It is not surprising, but the left continues to quietly resist
Posted By RichC on January 30, 2025
A long time wife of a sailing friend who live in Massachusetts near her daughter, has always been cordial and friendly, happened to included me on an email last week even though it is clear we do not share the same politics. I can’t say that I’m surprised, but was taken back at just how active rational people can be when it comes to political extremes.
Obviously we are a divided nation … and I know that we are all aware of the different views the progressive wing of the Democratic Party holds compared to
those of us who tend to be traditional Americans and conservative Republicans.
I got an email today from my daughter-in-law’s father who lives in England. During the past few months, he has been sending me articles from The Guardian focused on a world with Donald Trump as President of the United States. Today’s article listed 10 things you can do to resist Trump’s ‘neofascism’. In case you are looking for something you can do, I am listing the 10 things recommended below.
Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist.
Robert Reich for The Guardian
“What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations.
- Protect the decent and hardworking members of your communities who are undocumented or whose parents are undocumented.
- Protect LGBTQ+ members of your community.
- Help protect officials in your community or state whom Trump and his administration are targeting for vengeance.
- Participate or organize boycotts of companies that are enabling the Trump regime, starting with Elon Musk’s X and Tesla, and any companies that advertise on X or on Fox News.
- To the extent you are able, fund groups that are litigating against Trump.
- Spread the truth.
- Urge friends, relatives and acquaintances to avoid Trump propaganda outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax, X and, increasingly, Facebook and Instagram.
- Push for progressive measures in your community and state.
- Encourage worker action.
- Keep the faith. Do not give up on America.
Here are some of the sources Reich listed that he currently relies on for the truth: The Guardian, Democracy Now, Business Insider, the New Yorker, the American Prospect, Americans for Tax Fairness, the Economic Policy Institute, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, ProPublica, Labor Notes, the Lever, Popular Information, Heather Cox Richardson and, of course, Reich’s own Substack.
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