Friday May 1st we walk out! No work, no school, no shopping. We’re learning how to engage in economic pressure. Make a plan to join organized events, or take a personal day. Plan ahead for gas, groceries and whatever else you need to avoid engaging in capitalism for ONE day. Do the best you can—participation isn’t a boolean. Prepare today, to support the resistance tomorrow!
If you’re feeling hope, share that as widely as you can. If you’re feeling despair, treat it like the flu: try not to spread it, treat the symptoms, and work to recover. Neither hope nor despair is an objective fact, but despair saps your energy to bring about change. Treat it, don’t feed it.
Rent is due and families around the coun try are missing their wage-earners, can’t risk going to work, or have lost wages fighting ICE due to closures, walkouts, and tear gas shutdowns.
Contribute to a rent fund on StandwithMinnesota.com or in your areas.
Are you a busy person who wishes you could do more? Start where you are and take one step forward. Commit to one five minute act of resistance on a regular schedule you can keep: once a day or once a week. Do what you can. Do the same thing every time (call Congress?) or use our list of quick tasks for inspiration.
For 250 years the post office stamped mail the day you dropped it, even in a blue box. Under Trump that ended. If you need a postmark by a specific date, you have to walk up to the counter and request it. Tell people about this change before it’s time to drop ballots (or bills!) and make sure they understand it’s part of a long-term GOP effort to privatize the mail. None of this had to happen.
If you don’t know anyone transgender and the whole thing makes you uncomfortable, watch “Will & Harper,” a documentary about Will Farrell taking a road trip with an old friend, newly out. If you already on-board get a button to wear, print zines, and don’t forget to call your state Senator to ask if there’s legislation you need to oppose!
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