BLOCKADE AND RIOT: Soros & Gates-Backed Activists Are Training For A Contested Election

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That was Free DC executive director Keya Chatterjee’s pledge after Washington’s June primary. Now the anti-Trump organizing group is recruiting activists to rehearse election protests ahead of the midterms.

The announcement follows preparations in which DC organizers developed a contingency for intersection blockades, a march to the Capitol and a coordinated withdrawal from work, school and shopping if primary results were seriously contested or tampered with.

Free DC was part of the DC Election Protection Coalition, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Its June statement describes more than 200 trained nonpartisan volunteers, an election hotline and a rapid-response command center staffed by legal volunteers.

The coalition said the primary went smoothly, with few reports of intimidation or other major problems. The contingency nevertheless shows that organizers had prepared to move beyond polling-place assistance to coordinated street and economic disruption if results faced serious interference.

War-gaming across hundreds of organizations

Another Free DC adviser, Connie Razza, runs Future Currents, an organization that helps movement groups practice responding to political crises and changing governing conditions.

Future Currents conducted 26 governing scenario exercises in 2024, bringing together more than 800 staff and board members from approximately 300 organizations. Participants imagined conditions in 2026 under alternative Democratic and Trump presidencies and worked through their responses.

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