Thread by @EthicalRenewal

Small acts of resistance: this is our list.
We want it to grow.

DM your suggestions – or add them as comments.
Please RT.

RESIST.
Become the droplets of water that form a tsunami.

#actsofresistance

#1 small ACTS of resistance #1

help someone

empathy is the powerhouse of ethical change….

#actsofresistance

#2 small ACTS of resistance #2

buy less, buy local or don’t buy at all…

reducing consumption is a revolutionary act

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#3 small ACTS of resistance #3

think

this small act is actually pretty big
question everything said by the powerful; they’d rather you didn’t

#actsofresistance

#4 small ACTS of resistance #4

mock the powerful

authoritarians and bullies hate your insight and laughter

#actsofresistance

#5 small ACTS of resistance #5

learn

learn as much as you can about as much as you can: knowledge is power

#actsofresistance

#6 small ACTS of resistance #6

expose

share as widely as you can the history & actions of authoritarian politicians; they hate it: it shows them for what they are

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#7 small ACTS of resistance #7

subvertise

hijack adverts using graffiti, action, memes or art to deliver a radical message

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#8 small ACTS of resistance #8

use asymmetrical messaging: spray can, leaflet, poster, voice

they have the media & the money; we’ve got graffiti

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#9 small ACTS of resistance #9

communicate asymmetrically: deface, reframe, reposition, refute

they’ve got the cash & the media: we’ve got US

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#10 small ACTS of resistance #10

challenge lies and propaganda whenever you hear or see them

be quick to respond; don’t let the lies gain traction

#actsofresistance

#11 small ACTS of resistance #11

tell anyone/everyone about the promise of a better world

why should autocrats and billionaires define what’s possible?

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#12 small ACTS of resistance #12

right-wing mags, leaflets, newspapers? You know what to do….

bung them in recycling, turn them face down on their stands, put better publications on top

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#13 small ACTS of resistance #13

put mocking magazines or books over/next to the images of authoritarians

#actsofresistance
Thanks, @DocMcfly

#14 small ACTS of resistance #14

hit back at the biased media

refute, mute, boycott & block the billionaire news media, e.g. the Liverpool boycott or Twitter’s #IBlockedTheSun

#actsofresistance

#15 small ACTS of resistance #15

at election times buy the gutter press to bin it

clear out a small newsagent of The S*n or Mail for a day or two….

#actsofresistance
Thanks, @stylophobia

#16 small ACTS of resistance #16

switch off TV or radio when mainstream news incoming

corporate propagandists hate losing their audience

#actsofresistance
Thanks, @BStott9

#17 small ACTS of resistance #17

before you back a politician check their record:
Are they decent? Are they consistent? Are they honest?

UK MP’s voting records can be checked here: theyworkforyou.com

#actsofresistance

#18 small ACTS of resistance #18

visit the timelines or conversations of known populists and bigots; set the record straight

they’ve got a platform…. but so have we

#actsofresistance

#19 small ACTS of resistance #19

mute, block, act contrarily to or deliberately ignore advertising

we don’t need more sh**…. and if they’re paying to spread that muck it’s probably bad for the planet

#actsofresistance

#20 small ACTS of resistance #20

radicalise yourself

read everything you can about humanism, environmentalism, socialism; they are vaccines against selfishness

#actsofresistance

#21 small ACTS of resistance #21

promote ethics and human rights

educate yourself & others re online psychological profiling, data security, voting manipulation and psych ops. Learn from Finland

#actsofresistance
Thanks, @Jojo67460456