August 4, 2025
Helena PRIDE is Indivisible
Wow! Saturday’s Pride Parade was fantastic. Indivisible Helena marched in this joyful celebration to a loud and clear response from the crowds — NO KINGS!
Many thanks to all the marchers, parade organizers, flag wavers, banner carriers, and all the attendees. And WELCOME to all the folks who stopped at the IH table and picked up yard signs and signed up to be Indivisible members.
One Million Rising:
Community Resistance Gatherings Are Forming
Fifty-one Helena Indivisibles attended our first two sessions (July 16 and July 30), and IH is convening again on Wednesday, August 13, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Choir Room, at 6 p.m., for the final session, “What Now? Organizing Action.”
Community Resistance Gatherings are small groups of people from a shared community (think church members, people who work in your field, your neighbors) getting together and learning about strategic non-cooperation. Participants are hosting Community Resistance Gatherings in the next two weeks.
Everything we learned in the first call, which was reviewed at the start of the second call, is what hosts are going to share with their guests:
- We’re in a moment of authoritarian breakthrough, where a would-be authoritarian (Trump) attempts to rapidly consolidate power, eliminate checks on that power, and operate with impunity
- We need to chip away at his power from the bottom, rather than the top. That means identifying the pillars of support upholding that power and putting pressure on them to oppose this regime.
- The pathway to doing that is through identifying the power of your community and activating those around you.
If it’s simple enough to explain in a few bullet points, it’s simple enough to share. Sign up to host a meeting, and lead a conversation in your community. You don’t need to be an expert. The point is for you to share your new knowledge with your connections, so you can learn and resist together.
What will the actual gathering look like?
We’ve got you covered, with a full Community Resistance Gathering Host Guide to help you navigate these get-togethers, complete with goals, materials, details, and an extensive agenda. Again:
Wednesday, August 13
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Choir Room
6 p.m.
Plan on coming a bit early, and bring a friend who wants to organize with you to expand a community of resistance.
If you can’t join in person on the 13th, sign up to join the national call via Zoom.
Feel free to email us at indivisiblehelena@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Join us. Bring a friend. Build the resistance.
If you missed the second session, you can watch it here.
Veterans, We Need You
Stand Together to Protect the VA
Veterans with Indivisible Helena are organizing — and they’re looking for fellow veterans ready to take a stand.
As threats to the Veterans Administration continue, including cuts to staffing and services, it’s time for veterans to speak out and push back. If you’re a veteran — or know someone who is — and want to be part of a local, nonviolent resistance to these attacks, join us.
Email veteransindivisiblehelena@gmail.com with your name and phone number. Help build a united front in Helena to defend the benefits and dignity veterans have earned.
We Have Signs!
Did you miss out on getting a NO KINGS sign in June? Good news — we’ve printed more! Thanks to your support, IH has a new batch of two-sided yard signs and window signs (one-sided, 20” x 16”).
If you or your friends would like one, email indivisiblehelena@gmail.com with your name, street address, and cell number. We want to see NO KINGS signs across the Helena area. We’re thrilled so many people have kept their signs up since the rally — that was the point. Until our democracy is safe, keep them up. Get yours now!
Local Issues
Helena Public Schools Bond Election September 9
On September 9, the Helena community will vote on two bond issues:
- A new Helena High School and a remodel of Capital High School; and
- A new Kessler Elementary School
For clear and accurate information about the current state of the facilities, proposed building plans, and timelines, visit: helenaschoolbond.org
For a firsthand view, take a tour of the schools to see their current condition and learn what changes are planned. Tours are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and include a free sack lunch.
- August 5 — Capital High School
- August 12 — Helena High School
- August 19 — Kessler Elementary School
To attend, RSVP by calling 406-442-4120 or email info@helenachamber.com
To attend an informal information session and learn more about the bonds, stop in at one of these local breweries between 4 and 6 p.m.:
- August 5 — Brothers Tapworks
- August 12 — Speakeasy 41
- August 19 — 10-Mile Creek Brewery
- August 26 — Speakeasy 41
Good Reads
| GOOD READ #1 The American Prospect Suzanne Gordon 8/4/25 The Illusion of Choice ”Republicans in Congress routinely assert that veterans can easily find better and faster treatment outside the VHA. That’s because they assume that we have enough hospitals, primary care providers, specialty physicians, and mental health therapists to care for the country’s current patient load of 330 million nonveteran Americans, let alone nine million more veterans.”If you’ve tried lately to get an appointment with a medical doctor — particularly if you are on Medicare — you are aware there is a shortage of medical providers of all sorts. And if you’ve tried to see a mental health professional — well, that is like trying to lasso a unicorn (read the comments of family members of the shooter — a veteran — of the four people at the bar in Anaconda, and their attempts to get help for him from the VA and Montana State Hospital).This is just one of many problems with privatizing the Veterans Administration: privatization is a scheme to loot the public treasury and fatten the bank accounts of the already obscenely wealthy. This is a long read. Take the time. Know thy enemy. |
| GOOD READ #2 Daily Montanan Anne Hedges 7/22/25 They Claim They “Saved” Public Lands in the BBB Reconciliation Act. Here’s the Real Truth. |
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Together, we’ll make sure the U.S. has NO KING.
