The Connector Newsletter

Introducing The Connector! This is an evolution of First Post, a newsletter I shared for several years during my time as president of Civic Hall. My aim is to explore the relationship between politics, social movements, community organizing, and technology, particularly how we can strengthen our democracy. Currently, The Connector is published twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, and it’s absolutely free. Each new issue will be delivered straight to your inbox.

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“If what you are doing is legitimate...why do you need to cover your face?”

4 days ago | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” –Fred Rogers (aka “Mr. Rogers”)According to Axios, Reichsführer* Stephen Miller and Reichsminister* Kristi Noemheld a “tense meeting” last week with top immigration officials, demanding that they triple the number of daily arrests they were making to 3,000 a day.
Notes in Movement Time

1 month ago | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

April 20 came and went with no declaration of the Insurrection Act. Can everyone who shared that terrifying viral post about how martial law would be declared that day please now share a note saying “Hey, we’re still here!” Or something equally cheerful to counteract the unnecessary fear-mongering? The times are crazy enough!As my friend and movement historian L.A. Kauffman says, we have to Spread Courage.
Across the Great Divide

Nov 6, 2024 | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

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On Canvassing: The Mind You Change May Be Your Own

Nov 5, 2024 | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

Yesterday afternoon, while door-knocking in Sleepy Hollow, NY on behalf of the Democratic slate, I saw someone across the street in a light blue sweatshirt carrying a piece of campaign literature and glancing at his cell phone. “Are you also canvassing here?” I called out. And that’s how I met Kevin, a 56-year-old Republican activist from Connecticut who was canvassing for Elon Musk’s America PAC. Yes, they’re here on the East Coast and not just in swing states.
A “Dating Site to Defeat Fascism”

Oct 29, 2024 | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

As I wrote last week, I’m still feeling optimistic about the outcome of the election. Here are a few additional reasons why:Underlying demographic trends in the Rust Belt states that make up the Democratic “blue wall” favor Harris.
A “Dating Site to Defeat Fascism”

Oct 29, 2024 | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

As I wrote last week, I’m still feeling optimistic about the outcome of the election. Here are a few additional reasons why:Underlying demographic trends in the Rust Belt states that make up the Democratic “blue wall” favor Harris.
On This Impossible Moment

Oct 7, 2024 | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

As a writer, I have a few rules. One of them is, if you don’t have anything new to say, then don’t strain to say anything. Take a breather. This is one of those moments, and this will be a short post. Yes, we had many problems and unresolved crises before October 7, 2023, but now everything seems worse. Broken and breaking more. In the Middle East, Israel’s most rightwing government is escalating its war against Iran and its proxies, with the help of the United States.
When History Overflows, Build a Lifeboat

Oct 2, 2024 | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

According to the fact-checking site Snopes.com, the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Leninnever actually said, “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen.” Still, the sentiment rings true. And while we aren’t (as Lenin was) living through the overthrow of a brutal monarchy and the establishment of a revolutionary new regime, the last few days, weeks and months have been filled with radically destabilizing developments.
The Third-Party Problem in 2024 and a Longer-Range Solution

Sep 17, 2024 | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

Discover more from The ConnectorA newsletter on democracy, organizing, movements and techOver 6,000 subscribers If you are at all shocked by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s decision to attack legal Haitian immigrants for supposedly eating people’s pets, then you haven’t been paying attention.
The Third-Party Problem in 2024 and a Longer-Range Solution

Sep 17, 2024 | theconnector.substack.com | Micah Sifry

If you are at all shocked by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s decision to attack legal Haitian immigrants for supposedly eating people’s pets, then you haven’t been paying attention.