If nobody wants to rally behind your rallying cry, maybe try joining some existing organizations that have similar strategy and tactics as you. But just be aware that sometimes meeting those folks requires being active in adjacent spaces. You might need to put in the work to really get plugged in and involved.
But there is a vast sea of resistance work happening between, on one end, peacefully waving cardboard signs at passing cars and, on the other side, armed revolution. I’ll give you some examples:
- Meet with your local representatives and politicians and convince them to pass resolutions or legislation that put local roadblocks in the way of fascist incursions.
- Look up vendors that supply or provide services to Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices and contact their customers, encouraging them to drop their contracts due to those vendors working with ICE.
- Block entrances to ICE buildings to prevent kidnapped migrants from being transferred.
- Follow and harass ICE vehicles so as to screw up their operational security.
- Bang pots and pans outside hotels where ICE agents are known to be staying so that they can’t get any sleep.
- Show up at immigration court cases in support of migrants.
- Post long screeds on social media encouraging folks not to give up the fight.
I’ve done some but not all of the above. You might consider doing the same.
I agree that the people who are just twiddling their thumbs waiting for midterms are misguided, but so are the people who have given up six months into this regime. What I think isn’t misguided is trying to slow, delay, and generally gum up the works of everything this regime is trying to accomplish before the midterms. There are only so many months before then, so the more we can prevent them from damaging now, the better off we’ll be if and when we take back control. (I fully realize the prospect of even having midterms isn’t guaranteed, much less winning them.)
Yeah, I think right now it’s probably smart to be cautious. I don’t know your particular situation or risk tolerance, but I gotta believe that there’s some type of resistance you’d be comfortable doing. I will say though that pretty much anything worth doing right now is going to be outside our comfort zone. And that applies to all of us.
But even if you feel like there’s nothing you can do, you can support those who are in a better position to act.