If making NYE resolutions is your tradition, include resistance! There are hundreds of ways to focus on resistance, or to sneak it into things you already wanted to do. From “call Congress once a week” to looking for a better job, make resistance part of your thinking. We’ve got dozens of suggestions!
On this, the last night of Chanukah, the internet is swarming with claims that the massacre one week ago on Bondi Beach was a false-flag operation. This is the kind of obviously false propaganda we laugh at MAGA believing, yet some anti-Trump groups have hundreds of comments insisting Israel killed Jews in Australia. Disinformation fuels fascism, so we fight it wherever we encounter it.
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Do you want to support immigrants more directly, but don’t know how to get started? The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) is asking people who are NOT at risk of detention (citizens, ideally white) to adopt a location where immigrants look for dayjobs. They hope to find a team for each location and establish relationships over time. They have training materials and more.
From restaurants to books, small businesses rely on word of mouth and reviews. As shipping windows close for the holidays, many people will turn to big box options. Boost local businesses online with reviews and by talking about them. Ask for recommendations on social media, and then shop there. There’s still time to minimize Big Box Buys!
Fascism relies on fear to control. To sow sufficient fear, they threaten people with inhumane treatment or death. They can’t start with everyone, though, or they’d be overthrown immediately. Instead they choose groups the general public already harbors doubts about. They whip up latent fears about communities already occupying the fringes of society until they can treat them as sub-human…then they expand the target groups. Fight back by rooting out dehumanizing language anywhere you find it.
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Are you looking for small businesses you can feel good about supporting? Wondering if those alpaca socks support a better world? We’re collecting guides to help you identify products online that you can feel good about.
Food insecurity is only going to get worse in America. Between rising grocery prices, crops lost due to climate change and deportation, and new, draconian SNAP requirements, people are going to be hungry. In February funding is back on the table, and while SNAP can’t be held hostage this time (thanks Democrats!) furloughed and unpaid federal workers will need help. Start now, so we’re ready.
