Proposal for Upcoming Demonstration Dates in October

Collected 7/28/25

This proposal outlines suggested dates for protests in October based on key historical anniversaries and global justice themes. Dates prioritize Friday/Saturday mobilizations to maximize turnout, with alignment around anti-colonialism, anti-fascism, and international solidarity.

Endorsement Process

  • Duration of the Endorsement Vote: 120 Hours (Monday–Friday)

    • Endorsement mechanism: Community members can vote up or down on the amendment commentary below. A comment must gain 15% of the community size’s support within this period to move forward into the draft.

  • Duration of the Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV): 48 hours (Saturday–Sunday)

Voting Mechanism

Once date proposals are collected and endorsed, state and community organizers will conduct a Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) round to select two finalist dates.

These two dates will then be presented to the broader community in a second RCV vote, where the public will rank the finalists to determine the final protest date.

Final Approval

The date with the highest support in the public RCV vote will be adopted as the official mobilization date.

This updated structure ensures the process is both:

  • Strategically grounded (via organizer input)
  • Community-driven (via public participation)

Proposed Dates & Focus of Upcoming Protests:

October 4th – Saturday

  • Focus: Anti-colonial resistance, Indigenous sovereignty
  • Description: On the eve of Chief Joseph’s surrender anniversary (Oct 5, 1877), we recognize Indigenous resistance and the enduring fight for land back. A powerful day to demand tribal sovereignty, environmental justice, and an end to colonial violence.

October 5th – Sunday

  • Focus: “We Will Fight No More Forever” + World Smile Day
  • Description: Commemorating Chief Joseph’s surrender and World Smile Day. Let’s reframe “smile” not as compliance but as radical joy and healing in resistance. Organize teach-ins, land acknowledgments, and mutual aid celebrations in solidarity with Indigenous struggles.

October 11th – Saturday

  • Focus: Queer health justice and memory
  • Description: This is the anniversary of the public display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. A day to honor lives lost, fight for accessible healthcare, and confront how queer and trans communities continue to be marginalized in crisis response. Could be a strong day for solidarity actions or vigils.

October 12th – Sunday

  • Focus: End the Myth of “Discovery” + First Pledge of Allegiance
  • Description: A dual-symbolic day – the anniversary of Columbus’s arrival and the first recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance (1892). Let’s reject imperial myths and forced nationalism. Call for curriculum decolonization, border abolition, and true liberation.

October 18th – Saturday

  • Focus: Decolonize and Dismantle Empire
  • Description: Positioned between Oct 12 and Oct 24, this date can tie broader decolonial themes with international solidarity. A day to call out U.S. imperialism from Gaza to Standing Rock, and link struggles across borders.
  • Considerations: National coalition of groups contender (i.e. Indivisible, Women’s March, MoveOn)

October 19th – Sunday

  • Focus: End of Revolutionary War (1781) – Fulfill the Unfinished Revolution
  • Description: Yorktown marked the end of the war for independence—but not for freedom. Enslaved people were left behind, Indigenous nations were betrayed. Use this date to demand the liberation that was never delivered: reparations, land return, and true democracy.

October 25th – Saturday

  • Focus: “Liberty for Who?”
  • Description: Leading up to the Statue of Liberty dedication anniversary (Oct 28, 1886), this is a chance to interrogate American mythology. Who gets freedom? Raise demands for abolition, asylum, immigrant justice, and economic liberation.

October 26th – Sunday

  • Focus: Immigrant Rights and Economic Justice
  • Description: Continuing from Saturday, Sunday actions can focus on community-led visions of freedom. The “Statue of Liberty” is not freedom if people are caged, deported, or denied healthcare and housing.

Additional Information:

  • Proposal Creation: Proposals can be initiated by any member of the movement, and the dates will be vetted and posted for community review. Please provide a comment in this post to propose amendments.

  • Liaison Involvement: Liaisons play a crucial role in helping disseminate this information, encourage participation in voting, and ensure community feedback is incorporated.

  • Poll Distribution: Organizing teams will be responsible for pushing the poll to ensure maximum participation and feedback. The poll will allow the community to endorse or reject proposed dates, and ranked-choice voting will finalize the most supported choice.

  • ncornellEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Rally Proposal for November

    November 8th - Saturday – A Greater America Rally

    Focus: Demand that the Democratic and Republican Parties amend their National Charters to prohibit candidates running as Democrats and Republicans from accepting campaign contributions from corporations, big donors, and foreign PACs.

    Also, demand that future Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries are purely democratic where the voters are allowed to directly elect the party’s Presidential nominee in a state, and later a national, primary, instead of delegates and superdelegates choosing the nominee in a convention. The party convention would instead be to formally announce the party’s Presidential nominee after the national primary.

    Description: As stated by the Democratic National Committee in Wilding, et. al. v. DNC Services, d/b/a DNC and Deborah “Debbie” Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic Party is a “Private Corporation,” and can change its rules if it wants. That means, if the Democratic National Committee or Republican National Committee each created a rule in its National Charter that prohibits candidates running as Democrats/Republicans from accepting money from corporations, big donors, and foreign PACs, it would be legal.

    The Democratic and Republican Parties are also solely responsible for how Democratic and Republican nominees are chosen, so if they made a rule in their National Charter that makes it that Presidential nominees are directly elected by the voters instead of party delegates and superdelegates, it is legal and can be done before the next Presidential election.

    Action: A national peaceful rally in all 50 states outside every state’s Democratic and Republican Party headquarters to demand these reforms to Make the Democratic Party Democratic and a Republican Party for a True Republic. Like an Occupy Wall Street except to oppose corruption in the Democratic and Republican Parties.

    Note: this is the Saturday following the general election for Mayor of New York City when Mamdani is expected to be elected.