I won’t say just vote, but you should do that, too, at every level!
Depending on how much time and money you have:
Join a union (and give time and money to organising the union)
Join an antifascist political party (and give time and money to organising the party)
Lobby your representatives to demand they oppose fascism
Join protests against fascism
Join civil society groups that are antifascist (either directly or because they’re pro human rights or anti-racist, or what-have-you) (and give time and money etc.)
Boycott businesses that are owned by or enable fascists
Join co-operatives (and give time and money etc.)
Join community groups (these don’t even have to be political)
Support local, independent media and good freelance journalists
Spread the word about all of the above
I’ve ordered these roughly by how effective I think they’re likely to be (this is of course just one guy’s opinion); you should pick the one(s) that are most attractive to you and best fit your current situation.
Fair warning, none of the above will instantly fix the problem and I grant that some of them probably seem pretty weak sauce in the face of fascism, but the more people do them, the weaker the fascists will get.
Thanks for all of this. People who are shy or on the fence need to see more people doing most (if not all) of these things. Those of us who do it need to be incorrigible optimists about it even though we may not feel like it
Yes, exactly. There are some things on this list where, if everyone opposed to fascism did one of them, we’d win tomorrow. Realistically, not everyone will, but it’s still the right thing to do, to prise very bit of power from their grasp.
I won’t say just vote, but you should do that, too, at every level!
Depending on how much time and money you have:
I’ve ordered these roughly by how effective I think they’re likely to be (this is of course just one guy’s opinion); you should pick the one(s) that are most attractive to you and best fit your current situation.
Fair warning, none of the above will instantly fix the problem and I grant that some of them probably seem pretty weak sauce in the face of fascism, but the more people do them, the weaker the fascists will get.
Thanks for all of this. People who are shy or on the fence need to see more people doing most (if not all) of these things. Those of us who do it need to be incorrigible optimists about it even though we may not feel like it
Yes, exactly. There are some things on this list where, if everyone opposed to fascism did one of them, we’d win tomorrow. Realistically, not everyone will, but it’s still the right thing to do, to prise very bit of power from their grasp.
At this point, just voting is as helpful as upvoting a comment. We all need to do more. The time to “just vote” has passed.