Reply #8: What I can do is limited by a few things, but that's not stopping me [View All]

I'm disabled and I have been all but housebound since I moved to Vermont about six years ago. That means my stamina is limited, I hardly know anyone, I have no money, and I'm not even located in a good spot to make a difference (Vermont is politically so deep blue its politics more closely resemble that of Canada or Europe).

No money, no people, no energy, not even any obvious local issues = nothing, right? No.

Initially, I used my limited contacts to connect Ida Briggs with the Vermont Progressive Party. Then I registered the domain americanresistance.info (registrar had a $1.99/year sale on the .info domain) and found a Canadian server commpany selling cheap webspace. I figure it will come in handy some time. I put together a leaflet about the issue, encouraging persons to wear black armbands, and distributed copies in Burlington and the .pdf on my site. I know that this leaflet has been printed out and distributed in central California as well. I then looked at http://www.meetup.com for dormant meetups (in pertinent subject areas) that needed organizers in my area, and I volunteered myself. I'm using these meetups to get to know people, and I'm using these new contacts to help me organize a local group.

It hasn't a name yet, but it does have three purposes. One, to get rid of the GEMS tabulators in my county, by any means necessary, because as long as these boxes are in operation here, our local democracy is under threat. Two, to encourage the city and state government to negotiate compacts with other cities and states to provide services that are now or soon will be neglected or warped by the coup in Washington (compacts such as this have both immediate practical benefits and the longer term strategic benefit of providing a framework for secession or an alternative federal government should either be necessary down the line). And three, to provide support to groups and individuals elsewhere who are working to defend and restore democracy in their communities.

So, what are you doing?