Activism is about listening and experimentation. You have to try things, see if they work, and then double down on the stuff that's working. You learn by doing it.
There is no "one cool trick to overthrow fascism and bring about utopia." Don't believe anyone who claims to have all the answers.
There is no "one cool trick to overthrow fascism and bring about utopia." Don't believe anyone who claims to have all the answers.
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Right now, you can download a free copy of "Pranksters vs Autocrats: Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism"
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501756061/pranksters-vs-autocrats/#bookTabs=1
Ideas for further actions
https://www.brandeis.edu/peace-conflict/pdfs/198-methods-non-violent-action.pdf
https://fullspectrumresistance.org/
https://touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/protesting-under-fascism/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/secession-constitution-elections-senate/tnamp/
Being on the right side is important, but indignation doesn't turn a loss into a win. Some losses are soaked in tears.
No war was won on one front & no populist movement can be successful while alienating as many ppl as you will if you truly believe that’s all there is to this.
I’m not nitpicking for fun. I’m seeing the rise of a weird narrative where physical confrontation is the highest form of protest & ppl who engage in other ways lack courage. Not a fan.
America: you are now 1936.
If you get to 1937, you go all the way to 1945, with no off ramp.
It's unpredictable. The Nixon administration was taken down by a piece of tape on a hotel door.
We can do this, we have no choice!
I am so so guilty of this. I struggle with it all the time.
Sometimes you just gotta throw some shit at the wall and see if it cracks.
"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done." - Bruce Lee
I.E., focusing on the most atrocious acts vs whatever new tariff that may or may not last the week