I don’t always agree with MoveOn’s methods – sometimes they smack of a little more extremism than normally sits well with me. However, when they collect signatures and decide to go nuts about money or placing ads, they get things done. Hence, I recommend signing their petition against the GOP’s plan to slit Social Security up the middle.
Secondly, I’ve been hearing all kinds of ideas about protests taking place on January 20th. January 20th, in case you’d forgotten, is Inauguration Day. Many of them are impassioned, some of them are silly, and several of them require your presence in Washington D.C. The best protest I’ve heard of (and by far, the easiest one to participate in) is Not One Damn Dime Day. Some folks in Boston have decided that, if Bush will ignore millions of protestors and massive rallies, it is possible that he will pay attention to an economic boycott. So, they are encouraging everyone they can to not spend any money on January 20th.
The extreme of this idea is to avoid any economic activity whatsoever on Inauguration Day, such as not working or not paying travel costs. However, the simplest and easiest way to participate is to not spend any money. No gas, no groceries, no McDonalds, no Homies, nothing. Buy everything you’ll need for the 20th on the 19th.
Some of you might be saying that it seems silly, or that enough people won’t do it to make a difference. But I remind you that activism happens in all kinds of ways. A statement made in principle is something full of power.
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