Millions of people in the US have become newly politically active amidst the Trump administration’s attacks on our communities and our democratic institutions.

The “Big Beautiful Bill — for Billionaires” signed into law in July exemplifies the stakes: slashing billions for food and healthcare for the poor to pay for tax cuts for the super rich and a massive expansion of spending on ICE, deportations and militarism.

Our task is to turn this mobilization into organization — to translate spontaneous outrage into a durable political force set on fulfilling Dr. King’s call for a moral revolution of values and a restructuring of the political and economic edifice in this country.

The Vermont Workers’ Center is committed to this task, and along with the rest of the Nonviolent Medicaid Army, see the key role of organizing the poor and dispossessed as the leading social force in the broader movement.

Since 2018, we’ve been organizing to protect Medicaid, along with our hospitals and health clinics. We’ve held rallies, Medicaid Marches, call-in days, and petition deliveries claiming and demanding our right to healthcare. We know what Medicaid cuts do to our communities, because we lived and organized through the Great Medicaid Purge of 2023-24, when 25 million people were cruelly and unnecessarily cut from the program, including 30,000 in Vermont.

Today the Vermont Workers’ Center is poised to expand our outreach amongst folks on Medicaid and in communities at risk of losing their hospitals, at the same time we’re linking up with the pro-democracy mobilization underway. Our ability to organize, as a working-class organization independent of big foundations and major political parties, relies on a growing base of members and small-dollar donors. With so much on the line, we know that having resources will equip us with the ability to navigate whatever comes our way.

Please consider making a contribution to our team of Grassroots Fundraisers for this Summer of Solidarity — and if you’re feeling moved, sign up as a monthly sustainer at workerscenter.org/donate!

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Summer of Solidarity Fundraisers for the Vermont Workers' Center

By Vermont Workers' Center

Summer of Solidarity Fundraisers for the Vermont Workers' Center

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