Newsletter: A message to those asking “what do I do now?” How to protect yourselves, and how to fight.
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Newsletter: A message to those asking “what do I do now?” How to protect yourselves, and how to fight.
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I am disappointed. I am sad. I am afraid. But, you see, I was disappointed, sad, and afraid before the election, too. In and outside of the United States, across the political spectrum, governments are and have been failing their people.
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And it is the people who have been fighting not just to protect themselves, their communities, and the things they love, but also fighting for people they’ve never met, in places they’ve never been, living lives they’ve never lived, facing horrors they’ve never faced.
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Maybe you’re not ready to read how to fight yet. It’s okay to take some time to rest, grieve, be angry. When you're ready, read on.
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First, take steps to protect yourself. Find community. Take care of your health. Learn how to protect yourself digitally. Find and nurture sources of reliable news and information.
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Then: choose your fights. Think about what matters most to you, and look for ways to fight for those things. Find people who are members of communities under threat and/or experienced organizers doing this work already, and ask them what they need. Help the people around you.
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If you need ideas, here are a few of the things that matter to me.
#1: Press freedom and access to information
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Finally: remember to take care of yourselves. There is a long road ahead, but we’re in this together.
#CitationNeeded #USpolitics #USpol
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@molly0xfff Great newsletter today! Thanks! Keep up the good fight!
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@molly0xfff Thank you for writing and sharing. Pinning this to the top of my bookmarks for the next few weeks to come back to for reference. I very recently found you and am so glad I did. Keep up the great work.
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@molly0xfff, I'm not giving up, nor will I fight those in power. I'm just going to do good instead. I will do what I can to create the world I want myself and my son to live in. I currently have no idea what that world looks like or what I must do to get there, but I will figure it out. After dealing with the Karen voters on Tuesday, I've lost faith that anyone in power will do what is needed to make this world look like that.
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@manchuck i would argue that doing good and creating the world you want yourself and your son to live in IS fighting those in power
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@molly0xfff i would flip the image, Republicans are going hard right, Dems mostly right, the US needs to go left
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@molly0xfff "The only open questions were who the specific adversaries in the White House would be, who among the fighters would keep fighting, and who would join the fight.
The first question has been answered. Now the questions are: if you have been fighting already, are you going to continue to fight? If you haven't been, are you going to begin?"
This was the money quote for me
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@ben true, but a leftward pointing arrow also to me suggests going backwards
