Things are coming to a head, one way or another
What Rebecca Solnit said:
“Also, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, the economy is falling apart. And judges are overturning not quite everything but a whole lot. The polls say that they’re alienating most of us, and the opposition remains fierce.
“Never mind 2028; I have no idea what on earth the US will be by Christmas.”
Agreed. Get out in the streets every chance you get. Create “I’ll have what she’s having” events to give neighbors permission to join the resistance. This is stepping-up time. Make your resistance visible in your community. Don’t expect others to do it for you.
If you are like me, you are more a reluctant Frodo than a steely Aragorn. I’m a behind-the-scenes activist. Still, as a friend said over eight years ago, “The Ring has to go to Mordor. It won’t help to carry it back to The Shire.” Reach inside and find the hero who will take it. I’m in the streets four-to-five days a week for the first time in my life, sometimes with friends, sometimes alone. At one street action, I bring dance music to make it as much party as protest. The resistance won’t build itself.
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