Shift your spending from massive corporations to small artists, local venues, or better companies. Replace a Sinclair station with PBS, or buy from bookshop.org instead of Amazon. Dump Spotify and buy CDs direct from the artists. Go to local concerts and arts festivals.
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During the busy holiday season it’s hard to find time for everything. Pick some simple, realistic things you can do to keep resistance in mind, and schedule them. Important things go on the calendar! If you really don’t think you have time, browse our Holiday Resistance Guide: https://simpleresistance.us/tag/holidays/
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If you love holiday music, we’re happy for you! For the rest of us…here are some playlists of protest songs to keep your spirit resistant and bright!
(And if you’re dumping Spotify, start your new lists here!)
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Holidays offer an opportunity to build connections. The key to building trust is to create natural opportunities, and the holidays give us a pass to push just a little. Leave a small pack of cookies on the neighbor’s door with a note that says “just thought we could all use some cheer this year!” and see what happens. Build on new connections with next steps. Don’t be pushy. Just be friendly.
Get cash-back at the grocery and spend it with a small vendor this weekend. Buy a pastry and tip cash, or pick up a gift at a craft fair, using cash. Small businesses are hit extra hard by credit card fees, so carry cash and use it wherever vendors prefer it.
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