NOVEMBER 11, 2025
“If this country has a future, it’s in the streets, the courts, the movements and the continued exercise of free speech and freedom of assembly against this administration.”
— Rebecca Solnit
Honoring Our Veterans
To all who’ve served — thank you. Indivisible Helena honors you this Veterans Day and every day. We support you, we see you, and we’re grateful for the strength and sense of service you bring to our Helena community. Your commitment reminds us why we keep working for a fair, free, and inclusive democracy.
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Opportunities to Get Educated, Get Involved, Fight the Oligarchy
Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights: Immigrants’ Rights
Tuesday, November 11, 6:30–8 p.m.
Plymouth Congregational Church
400 South Oakes Street
ACLU MT and local immigration attorneys will present a panel discussion on your rights, the rights of our immigrant communities, and how you can help. Come get answers from the experts.
Presented by ACLU Montana, Sewing Circle, Waking Giant, Indivisible Helena, and Hands on Global.
Childcare will be available.
Do not share this information on public social media.
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Helena City Commission Meeting: HPD will discuss ICE
Wednesday, November 12, 4–6 p.m.
Helena City County Bldg, Rm 326
Helena Police Dept. will share how they work with ICE. There will be opportunities for public comment.
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Ditch the Drama
Learn to Navigate the Holidays with Grace
The approaching end-of-year holidays, a time of renewing ties with family and friends, is also often a time of engaging (or not!) in those difficult conversations around politics, social issues, and whose sports team is best.
Are you looking for ways to honor and preserve the connections with these family members and friends? Would you like to make it even 10% easier to have these dinner-table convos?
Join us on Sunday, November 23, 12:30–2pm in the L & C Library Large Community Room to learn how to navigate these difficult conversations with respect and understanding. IH’s Barb Barnes and Anita Bangert bring a diverse toolkit for making gatherings more engaging — focusing on listening skills and thoughtful questioning to better understand the perspectives and concerns beneath people’s positions.
While it’s not absolutely necessary, you would do us a favor by sending an RSVP, so we can plan accordingly: abangert@bresnan.net. And bring a friend!
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The Montana Plan to End Citizens United
In 1912, Montana’s Corrupt Practices Act — passed through a citizen initiative organized by the People’s Power League and supported by more than 76% of voters — limited the political influence of powerful mining interests known as the “Copper Collar.” That law stood for a century, until the Citizens United ruling in 2010 cleared the way for its overturn in 2012.
Vast increases in corporate and dark money in politics since Citizens United —including increasing amounts of out-of-state money — have led Montanans to question if our elected representatives are corrupted by unlimited big-money interests. Regular voters barely know their elected officials (who talk to donors much more than they talk to constituents) and don’t feel that their government responds to or serves anyone except our elected representatives’ biggest corporate patrons.
The Transparent Election Initiative is a constitutional ballot initiative — aka The Montana Plan — to end corporate and dark money in Montana politics.
The first-of-its-kind campain, now drawing national attention, aims to return control of elections to voters rather than corporate interests. By shutting off unlimited corporate and secret cash, and when passed by Montana voters in 2026, it would restore the relative weight of small-donor and individual speech — of regular voters — thus tightening the link between elected officials and the people in our democratic republic.
A free informational webinar will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, November 12, from 6–7:30 p.m., to introduce all Montanans to the nonpartisan initiative and the people-powered, grassroots campaign fighting for it. Volunteers begin gathering signatures in just a few weeks.
More information about The Montana Plan can be found at transparentelection.org, where you can also volunteer your time and/or money to help jump-start the campaign.
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This Week’s To-Do List
Make Good Trouble in Helena!
1. Call Representative Downing
(202) 225-3211
Urge Representative Troy Downing to demand that Mike Johnson seat Arizona Representative Adelita Grijalva and have a vote to RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES immediately.
Contact Representative Downing
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2. Honk & Wave
Saturday, November 15
Noon to 1 p.m., 11th and Montana Ave.
Keep on waving, and keep ‘em honking!
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3. Donate to Helena Food Share and Helena YWCA
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4. Re-Commit to Economic Boycotts of Target, Amazon, Home Depot. Join the Indivisible-Launched Boycott of Spotify for Running ICE Recruitment Ads.
Meanwhile, enjoy this little number.
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Good Reads
GOOD READ 1
Robert Reich
11/9/2025
A beginning?
From Zohran Mamdani’s acceptance speech on Tuesday night; ”… we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us. Now, it is something that we do.”
GOOD READ 2
Rebecca Solnit
The Guardian
11/9/2025
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere
“It has been striking that the most wealthy and theoretically most powerful have, in this crisis, often been the first to surrender. It’s non-elites who have stood on principle even when it means taking risks.”
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Signs of Fascism appeared again on Saturday, Nov. 8, on Last Chance Gulch. Find us next Saturday, Nov. 15, on Montana Ave. in front of Helena High School. Email bonnieglambert@icloud.com to volunteer to hold one of the 18 signs for one hour, noon–1 p.m.
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Support Indivisible Helena
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Together, we’ll make sure the U.S. has NO KING.
