How to do it:

If you look at resistance as a win/lose game, it’s always going to read “lose.” You’re one person fighting a massive systemic malignancy. That system is actually made up of tens of thousands of individual problems, though. They close libraries, we save data! They defund PBS, we subscribe. They spread lies, we spread truth. It feels like we face a monolithic obstacle that one person can’t tackle, but really it’s a tug of war between all of their actions, and all of our actions.

So whatever you haven’t been doing, because it doesn’t feel good enough, go do whatever portion of it you can. Do it poorly. Do it imperfectly. Learn from your mistakes and stand back up to do one more imperfect, insufficient thing.

Our big block was creating a zine to spread the word about this site. It felt overwhelming…we’d need art, have to make decisions about priorities, worry about what would be outdated…and then one day we just sat down and made one. It isn’t perfect, but we got it done before a big protest and handed out dozens to people who said yes to “are you looking for simple ways to resist?” (We’d love it if you’d like to help us spread the word! Here’s a tutorial on folding zines.)

Together, we can be just as implacable a force for good as they are for ill. Just do your small part, to the best of your ability, and it’ll come together!