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Not much that will have direct actionable results tbh but it doesn't mean you should not a proper position within your abilities.
Boycott, awareness spreading, voting but that's even more limited
Just generally going into opposition v the two party regime that ensures that there is no viable way to stop the us from supporting Israel
Buy a gun, and start learning to use it. Now is not the time, but be prepared should it.
Turning it off and on again
Sing a bar of Alice's restaurant...
You can get anything you want
The Spanish went on general strike to stop their country's complicity in genocide, but failing that you can start with these guys. You can just write BDS on Wikipedia if you want to know what they're about, but this site has plenty of concrete, actionable steps you can take to reduce your, your community's, your workplace's and—with enough people on board—your country's complicity in genocide. I'd suggest looking into apartheid-free zones as a start. I also want to note that the best thing you can do for Palestinians is to spread the word and get more people on the side of humanity.
Also, if you're not already doing so, organize in your community and workplace, and use your collective leverage to push for causes you care about. Be an active participant in the fight against fascism and for democracy, equity and solidarity. These values, I should add, are already mutually exclusive with Zionism, so you'd be hitting two birds with one stone.
Edit: In case anyone wants assurance that this works (or just wants to enjoy some economic schadenfreude), enjoy.
On an individual level one should also start getting fit and learning basic defensr/boxing.
E: To be clear I am not saying we should start fights, but fitness is overall useful and healthy. Being able to defend oneself is important to confidently defuse a situation too.
join your local protests today :)
if protests didn't work they wouldn't try so hard to fight it/buty it
they say violence is never the answer but historically, well, history disagrees.
My issue is I never know there ARE protests until like 4 days after it happened.
ugh. for real though lol
I've been recommended 50501 and mobilize.us
there's also !50501@piefed.social and !Mirror@50501.chat on lemmy
Stop supporting the right wing duopoly that enabled it
Vote with your wallet. Money is the only thing that matters to the people in charge here
Thanks for attempting an answer. I've got to say this feels laughable in light of what's going on.
Can you give some examples?
Where possible, avoid buying from companies that are complicit. It’s not always possible but it’s worth trying.
I’ve used apps like this to help make decisions:
Where possible, avoid buying from companies that are complicit.
Unless you buy from local creators/farmers, EVERYONE is complicit.
Not every one but all mega corps for sure and we are mostly fucked by them...
This but big. Large scale disruption to the economy would do a lot toward fixing problems.
Exactly. Here's a thought... and I'm just spitballing here: tariffs. Then take them away. Then add them again. Then take them away. Then add them again. /s
That's some cool stable genius shit!
So just sit back and let Trump do his thing?
The harmful corruption must be torn down before peaceful negotiation may take place.