Again, no fedposting. What the hell are we doing here USAmericans? are any folks getting more involved with their communities at least?

Obviously not all of us are in epicenters of obvious or extreme violence, but what are ways principled communists are stepping up?

No fedposting!

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    https://tankie.tube/w/sNaBFZt3rKRABM8oz4fUFq

    I love that my phone wants me to tag the little Fidel.lol.

    By no means am I saying you should find 10 people and kick shit off, but take these two pieces of media into consideration and ask yourself what sort of role you may have to play in the coming years. What skills do you have, what skills might be necessary? Acquire them, hone them. Prepare for the world as it is, not what you wanted it to be.

    Look at how other resistance movements and folk heros operated under their fascist regimes. One of my personal favorites is Lucio Urtubia.

    https://archive.org/details/lucio_2007

    Other thoughts to consider:

    • What sort information, resources, or property do you have access to?
    • Could you leak something?
    • Are you in a position to throw a wrench in the mix simply by making mistakes?

    Shit like that. How can you be a thorn in the side of fascism?

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      Remember, it’s not illegal to suck at your job, and if you don’t say anything critical of the regime, or talk about this kind of thing, you can slow down the economy or even directly slow down the war machine by slowing down whatever it is your employer does. Misplace parts and tools if you maintain equipment. Misfile paperwork and create duplicate files with part of the information each, if you handle data. Make typos that introduce confusion (“miximum” is a personal favourite of mine). Abuse protocol to slow things down over minor issues. Don’t do anything monumentally stupid or obviously on purpose, but make little mistakes and accidents anyone could make while tired, distracted, or just half assing a shitty job, a few times a day. Remember, what’s more likely to the people who view low level workers as expensive idiots and not real human beings? That everyone who screws up their important job is a saboteur, or that underpaid idiots are underpaid idiots and governments and corporations get what they pay for and sometimes the guy who makes minimum wage and gets zero training is going to fuck up?