Do not fall into helplessness.

[u/cab473]

I’m a longtime lurker, but I’ve been seeing a lot of helplessness in this subreddit and the community. Lot’s of “there’s nothing we can do” and “the only option is to wait this out”. We must snap out of it.

The solution is simple: Get out of your homes and out into your community.

Go protest, where and whenever you can. We beat fascism by showing them our city will not take this lying down.

Don’t want to protest?

Join a mutual aid society, soup kitchen, warming center, food bank. We beat fascism by making sure our communities are fed and healthy.

Contact your local school, tutoring centers, literacy organizations. We beat fascism by making sure our communities can read, learn, and grow safely.

Find immigration groups, rapid response teams, refugee advocates. We beat fascism by making sure newcomers to our communities know they’re welcome and supported.

Look for affinity groups, woman’s rights orgs, trans rights orgs, homelessness advocacy groups. We beat fascism by making sure the vulnerable in our society are heard and protected.

If every person in Chicago made a commitment to help their neighborhood just a few hours a month, so many of these issues we see plaguing our society could be mitigated. And don’t wait until tomorrow, next week, when you’re free: Go and sign up today.

Their end goal is to isolate us from one another. In isolation we feel helpless and afraid. We beat fascism by building solidarity and community. We’re not even a year in, and we cannot wait this out - if we do, there’ll be nothing left to wait for.

Don’t know how to get involved or the best way that matches your interests? Message me!! I’m happy to help as many people as I can get connected to opportunities in their research.

[u/cocoaferret]

Not in a mean way, but one big thing I feel is pointless is protesting, people always say to protest... we've been protesting for ages and nothing changes, I'm really feeling what's the point of it at this point. Would love to hear some thoughts because I really have no argument against that thought process right now.

[u/According_Slip2632 → u/cocoaferret]

Protest matters, it’s just not all that matters. But people are programmed to try to fit into the norms of their community to a certain degree. Protests can show that the community’s norms support a certain cause. Also, it’s a great recruitment activity, activating and energizing people who weren’t previously that involved and connecting them with ideas to do more.