Thread by @docrussjackson

2022.

What YOU can do:

1 Join a Union.

2 Support local, national & international groups, organisations & charities which: challenge racism, nationalism & the far-right; support refugees & democracy; fight poverty & climate change; push for electoral reform; oppose #NHS privatisation.

3 Subscribe to alternative/progressive media.

4 Stop funding/sharing divisive billionaire/hedge-funded media eg: GB "News"; Murdoch's Times, Sun, Fox News, talkRadio, TimesRadio & (launching soon) talkTV; the Barclays' Telegraph & Spectator; Rothermere's Mail; & the Express.

5 Research #neoliberalism. Forty years of deregulation have led to: financial crash/austerity; low-paid insecure work; removal of worker, consumer & environmental protections; poverty; antidemocratic legislation; divisive media; climate change; concentration of wealth & power.

6 Support sensible measures* against COVID, & take personal responsibility for curbing its transmission.

*I'm against mandatory vaccinations, but we know beyond any doubt that while vaccinations are not risk-free, they do significantly reduce the risk of hospitalisation & death.

7 Support trans rights - but don't demonise those raising good-faith concerns about eg: early medical intervention; transwomen in women's prisons, domestic abuse refuges or sports; & don't demonise lesbians who don't fancy transwomen. Not everyone raising concerns is transphobic!

8 Accept it's impossible to always be right about everything, so try to remain open to persuasive, well-evidenced & rational arguments.

We all think our own opinions are the correct ones, but sometimes we are wrong - only very damaged people have no doubts about their opinions.

9 Urgently learn everything you can about where right-wing libertarian billionaires invest their money (mainly in libertarian think tanks, institutions, politicians, parties, fake campaigns & mass media) & learn exactly what their goals are:

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