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Keith Wells's avatar

Guidance and clear policy are clearly needed in this moment of upheaval as well as being levelheaded

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Sylvia French's avatar

You’re right, but the only issue is getting the fucker and his posse out of office. you need a general strike every single day until he is escorted out in handcuffs

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Lavamantis's avatar

Unfortunately it's not so simple. There are legions of people who love the con man to his core. He's terrible and his movement is fascist, but like in 1930s Germany, it's popular with enough people that he can't simply be removed by an institution without becoming a martyr.

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Lavamantis's avatar

It would be super useful to have both a database of modern direct action that real people are taking today, which the MSM is ignoring, and a weekly article that highlights some of the most interesting/creative/effective ones. I think it'll inspire people across all generations to get off the couch and act.

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Andrew B.'s avatar

Thanks for the comment! There's already sort of a database like that, though I'm not sure how often it's updated - google the Global Nonviolent Action Database. As for the weekly article, I agree that would be good, and I do hope to highlight some local examples of direct action, but I don't think it's the scope of this project to focus exclusively on that. I'm sure you can find other publications doing something like that, though.

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