Disagree. Why would hunger strikes do any good? The right-leaning people with the most power in this country have demonstrated that they don't care if individuals die from COVID-19, or gun violence, or any number of other causes. Why would they care if people started keeling over from hunger? If you really want to know What to Do, I recommend Teri Kanefiled's list of Things To Do at https://terikanefield.com/things-to-do/ Pick one or more of those things, and get crackin'. Kanefield is an author & attorney with a very clear-eyed perspective on the events of the day.
Thank you! It is an interesting post. Would you be interested in doing a guest post about it and which of her suggestions you have taken? I agree with some of her suggestions more than others - - poll work and election work and running for office are more useful in places where gerrymandering has not made it impossible for Democrats to win. The thing that concerns me about the post is that it still doesn't recognize that when and where Republicans have won the rules of the game, electioneering is no longer particularly useful or a good investment of time. Perhaps adding Fair Fight style vote protection work to the list and then prioritizing based on one's local situation would be a good way to go. Let me know if you'd like to do a guest post, otherwise I'll do one based on your suggestion.
Disagree. Why would hunger strikes do any good? The right-leaning people with the most power in this country have demonstrated that they don't care if individuals die from COVID-19, or gun violence, or any number of other causes. Why would they care if people started keeling over from hunger? If you really want to know What to Do, I recommend Teri Kanefiled's list of Things To Do at https://terikanefield.com/things-to-do/ Pick one or more of those things, and get crackin'. Kanefield is an author & attorney with a very clear-eyed perspective on the events of the day.
Thank you! It is an interesting post. Would you be interested in doing a guest post about it and which of her suggestions you have taken? I agree with some of her suggestions more than others - - poll work and election work and running for office are more useful in places where gerrymandering has not made it impossible for Democrats to win. The thing that concerns me about the post is that it still doesn't recognize that when and where Republicans have won the rules of the game, electioneering is no longer particularly useful or a good investment of time. Perhaps adding Fair Fight style vote protection work to the list and then prioritizing based on one's local situation would be a good way to go. Let me know if you'd like to do a guest post, otherwise I'll do one based on your suggestion.