7️⃣ Solidarity & mutual aid: Mutual aid networks create collective power & help those affected by ICE raids, military violence & authoritarian action.
8️⃣ Educate & organize.
9️⃣ Refuse to participate in "normal" political processes.
🔟 Create art as resistance.
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7️⃣ Solidarity & mutual aid: Mutual aid networks create collective power & help those affected by ICE raids, military violence & authoritarian action.
8️⃣ Educate & organize.
9️⃣ Refuse to participate in "normal" political processes.
🔟 Create art as resistance.
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4️⃣ Support sanctuary movements: Create spaces of resistance, refuge, safety & solidarity.
5️⃣ Amplify the voices: Use social media, op-eds to share stories of resistance & of those being harmed.
6️⃣ Live deliberately and resist consumerism.
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4️⃣ Support sanctuary movements: Create spaces of resistance, refuge, safety & solidarity.
5️⃣ Amplify the voices: Use social media, op-eds to share stories of resistance & of those being harmed.
6️⃣ Live deliberately and resist consumerism.
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1️⃣ Refuse to participate in unjust systems: Don't cooperate with ICE. Provide aid & comfort to migrants.
2️⃣ Civil disobedience: Sit-ins, disrupt operations, non-violent protest.
3️⃣ De-fund harmful systems: Redirect tax dollars to mutual-aid networks, etc.
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1️⃣ Refuse to participate in unjust systems: Don't cooperate with ICE. Provide aid & comfort to migrants.
2️⃣ Civil disobedience: Sit-ins, disrupt operations, non-violent protest.
3️⃣ De-fund harmful systems: Redirect tax dollars to mutual-aid networks, etc.
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It’s not just saying “no,” but taking purposeful action to live a life aligned with ethical principles, even against society’s expectations.
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It’s not just saying “no,” but taking purposeful action to live a life aligned with ethical principles, even against society’s expectations.
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His essay Civil Disobedience directly called for refusal to comply with immoral laws. He argued that 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬. He didn’t just write about refusal; he lived it.
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His essay Civil Disobedience directly called for refusal to comply with immoral laws. He argued that 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬. He didn’t just write about refusal; he lived it.
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This philosophy advocates non-violent refusal, taking a stand peacefully against injustice. Beyond his tax protest, Thoreau was an active abolitionist, speaking out against slavery in his essay Slavery in Massachusetts & helped slaves escape via the Underground Railroad.
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This philosophy advocates non-violent refusal, taking a stand peacefully against injustice. Beyond his tax protest, Thoreau was an active abolitionist, speaking out against slavery in his essay Slavery in Massachusetts & helped slaves escape via the Underground Railroad.
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His experiment at Walden Pond was another act of refusal. Thoreau rejected society’s materialism & consumption by choosing to live simply in nature for two years. He saw society’s obsession with wealth as a distraction from a more meaningful, deliberate life.
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His experiment at Walden Pond was another act of refusal. Thoreau rejected society’s materialism & consumption by choosing to live simply in nature for two years. He saw society’s obsession with wealth as a distraction from a more meaningful, deliberate life.
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Thoreau’s most famous act of refusal was his civil disobedience. In 1846, he was jailed for refusing to pay a poll tax, protesting the government’s support for slavery and the Mexican-American War. His refusal to fund these injustices became a cornerstone of his philosophy.
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Thoreau’s most famous act of refusal was his civil disobedience. In 1846, he was jailed for refusing to pay a poll tax, protesting the government’s support for slavery and the Mexican-American War. His refusal to fund these injustices became a cornerstone of his philosophy.
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And to be clear, sometimes reasoned change is "radical" change.
And to be clear, sometimes reasoned change is "radical" change.
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