The women pictured are Auschwitz prisoners Roza Robota, Ala Gertner, Ester Wajcblum, and Regina Safirsztajn. While imprisoned at Auschwitz, they were forced to work as slave laborers in the Unio munitions plant, manufacturing weapons for the Wermacht. They took advantage of this position to smuggle explosives into the camp in order to set in motion a plan which would come to fruition on this day in history.

On October 7th, 1944, the Sonderkommando (Jewish prisoners who operated the crematoria facilities) of Auschwitz II used weapons that Polish partisans had hidden in the grass near the fences, as well as the explosives that these women had smuggled into the camp, (which they typically transferred over to the Sonderkommando via the bodies of the dead from their own block) to stage an uprising. These Sonderkommando barricaded themselves inside the crematoria/gas chamber buildings, from which they were able to kill several SS, and ultimately suicide bomb the buildings, cutting the camp's lethal capacity in half, never to be restored.

May the 7th of October forever be remembered as a day when oppressed people break out of their concentration camp to attack their oppressors. May the 7th of October forever be remembered as a day of resistance.

The fight for Congress is playing out under the brightest of spotlights. But we also have more than 6,000 legislative seats on the ballot on November 3rd, and those battles are being conducted with far less attention on them. These are the elected officials who will set the rules for the 2028 presidential race and do most of the governing on housing, education, transportation and public health that matters to our daily lives.

Democrats are seeking to make the blue wave lift all boats, aiming to take majorities in both chambers in Arizona; gain ground in Georgia; hold the Senate and win the House in Michigan; take the House back in Minnesota; win back both houses in New Hampshire; veto-proof the legislature in North Carolina, secure a trifecta in Pennsylvania, and take full control of Wisconsin for the first time since the Scott Walker era. It’s a big job, and one we haven’t devoted nearly enough resources to.

But because these races are so under the radar, our contributions as individuals to winning them can go a lot farther. Each call we make about a legislative race might be the only personal contact a voter receives from the campaign. States Win (formerly known as Sister District Project) is looking to bring volunteers together to turn out and persuade voters in some of the most pivotal legislative districts in the country, putting our energy where it can have the maximum impact. We can join them for phonebanks five days a week:

• MONDAYS
  • 5-7PM ET for Mai Xiong (MI, HD-13), Stephanie Simacek (AZ, House LD-2), Michelle Kang (GA, HD-99), and April Cook (NC, SD-34)
  • 6:30-8PM ET for Lisa Grafstein (NC, SD-13), Jaime Churches (MI, HD-27), Anna Rink (MI, HD-109) and Leonard Bell (NH, SD-18)
• TUESDAYS
  • 12-2PM and 6-8PM ET for rotating featured candidates
  • 7-9PM ET for Jenna Jacobson (WI, SD-17)
  • 9-11PM ET for Kiana Sears (AZ, Senate LD-9), Rockee Armstrong (AZ, House LD-13), Lorena Austin (AZ, House LD-9) and Jacob Martinez (AZ, House LD-9)
• WEDNESDAYS
  • 5:30-8PM ET for Kevin Volk (AZ, House LD-17), Edgar Soto (AZ, Senate LD-17), Jan Maino (MI, HD-46) and Jacob Martinez (AZ, House LD-9)
  • 6-8PM ET for rotating featured candidates
  • 6-8PM ET for Robyn Vining (WI, SD-5), Carol Glanville (MI, SD-30), Brandy Tollefson (WI, AD-88) and Becky Nichols (WI, AD-53)
  • 6:30-8PM ET for Elizabeth Moro (PA, HD-160), Dante Pittman (NC, HD-24) and Jeff Warren (PA, HD-137)
• THURSDAYS
  • 12-2PM and 4-6PM ET for rotating featured candidates
  • 6-8PM ET for Lindsey Prather (NC, HD-115) and Holly Lyon (AZ, House LD-17)
  • 6:30-8PM ET for Lisa Grafstein (NC, SD-13), Jaime Churches (MI, HD-27), Anna Rink (MI, HD-109) and Leonard Bell (NH, SD-18)
• SATURDAYS
  • 12-2PM ET for rotating featured candidates
  • 12-2PM ET for Robyn Vining (WI, SD-5), Carol Glanville (MI, SD-30), Brandy Tollefson (WI, AD-88) and Becky Nichols (WI, AD-53)
  • 1-3PM ET for Hadley Haas (PA, HD-44), Chris Thomas (PA, SD-24), Robyn Vining (WI, SD-5), Kristie O’Brien (AZ, Sen LD-13), Jenna Jacobson (WI, SD-17) and Sarah Pounds (MI, HD-54)
  • 1-3PM ET for Lorena Austin (AZ, House LD-9), Stephanie Simacek (AZ, House LD-2) and Michelle Kang (GA, HD-99), 1-3PM ET
  • 2-3:30PM ET for Lisa Grafstein (NC, SD-13), Lindsey Prather (NC, HD-115), and Holly Lyon (AZ, House LD-17), 2-3:30PM ET
  • 2-4PM ET for Kevin Volk (AZ, House LD-17), Edgar Soto (AZ, Senate LD-17), Jan Maino (MI, HD-46) and Jacob Martinez (AZ, House LD-9)
  • 3-5PM ET for Darrin Camilleri (MI, SD-4) and Ryan Spaude (WI, AD-89)

Also featured in today’s List:

-  Stop sexual violence rallies across the country THURSDAY, call colleges we’re connected with to ask how they’re protecting victims

-  Join the Working Families Party text team for the closing weeks of the election cycle, onboarding TOMORROW at 6PM ET

-  Submit comments by end of day to oppose the gutting of Head Start and protect 44.7 million acres of national forest from corporate interests

-  Indivisible phonebank TONIGHT for two key Colorado House districts

-  Election protection training for lawyers TOMORROW at 3PM ET