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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wasn’t sure where to put this.

I’m one person with no power. I have both tried to keep aware of the world with quality writing and broadcasting of the PBS NewsHour type, and to otherwise engage with real books, ideas, and my real life and family; I’m sure many of us have. I can’t mainline MSNow anymore, it’s not good for me, and most of the broadcasters aren’t that great. I have chronic illness and need to actually care about my stress.

That said, the one two three hits of Maduro’s kidnapping, the Greenland fever dream moving forward, and the ICE murder of Renee Good have me despairing. I do not work as an attorney or organizer, or in public office.

What concrete steps can we do? Can we also discuss the risks of protest? I’m terrified of the surveillance state, and I don’t know how seriously to take advice I see on Reddit in re masking, burner phones, and avoiding even reading about advertised upcoming protests.

We have obligations to our children and to each other. What can we do, that is legal and yet effective, without risking our lives, let alone traumatizing those who depend upon us?

Mods: if there’s a master or pinned “what we can do” thread please of course merge.

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"The 4 basic steps that a nonviolent campaign must follow according to MLK:

"In doing so, he also created a blueprint for future movements to follow when campaigning for social change. In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps:

(1) Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive; 
(2) Negotiation; 
(3) Self-purification; and 
(4) Direct action."

Spiritual & Mental Preparation: It's a process of self-reflection, prayer, and meditation to purify motives and ensure inner readiness for struggle, as described in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail".

Preparation for Suffering: It involves steeling oneself to accept physical blows, jail time, and abuse without retaliating, a cornerstone of nonviolent resistance, say King's followers and analyses of his work. 
Part of a Four-Step Process: Self-purification follows fact-gathering and negotiation and precedes direct action (protests, sit-ins). 
Transforms Opponents: By demonstrating disciplined nonviolence, protesters create "creative tension" that forces opponents to confront the injustice and their own complicity, according to Bartleby.com. 
In essence, it was about ensuring the activists themselves were pure in heart and purpose, making their nonviolent action a morally powerful force for change, notes The Clapham Institute. [/quote]

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