Words will do nothing, that's how Trump was elected.
Actions are what's needed. Get out there.
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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This is general advice regardless of party.
Look at your your town/city govt and keep an eye on meetings (a lot are streamed now post Covid). Know the people in office and what they are for/against. Focus on actions more than words. Vote for people you believe in and keep in contact with them. They can be surprisingly approachable.
Act similarly at the state level. Know and pay attention to the justices, senators and representatives. Reach out on issues you find important.
Being informed on govt and politicians doesn't happen through ads and comment sections, and it doesn't stop when elections are over. Do what you can where you can for what you believe in.
And maybe just maybe it will result in a solid Presidential candidate
Get involved in local politics.
Work or donate towards getting rid of the electoral college.
Probably everything you can being to the table. That can be very different things, depending on the person. I'd say a good first step is to organize and gather people. And then you can brainstorm within the group. See what resources you have available and where they'd fit and yield the most return. Yeah, and maybe don't do what people did until now. That already failed. So try something new.
Donate to companies like Planned Parenthood who help women access resources for reproductive health and services.
Something like the Internet Archive would also be incredibly important for preserving what politicians and organizations have said (so that they can't claim they didn't say something and try to have it erased off the internet).
If money isn't your strong suit, then I don't know -- I'm not American. But I'll still comment for the above, and to hopefully help boost this post.
The internet archive is based in the US. Until they relocate to a safe alternative, it doesn't matter how much money they receive.
Find out if there's local Mutual Aid groups in your area, then figure out what your relevant skills are, and then give those skills as free to use for your local Mutual Aid groups.
None of the systems we have traditionally relied on will hold, and no one is coming to save us. We can only turn to taking care of each other. We will all have to work hard to make it happen, but at least that work will be going to our communities instead of to capital.
The people have the power to make choices and work and campaign and support what they believe in
Don't bank on that being the case. American democracy is literally dead as of today. The president elect is a felon with an IQ lower than his age, we're cooked.
And his VP is a literal Theocratic White Nationalist, commonly referred to as a Christofascist.
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This is dangerously wrong. Any person can have a huge impact on their own community without changing countrywide politics. It is super important that caring USians start contributing to their communities and help the people that are more at risk of being wrongly prosecuted for living their life. Please volunteer at mutual aid programs, please protest against genocide, please educate the people around you, please make sure trans and queer people are safe, please speak out about racism. And when you witness a nazi victimising someone based on their identity/race/disability/etc, please act and don’t look away.
Telling people that ‘change is hopeless’ only endangers vulnerable groups more.
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The people have the power to make choices and work and campaign and support what they believe in
It's totally the case. The people did work and campaign and support what they believe in. They did make a choice.
They chose fascism.
Those of us against it just have to do our best to fight back. It’s all we can do.
Support organizations that will support the causes you support. For instance, here's where I'll be focusing.
Not gonna lie, this battle will be uphill against entrenched industries like big oil, crypto, big tobacco, the military industrial complex, and billionaires like Elon Musk.
But you can't roll over and let these assholes ravage the country. Conscientious objection to dubious orders happened during the Vietnam War, and it can happen again if Trump goes rogue.
Get the pdf while you still can:
https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/read-the-cias-simple-sabotage-field-manual.html
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