shit is grim
the INS ended when ICE was created.
Ideas I’ve collected include
data blackout: do not visit social media unless it’s to post about these things or help increase visibility for them. block advertisers on major social media sites.
no doom scrolling. pick one source and check in if you must.
use signal or visits or calls to check in on people you know or must contact
secondary to this; ignore inflammatory statements that support these murders. block the posters, more than half will be from foreign bot farms. every time you interact with a post or comment from them, it increases their reach.
block and move on, don’t respond.
post your rebuttal as a post to your own page and do the same to the comments on your own post; delete comment then block the poster.
economic blackout, Minnesota started one yesterday:
https://www.blackoutthesystem.com/#home
don’t buy anything you don’t absolutely need to survive. encourage others to join in. this includes watching movies on streaming services and paying for subscriptions.
tax strike:
change your W2 to exempt. you may end up needing to pay at the end of the year next April- but you don’t have to loan this govt your money in the meantime.
debt strike:
https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/debt-strike/
https://www.democracynow.org/2015/4/2/economic_disobedience_historic_student_debt_strike
general strike:
you don’t need to sign up on lists, in fact, don’t sign up for things. just join in by doing it.
https://generalstrikeus.com/
in addition!
locally, join up with what you’re best at. mutual aid, medical care, protesting. join rapid response or help a hotline, feed people, etc
if you haven’t already started with your community-
search “mutual aid +City/State” and volunteer
2020 art
talk to your actual neighbors in person to see if anyone needs help
look to local zines for ideas on things you can do
donate to bail funds
spread the word.
