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niyad

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Mon Jan 30, 2017, 01:43 PM Jan 2017

This way to the resistance: Your guide to defying the Trumpocalypse

This way to the resistance: Your guide to defying the Trumpocalypse


By Mark Morford on January 27, 2017 at 7:40 AM






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These are the groups. These are the resources, the publications, the articles, the essential tools, the warriors both veteran and upstart, each and every one dedicated to fighting the Trumpocalypse and advocating for human rights, civil liberties, the safety and dignity of immigrants, minorities and refugees, of the LGBT community, of women’s health, science, the arts, sanctuary, your own tremulous and terrified heart. Also hope, kindness and just the type of fundamental human decency that was spit upon and stomped to the ground on November 8th. And let’s be absolutely clear: This is the time. It is, tragically and rather gruesomely, unlike any time in recent U.S. history, as the world bears sickened witness to America’s sudden lurch toward tyranny, toward a flatulent fascism like we’ve never really known, a complete upheaval and molestation of America’s truest values.

The assaults are coming fast and vicious. We are no longer a full democracy. It does not matter if you’re working-class or “elite,” midwestern or coastal, Repub or Dem, blue or red or anything in between: Trump and his GOP flying monkeys mean everyone ill. I realize the following list might seem overwhelming. You must take sufficient time to filter, to pore through, to see where you can engage most successfully. Meditation helps tremendously. And yoga. And reconnecting with your immediate community, your loved ones, your local kula. Also, bourbon. Also, nature. Also, compassion. Passionate, outraged, deeply felt, carefully discerning, middle-finger compassion. You know the kind?

Do you have the time for any of this? Of course you do. You must have the time. You cannot be too busy. Not anymore. You cannot be too stressed or tired or “just not feeling it,” meekly hoping someone else will fix it all for you, will defend you and your family, your kids, your gay/black/Islamic/Latino/feminist/scientific/journalist friends, against Trump’s radioactive, sociopathic hatestorm. There is simply too much at stake.


Meet the near future. She will eat megalomaniacal, tiny-handed Trump-trolls like a goddamn Kraft Lunchable.

Know this: There is tremendous power in unity. The awe-inspiring Women’s March revealed a global wellspring of fiery, compassionate solidary the likes of which the world hasn’t seen in decades, if ever. It was downright breathtaking. In short: The raw engine for real progress is there. And you are the fuel. Does that sound cheesy? I don’t care. Do it anyway.

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http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2017/01/27/this-way-to-the-resistance/#photo-785116

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