FIGHT FASCISM — 3 WAYS

3 WAYS TO FIGHT FASCISM

  • COMMUNITY

    Start a community Group, a community weekly protest, a potluck, anything where you gather locally on the regular. Seems too simple to work, right? Get together have some coffee or wine, chat about what’s going on. Nothing can happen unless we talk to each other. And the stronger bonds we make, the easier it is organize. Fasism thrives on division. The best way to counter it is to unite in little and bigs ways.

    We started a GIVE A DAMN group on our block. Here’s a link to an outline of how to do it.

    Hooking into local activist groups is another great way to engage, then sign up for their events. If you are in Brooklyn, our local group posts a RESISTERS REVIEW with all kinds of ways to get involved.

    We have also organized a weekly gathering with signs (could be called a protest but it feels more like a fund social event!) called FREEDOM FRIDAYS. We meet weekly at a local intersection for 20 minutes (usually people stay for longer but the low time commitment helps get people out - and it’s fine to just stay for the 20 minutes). I have a google group that I add emails to to remind them of the protest. It’s a great way to multitask and get both SOCIAL PROOF and COMMUNITY simultaneously! If you’re interested in joining, shoot me an email : peppitoartworkshop@gmail.com with teh heading FREEDOM FRIDAYS list and I’ll add you.

    ACTION IS THE ANTIDOTE TO ANXIETY

  • SOCIAL PROOF

    I learned this term from Anat Shenker Osorio. From Wikipedia: Social proof (or informational social influence) is a psychological and social phenomenon wherein people copy the actions of others in choosing how to behave in a given situation. The term was coined by Robert Cialdini in his 1984 book Influence: Science and Practice. Basically —You need to show (not just tell) people what you are doing. That means

    — SHOW UP (protest)

    — SPEAK UP (talk about it when you are with people in public and private, don’t assume people don’t want to talk about it.)

    — WEAR IT (a button, tshirt, etc…)

    PROTESTS:

    NO KINGS / JUNE 14TH : Nationwide protests. In NYC : Meet at Bryant Park @ 1pm. To march with me sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblenationbk/event/786695/

    ON-GOING IN-PERSON ACTIONS (NYC)

    TRUTH TUESDAYS - Protest outside Fox HQ noon-1pm on Tuesdays:Truth Tuesdays is a grassroots protest movement against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine.

    BROOKLYN RESISTERS / FREEDOM FRIDAYS: Every Friday, 5:00PM protests at Church Ave and Ocean Parkway. Come gather in Kensington, Brooklyn and greet the rush hour traffic with literal signs of hope, resistance, and solidarity. Location doesn’t work for you? Pick your own local spot and invite your neighbors!  

    TESLA TAKEDOWN – Saturdays at noon in Gowanus and across US and Europe: Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup. We're tanking Tesla's stock price to stop Musk. Find a protest near you. 

    MULTIFAITH MONDAYS: Monday afternoons 5:30-6pm in Columbus Circle. Stand up for democracy with a coalition of multi-faith groups every Monday at Columbus Circle to stand up for democracy.

    ACTION IS THE ANTIDOTE TO ANXIETY

  • HELP THE HELPERS

    There are already many groups doing the the work to fight fascism. Join them. And— call congress. “Help” them to stand up to fascism.

    The simplest thing you can do to help the helpers is donate. Here are some links to places that are working hard to protect us now: ACLU , SPLC , NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD

    HELP THE HELPERS:

    5 Calls

    Indivisible

    Indivisible Brooklyn

    READ, LISTEN, WATCH:

    THIS IS AN UPRISING

    ON TYRANY

    THE PERSUADERS

    DEMOCRACY NOW!

    HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

    ACTION IS THE ANTIDOTE TO ANXIETY