As I trust you already know there are two Reichs that influence thought in America. The Reich on the Right is the Republican Reich, and it is virtually always wrong. The Reich on the Left is Robert Reich, and he is virtually always right. At present, the fascist Republican Reich has a stranglehold on power, so Robert Reich gives us fourteen points on how to RESIST.
Trump’s First 100 Day agenda includes repealing environmental regulations, Obamacare, and the Dodd-Frank Act, giving the rich a huge tax cut, and much worse. Here’s the First 100 Day resistance agenda [with thanks to Alan Webber]:
1. Get Democrats in the Congress and across the country to pledge to oppose Trump’s agenda. Prolong the process of approving choices, draw out hearings, stand up as sanctuary cities and states. Take a stand. Call your senator and your representative (phone calls are always better than writing). Your senator’s number: http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/. Your representative’s number: http://www.house.gov/representatives/
2. March and demonstrate—in a coordinated, well-managed way. The “1 Million Women March” is already scheduled for the Inauguration —and will be executed with real skill. See: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/15/counter-trump-women-are-mobilizing-massive-march-washington . There will be “sister” marches around the country—in LA and elsewhere. They need to be coordinated and orchestrated. And then? 1 Million Muslims? 1 Million Latinos? What would keep the momentum alive and keep the message going?
3. Boycott all Trump products, real estate, hotels, resorts, everything. And then boycott all stores (like Nordstrom) that carry merchandise from Trump family brands. See: http://www.racked.com/…/136239…/grabyourwallet-trump-boycott. See also: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vu0Y0HvadMgG_LN7dF8W7M66oPCcx_nmSARQWirV7iY/htmlview?usp=drivesdk&sle=true
4. Letters to Editors: A national letter-writing campaign, from people all over the country, every walk of life and every level of society, from celebrities to sports heroes to grassroots Americans. In most papers, the Letters to the Editor section is the most-read part of the paper.
5. Op-Eds: A steady flow of arguments about the fallacies and dangers of Trump’s First 100 Day policies and initiatives, from name-brand thinkers and doers to ordinary folk writing for their city’s or community’s newspaper.
6. Social media: What about a new YouTube channel devoted to video testimonials about resisting Trump’s First 100 Day Agenda? Crowd-sourced ideas, themes and memes. Who wants to start it?
7. Website containing up-to-date daily bulletins on what actions people are planning around the country, and where, so others can join in. Techies, get organized…
From <Robert Reich>
I shared seven of the fourteen with you. First, click through and read the other seven. Next…
RESIST!!
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Great points! #'s 2, 3, and 11 are happening here.
I'll pass this on too.
#3 – But don't boycott Amazon just because of Ivanka. Boycott Trump products, yes. Even if you like boycott ordering direct from amazon itself. But amazon sells goods for gazillions of small business, owned by families, many progressive, who depend on that income from amazon to eat. (And besides that, they make good commercials (see open thread for the 19th – see the comments.)
#7 – Not a separate website, but if she keeps it up, it could serve like one: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/18/1601420/-Trump-News-Today
#11 – I have heard reports of extremely hardliner white supremacists wearing safety pins as traps to find victims. What can we wear with it that they wouldn't wear? I have a Democratic donkey pin (sorry I don't have a source that's active; I bought it on closeout years ago) and am wearing that. Someone suggested pink diaper pins. Any other ideas? We can also change profile pictures to safety pins (I believe that Nameless has already done that on Daily Kos).
#12 – Intellectual opposition is ALWAYS necessary. But in Popular-Vote-Loser Trump's fact free universe, we should also be careful with our expecation, and do other, more emotion-oriented things as well.
Yes. Bookmarking this.
I would consider Amazon a special case. However, I would favor boycotting smaller retailers, where the people hurt by the boycott are the people who coulod decide to drop the products.
Must resist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sharing this, thanks!
Don't listen to the Borg . . . resistance is NOT futile!
North of the 49th, we are feeling the Trump plague, and we are pushing back.
Thanks for giving me a little chuckle when I needed it Lynn – " Don't listen to the Borg . . . resistance is NOT futile! " – I do agree – never surrender our peaceful principles!
I came across this in the Daily Kos – it is worrying, I hope it is a case of someone over-reacting, but I fear that it might not be… http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/13/1598112/-A-chilling-encounter-with-a-German-student-left-me-shaking "A chilling encounter with a German student left me shaking… "As a part-time Boston Uber/Lyft driver, conversing with the many international students filling our many colleges and universities can sometimes proved quite the eye-opener. But no encounter has ever left me as shaken as my Saturday ride with a German student coming home from a goodbye party. His parents came to the painful and hard decision some grandparents did not make 80 some years ago. He departs for home on Monday, without finishing his semester because fear is spreading across Germany. "I was honestly and sincerely just stunned speechless to hear that his parents screamed at them, "the unthinkable has happened and America has fallen, you need to get OUT NOW before it's too late." "Not will fall. "Not is falling. "But American has FALLEN. "They needed no more proof than France's far right, fascist party invited to Trump Tower and Le Pen announcing they are collaborating together….." There is more on that site… It does remind me of a line in "The Now Show" BBC Radio Four on last Friday – it went something like this – It has come to something when the countries that formed the Allies combining to fight Fascism have all gone far Right, and the hope of Europe rests with Germany – who seem to be the only ones fighting fascism these days!
Boy, Pat, you are not just whistling Dixie, as the saying goes. Yes, I read that, and, though it was on the recommended list there, it needs more attention. Thanks for sharing it here.
I read it too, Pat. That should explain some of my lost sleep.
Fourteen excellent points from Reich, soon expanded into dozens more I hope. All peaceful but powerful. That is the key. I'm sure PP will soon become part of this, in fact it already is with all the suggestions already put forward and passed on. Let's make Politics Plus a RESISTance web hub and fight Trump and his cronies any way we can.
PP became part of the Resistance against the Republican Reich the day it went online.
As always, Robert Reich comes out with the right stuff – no hand-wringing, just good, sensible plans.
I agree with Joanne – boycott Trump products, not the stores. It's the golf clubs, hotels and casinos that need to really hurt.
Thanks, Arielle!
Thanks all! Pooped hugs!