Legalectric

It’s the day after an inspiring HANDS OFF! over the U.S. and reaching across the Atlantic. Often, pretty much at every meeting I’ve been to lately, someone asks, “What can I do?” A literal answer to that question can be found at www.choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do with so many options at three distinct levels of ease/effort.

Today, April 6, I’d hosted a Non-Violent Direct Action Training here in Red Wing. Jessica Garroway came down to walk us through what it’s all about, give us some guidance, food for thought.

Here’s Jessica Garraway’s presentation, it gives a general idea, but the in-person discussion really brought it home The preview is weird, so here’s the link – I don’t want to post an editable version, so I’m stuck with this and the videos don’t work:

Videos don’t work in the link so here they are separately:

• Direct Action Shuts Down Tar Sands Mine
• Meet the Seniors of the Rocking Chair Rebellion
• Know Your Rights

First up is a great exercise to determine what sorts of actions are right for you — now’s the time for some introspection. The preparation for any action should take a lot more time than it takes for whatever actions you’re contemplating:

What’s a “Direct Action” — well, so many options, and here are a few:

Thinking globally, acting locally? We’ve grown our weekly demonstration from 7 six weeks ago to 181 last Friday, and it’s been inspirational:

And a few thoughts on “acting locally” in Red Wing: