SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
We’ll Stand Up, We’ll Stand Together
Saturday, October 18
Noon to 1 p.m. — The Capitol
Defending democracy takes courage — and courage is contagious. In June, more than five million people filled the streets in 2,100 cities and towns for the first No Kings march. On Oct. 18, we gather again at the Capitol, joining a movement that will be even bigger, louder, and impossible to ignore in Washington, D.C.
We need this NO KINGS to be stronger than the first. Bring longtime friends, bring new ones, bring family. Let’s stand up, stand together, and show what united resistance looks like.
The program will mix solemn a cappella with high-energy dance music, stir thought and emotion, and call each of us to a specific action. Every element is designed to strengthen our common cause, give us hope, and fuel the courage to keep defending, restoring, and improving our democracy.
Register at mobilize.us/nokings/event/839523. Registration helps organizers prepare for the crowd, share important updates, and build the network we’ll need to keep this movement growing. Now is the time to turn shared courage into unstoppable momentum — proving that when we stand together, our strength spreads, and our democracy endures.
Join us at the Capitol for No Kings
October 18, Noon – 1 p.m.
Note: A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.
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Photo by IH member Bob Allen
Membership Meeting
Wednesday October 1, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Basement, the Livestock Building — the building with the Women’s Mural, across Broadway from The Base Camp, 2 N Last Chance Gulch. The entrance faces north towards the Double Tree Hotel (we did the NO KINGS sign painting there). Go down the stairs, and turn right.
Come get latest updates on the No Kings Rally, and learn what tasks need volunteers. We’ll have a short presentation on the structure and components of Indivisible Helena and a discussion on how you can help form and guide the organization and be part of the decision-making process. We need ideas about actions, goals, expanding the Steering Committee, and making IH transparent and democratic.
Nothing is better than meeting comrades face-to-face. Courage is contagious, and so is energy!
Call for Volunteers: We’ll need volunteers before, during, and after the rally, so please come to the membership meeting prepared to sign up, to help make the NO KINGS rally an event to remember. Most important, the BIG TASK is for members to bring friends to the rally.
We must grow the resistance!
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Humor Belongs in the Resistance Tool Box
An IH member has been thinking about how humor as been effectively used in the past and recently to push back against repressive politics. Read what his research yielded.
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This Week’s To-Do List
Resist in Helena!
1. Call Representative Troy Downing
(202) 225-3211
Demand Representative Troy Downing sign the discharge petition and force a vote to RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES immediately.
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2. Attend Transparent Election Initiative Presentation
Jeff Mangan of the Transparent Election Initiative is holding an event on Sept. 24th at the Helena College Lecture Hall from 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Jeff, former Commissioner of Political Practices for the state of Montana, is leading an extremely important effort to get an initiative on the state ballot for November 2026, which would essentially nullify Citizens United in Montana and prevent dark money (corporate big donations) from contributing to Montana political campaigns.
Come find out more about how we can possibly take our democracy out of the hands of the billionaires. Former Governor Marc Racicot will also speak at this event.
Get Details and Register for the Presentation
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3. Honk & Wave
Saturday, September 27
Noon to 1 p.m. — 11th and Montana Ave.
Photo by IH member Bob Allen
Let’s repeat last Saturday’s best turnout so far — 50 sign wavers! Let’s make it BIGGER! Many honks, thumbs-up, waves, and “thank yous” from folks driving by.
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Good Reads
GOOD READ #1
Substack
Robert Reich
9/23/25
The Sleeping Giant Is Awakening
Robert Reich, who has been around for a good long while, sees signs that we the people have had enough of the would-be king.
GOOD READ #2
The New Republic
Gil Duran
9/16/25
What’s Up with Peter Thiel’s Obsession with the Antichrist?
The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.
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Support IH and NO KINGS
Throw some progressive cash to defeat authoritarian trash!
We are going to have some significant expenses for No Kings on Oct 18: please consider a donation via this link to the Indivisible Helena ActBlue donation portal or use the QR code below. Your information will remain private — neither IH nor ActBlue shares or sells personal data
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