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on April 19th there will be protests nationwide in every city.
I plan to be at the one where I live, with as many people as I can get to come with me. attending is the bare minimum i can do, but until we collectively get up enough courage for large scale civil disobedience, simple protests are a starting point to get you connected with local allies and movements.
attending is the bare minimum i can do, but until we collectively get up enough courage for large scale civil disobedience, simple protests are a starting point to get you connected with local allies and movements.
Simple protesting are not a starting point. Using protests to agitate and sell your community on more radical action is a starting point. I’m not saying you’re like that, but many people think that protesting is enough or the most they can do, or that they just need to “put pressure on their representatives” or win the midterms. Those people are, in fact, not even at the starting line. The idea of “this isn’t enough, but it’s a good start” is dangerous because it invites inaction with the assumption that action that is “enough” will happen eventually. It won’t; you need to make it happen. Many, if not most, in this nascent resistance movement don’t understand the urgency of the situation or the scale of action necessary to fix it and will have to be dragged by people like you to effective resistance.
If you’re wondering why I keep saying you and not we, it’s because I’m armchair strategizing/agitating from the other side of the world.
I was looking at states guard and wondering if blue states should be bolstering up their organized armed militias. State guard, as opposed to national guard, cannot be called upon by the federal government and are solely under the direction of the state governors.
One big downside, is many of the state guardsman are members of the national guard as well, as being in the state guard does not preclude you from the national military. There seems to be a lot of training from the national guard to the state guard.
Where and when do we meet to stop this bullshit?
on April 19th there will be protests nationwide in every city.
I plan to be at the one where I live, with as many people as I can get to come with me. attending is the bare minimum i can do, but until we collectively get up enough courage for large scale civil disobedience, simple protests are a starting point to get you connected with local allies and movements.
Simple protesting are not a starting point. Using protests to agitate and sell your community on more radical action is a starting point. I’m not saying you’re like that, but many people think that protesting is enough or the most they can do, or that they just need to “put pressure on their representatives” or win the midterms. Those people are, in fact, not even at the starting line. The idea of “this isn’t enough, but it’s a good start” is dangerous because it invites inaction with the assumption that action that is “enough” will happen eventually. It won’t; you need to make it happen. Many, if not most, in this nascent resistance movement don’t understand the urgency of the situation or the scale of action necessary to fix it and will have to be dragged by people like you to effective resistance.
If you’re wondering why I keep saying you and not we, it’s because I’m armchair strategizing/agitating from the other side of the world.
Everywhere, continuously. https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ is a good start. Find your local org, meet the people, make connections.
SRA might be an option if you think future direct action might be necessary.
I was looking at states guard and wondering if blue states should be bolstering up their organized armed militias. State guard, as opposed to national guard, cannot be called upon by the federal government and are solely under the direction of the state governors.
One big downside, is many of the state guardsman are members of the national guard as well, as being in the state guard does not preclude you from the national military. There seems to be a lot of training from the national guard to the state guard.
Just meeting won’t stop it. Spread within your community the idea of a general strike. Given Americans’ poor showing so far it will be necessary.
Join your local indivisible group.
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On voting day months ago.