveils $7M midterm plans". Politico. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  24. ^ Oshin, Olafimihan (September 5, 2023). "Progressive advocacy group Indivisible endorsing Biden reelection bid". The Hill. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

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