I’ve been saying the same thing: the protests are important for US, to keep our momentum and to help us feel hopeful. But the regime just doesn’t give a shit. Trump and his family, along with all the cabinet members and regime workers, are making millions.
The only way to push back, as Mary outlines, is to STOP SPENDING. It’s incredibly hard to do but if we start now… one day this week, two days next week, then they’ll feel it.
As an outsider looking in…🇨🇦…I can attest that this is the moment we’ve been waiting for.
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SPENDING.
Start shutting the down the economy one, two, three days a month and hit the billionaire class in the pocketbook.
March until the pavement shakes on Pennsylvania Ave, flood the zone with righteous anger, disrupt the Emperor’s McLunch until he is forced to acknowledge the dissent.
I believe we need a specific targeted boycott of Amazon/Bezos to start. If even a couple hundred thousand people canceled prime, avoid Whole Foods and shop locally - it would send a huge message. Once successful, move on to Musk, Murdoch, Ellison, Zuck, etc.. The only reason I suggest starting with Amazon is the environmental damage is beyond compare with the planes, trucks, and data centers.
I watched BBC news reporting from Alabama this morning. I cannot believe just how stupid the die-hard Trump supporters were with their "opinions".
"We gotta do this because Iran was gonna nuke us".
"Boots on the gound is not good, but it's the only way to beat 'em".
Can we please remember that Trump has launched a personal war simply in his own head to restore the situation that Obama had already managed with diplomacy?
The man who tore up the agreement made by a president who "was too scared to attack Iran" now claims he is making an agreement (denied by Iran) to stop the war that he started, and that has now involved the whole Middle East and affected the whole world, but that he intends to keep bombing until people say that he is the ruler.
I refer folks to the novel "Last Light" by Alex Scarrow - a novel of the aftermath of an oil crisis.
Great article Mary. I have cancelled my Prime membership. I still believe we need a general strike sooner rather than later but I have no idea how that happens. I certainly do not shop every day but then I’m retired. I just don’t know how big of an impact people like me are making. It’s frustrating as hell!
I’ve been saying the same thing: the protests are important for US, to keep our momentum and to help us feel hopeful. But the regime just doesn’t give a shit. Trump and his family, along with all the cabinet members and regime workers, are making millions.
The only way to push back, as Mary outlines, is to STOP SPENDING. It’s incredibly hard to do but if we start now… one day this week, two days next week, then they’ll feel it.
Perhaps we can call it the AUSTERE movement: Avoid Unnecessary Spending To End Right-wing Extremism.
As an outsider looking in…🇨🇦…I can attest that this is the moment we’ve been waiting for.
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SPENDING.
Start shutting the down the economy one, two, three days a month and hit the billionaire class in the pocketbook.
March until the pavement shakes on Pennsylvania Ave, flood the zone with righteous anger, disrupt the Emperor’s McLunch until he is forced to acknowledge the dissent.
I believe we need a specific targeted boycott of Amazon/Bezos to start. If even a couple hundred thousand people canceled prime, avoid Whole Foods and shop locally - it would send a huge message. Once successful, move on to Musk, Murdoch, Ellison, Zuck, etc.. The only reason I suggest starting with Amazon is the environmental damage is beyond compare with the planes, trucks, and data centers.
Thanks Mary. The sign I've been carrying to every anit-trump march: General Strike Oligarch Nightmare.
I watched BBC news reporting from Alabama this morning. I cannot believe just how stupid the die-hard Trump supporters were with their "opinions".
"We gotta do this because Iran was gonna nuke us".
"Boots on the gound is not good, but it's the only way to beat 'em".
Can we please remember that Trump has launched a personal war simply in his own head to restore the situation that Obama had already managed with diplomacy?
The man who tore up the agreement made by a president who "was too scared to attack Iran" now claims he is making an agreement (denied by Iran) to stop the war that he started, and that has now involved the whole Middle East and affected the whole world, but that he intends to keep bombing until people say that he is the ruler.
I refer folks to the novel "Last Light" by Alex Scarrow - a novel of the aftermath of an oil crisis.
We need a nationwide strike like the French. Bring the country to a halt for a week.
Great article Mary. I have cancelled my Prime membership. I still believe we need a general strike sooner rather than later but I have no idea how that happens. I certainly do not shop every day but then I’m retired. I just don’t know how big of an impact people like me are making. It’s frustrating as hell!