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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNon-violent Mass Civil Disobedience - General Strike - Government Shutdown - Boycotts
Things do not change; we change.
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
If not now, when?
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Non-violent Mass Civil Disobedience - General Strike - Government Shutdown - Boycotts (Original Post)
Anon-C
Jan 2018
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I am losing faith in the process, the game is rigged and the last election was provably compromised.
Anon-C
Jan 2018
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L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)1. That would just harm the hard working people in the real world.
Think harder. Register voters.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)5. I am losing faith in the process, the game is rigged and the last election was provably compromised.
But nothing comes of it. We are letting this happen.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)6. This is the mantra of the voting suppressors. You are manipulated by them.
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)2. Protect the ballots -- demand paper ballots.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)3. March in the streets? And miss "Dancing with the Stars?" Never!
NBachers
(17,099 posts)4. I'm 68- I'll be working 'till I can't work anymore. I need a place to live, health care, and food.
I'm not walking off my job to join in any fool's wet-dream General Strike.
You can if you want to, though.
Bonx
(2,053 posts)7. Monday is a holiday, so after that.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)8. And considering the holiday - just amazing! nt.
Dies with a whimpher.