79 Comments
User's avatar
Patricia Meyer's avatar

I will be going to a rally honoring John Lewis in my town tonight.

Expand full comment
AAA's avatar

Runt and his followers are the worst racists, I have ever seen, Get them out!!! Honor John Lewis, get the voting rights bill back!!!!

We need a leader to take back our country any way they can!!!! This will tell you how, AND who rigged the election!! It tells you HOW THE COURTS WERE INVOLVED!! How real satellites don't shoot lazors to start fires, they change data on election machines!! THE MEN ON THE S. COURT have been corrupted since B4 roeVwade!!! THEY ARE TRAITORS!!! Don't forget Amy, or A. cannon!! PLEASE WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY NOW!!! CALL Gov. Newsom, tell him runt LOST< HE RIGGED THE ELECTION!!! NOT THE PA OR NY NUMBERS!!! NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE BEGINNING!!! SEND THE LINK!!! There is lots more!!! 2016 COULD HAVE BEEN RIGGED!!!!

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-part-ii-seven-judges-direct

Expand full comment
Laurie Gorham's avatar

Erika Berg you have written a glorious tribute to John Lewis and an inspiring call to action. Thank you!

Expand full comment
Erika Berg's avatar

THANK you! It was my honor.

Expand full comment
Letters from Rural America's avatar

I am flyering parking lots in MAGA country. What are others up to?

Expand full comment
JaKsaa's avatar

I agree - my appreciation to Erika Berg for the loving tribute in today’s substack here from @50501 MOVEMENT. I’ll be downtown at our state capital with my resistance mass protest sign.

“Our children and their children will ask us, ‘What did you do?’”

At age 16, Lewis told himself, “Whenever you see something that is not right and not fair, you have a moral obligation to continue to speak up, to speak out.

What will I tell my children and their children? To (potential) allies, he said, “Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change.”

For he believed that the struggle for change was a lifelong commitment, requiring personal risk, tireless dedication, and collective discipline – across generations.

~written by Erika Berg for:

John Lewis | A Tribute

Substack | @50501 MOVEMENT

https://substack.com/@50501/note/p-168526201?r=kxzps&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Expand full comment
Erika Berg's avatar

Thank you. It felt like a privilege to get to share what I learned about him. Only a week ago, I’m sure I didn’t know anymore about his life and legacy than anyone who has commented.

Expand full comment
JaKsaa's avatar

No Erika, your tribute painted such a meaningful description…I wish I had enough time to customize my protest sign in his honor better. I wanted to share your story of late civil rights leader John Lewis, and help spread the word. I haven’t heard what were the final numbers from Thursday-till-today crowd numbers. Thank you!

Expand full comment
Lee Peacock's avatar

Thank you, Erika! What a lovely tribute to this amazing life! 💙❤️💙

Expand full comment
Erika Berg's avatar

I really appreciate that. As I’m not an historian, I had to research and learn a lot before I felt prepared to start writing, an inspiring journey from beginning to end.

Expand full comment
Everybody's Mamá's avatar

Let's make Good Trouble and Strike! We must stop The tRump and his administration from hell! The demonic tRump and his billionaire oligarch only care about money. LET'S SHUT THIS FUCKIN’ COUNTRY DOWN!!!

General Strike US supporters are organizing a National Strike. The most powerful strikers are the workers who are employed by the national multi-billionaire companies like Amazon, chain stores and restaurants who have locations in nearly every state across the country, like Amazon, Walmart, McDonald's along with technology and auto, like Tesla, Apple, Meta, Alphabet workers like these will have the most impact. Keep your money in your own communities and support small grocery stores, restaurants and businesses instead.

The most important thing Non-Strikers and everyone can do is stop making the greedy billionaire oligarchs even richer. STOP SHOPPING and BUYING from interNATIONAL BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES! Make yourselves richer and buy GROCERIES ONLY until we get the Limp Dick Traitor and his evil administration from hell, out of the White House and out of our government!!!

