Resisting, Rebelling, Surviving
I have added more resources to the resisting fascism page, but I wanted to draw extra attention to this outstanding guide, Rebel Well: A Starter Survival Guide To A Trumped America from Scarleteen.
It is available as a downloadable and printable PDF, and licensed under Creative Commons, so that it can be reproduced (but not modified). It will also be a helpful guide to life in Broken Brexit Britain, I am sure.
As the good people at Scarleteen say:
We've created this survival guide -- available as both an online version and a printable packet -- to provide information that can help you take some initial steps to protect yourself and others, and to cope with the bad stuff as best anyone can. Unfortunately, it's not going to magic all of the awful away. But it can help to reduce harms and, hopefully, help you and all of us get through this, and with our senses of self and humanity still intact and perhaps even improved through our own personal and political resistance.Here's the table of contents:
There is little suggested in this guide that isn’t a good idea to be doing, no matter what. If more people were already doing many of these things, we may not have wound up in this spot in the first place, or would have been better equipped to more strongly reject it and resist it from the start.
In the wonderful event we’re wrong about what we're all facing, none of these things will be a waste of your time. Most of what's advised here makes it more likely, whatever the circumstance, that we and others will be okay. And some of what we suggest in this guide, particularly when it comes to supporting and helping each other, are the only ways we can keep what’s awful from getting worse and start changing things for the better, not just for now, but for the future, so we may never wind up dealing with something this epically big and bad for just about everyone again.
- why we made this guide
- for everyone
- healthcare
- relationships & sex
- conflict resolution
- for those suffering harassment online, at school or at work
- for those in abusive/controlling relationships, or who are homeless, transient or in the foster system
- for those who are trans or LGBQ
- for those who are of color
- for those who experience religious intolerance or who are undocumented citizens
- for those who are disabled
- for those interacting with the justice system
- for those engaging in active protest
- when everything seems terrible or nowhere feels safe
- how to help each other & improve this godawful mess
- resources and helplines
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