Learn about the General Strike US: https://onemommy.substack.com/p/the-general-strike?r=113nff

General Strike US Supporters - How Non-Strikers can help! https://onemommy.substack.com/p/general-strike-supporters?r=113nff  

Everyone (strikers and supporters) sign up here: GeneralStrikeUS.com

Expand full comment
George jarrard's avatar

Seems you are the only individual commenting with the right idea. I can picture John Lewis rolling his eyes and pleading, "Come on people. Do something!" I got kicked off the chat chanels on 50501 and Indivisible for trying to build consensus for active but non-violent confrontation with trump supporters. To be honest General Strike treated me the same way. I wish you luck in your effort. I hope you are more successful than I was. My honest opinion is 50501 et al are nothing more than rallying points for the vote in 2026. The belief is the midterms will save us. The fact is the history of the Democratic leadership is one that coincides nicely with the right wing. Like good cop, bad cop they're paid from the same till.

Expand full comment
Erika Berg's avatar

I understand your frustration. I hoped this series would encourage readers to think outside the box of traditional protesting (within the choir) and to be braver. I have been arrested more times than I can count for peaceful, nonviolent civil disobedience and lately have found protesting solo - in the opposing team’s element - can be the best way to bridge divided. After reading this, hopefully folks will exert more initiative rather than continuing to wait for others to organize actions that suit them.

Expand full comment
George jarrard's avatar

I commend you for your efforts. What you describe takes guts. I have demonstrated similarly with 3 friends. We had some encouraging outcomes. I've had some health issues during the past 2 months that have curtailed my activity. Hopefully back on track soon. My greatest frustration is with large organizations with massive member rolls who will not allow discussion of confrontational demonstration organization on their sites. They claim peaceful confrontation promotes violence. My position is, if you're not creating good trouble you're by enlarge wasting effort. If the point of the problem is at position A, and you decide to expend all your people enegy at point B to avoid confrontation, you are undermining you effort. The message is watered down. And massive watered down messaging, though impressive, can be ignored by the opposition.

Expand full comment
AAA's avatar

This current, illegal administration, has to be taken down!! They lied, they cheated, more than once!!! They cannot be trusted to bring back the voting rights act!! They will do whatever they can to take away our voices!!! They did not win!!! Read, share, and stand up for the truth!!! No gerrymandering anywhere!!! NO Electoral College!! Every legal American gets to vote!!! Doesn’t matter where they live!!! Runt WILL NOT ALLOW a midterm election!!! If he does, he will just rig it again, he believes he’s gotten away with it!!! No one is talking about him losing, WHY??? WE have massive election evidence!!! It is equal to the Epstein horror!!!!

We need a leader to take back our country any way they can!!!! This will tell you how, AND who rigged the election!! It tells you HOW THE COURTS WERE INVOLVED!! How real satellites don't shoot lazors to start fires, they change data on election machines!! THE MEN ON THE S. COURT have been corrupted since B4 roeVwade!!! THEY ARE TRAITORS!!! Don't forget Amy, or A. cannon!! PLEASE WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY NOW!!! CALL Gov. Newsom, tell him runt LOST< HE RIGGED THE ELECTION!!! NOT THE PA OR NY NUMBERS!!! NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE BEGINNING!!! SEND THE LINK!!! There is lots more!!! 2016 COULD HAVE BEEN RIGGED!!!!

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-part-ii-seven-judges-direct

Expand full comment
Kathryn Gabig's avatar

Our small town of Easton, PA is having a rally this Saturday in a park to commemorate Lewis “Good Troubles”. Our rally “No Lings” had 1k attendees- by far largest protest EVER in our town! We hope to match it on the 19th.

Expand full comment
Donna's avatar

Thank you so much for this amazing tribute to John Lewis!

Expand full comment
US Taxpayer's avatar

Retelling history as done here. Keep it alive each generation. Burning books will not erase history. Indigenous people history is still alive as well.

Expand full comment
Lisa Wilson Rogers's avatar

Volunteering at the Candlelight Vigil in Memphis. 🙏

Expand full comment
Christa D’Auria's avatar

HONOR THE LEACY OF JAMES LEWIS AT OUR BEST RECONGIZATiON.👍👍👍‼️

Expand full comment
Kate's avatar

It was a great celebration 🎉 in protest tonight

Expand full comment
Maritza's avatar

Will be at Foley Square rally today in NYC.

Expand full comment
Patricia  Gilchrist's avatar

Cary, NC is holding a candlelight vigil tonight in honor of John “Good Trouble” Lewis. ❤️

Expand full comment
TearieKat's avatar

Today is another No Kings day

Expand full comment
TearieKat's avatar

This is a master class in resisting injustice. I realize we need classes on resisting the unconstitutional actions dismantling our country, our bureaucracy, and our freedoms. And unshakable

guiding moral principles.

Expand full comment