Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
20 November 16
ere's the First 100 Day resistance plan [with thanks to Alan Webber]:
1. Get Democrats in the Congress and across the
country to pledge to oppose Trump’s agenda. Prolong the process of
approving choices, draw out hearings, stand up as sanctuary cities and
states. Take a stand. Call your senator and your representative (phone
calls are always better than writing).
2. March and demonstrate—in a coordinated,
well-managed way. The "1 Million Women March" is already scheduled for
the Inauguration —and will be executed with real skill. There will be
“sister” marches around the country—in LA and elsewhere. They need to be
coordinated and orchestrated. And then? 1 Million Muslims? 1 Million
Latinos? What would keep the momentum alive and keep the message going?
3. Boycott all Trump products, real estate, hotels,
resorts, everything. And then boycott all stores (like Nordstrom) that
carry merchandise from Trump family brands. See:
http://www.racked.com/…/136239…/grabyourwallet-trump-boycott
4. Letters to Editors: A national letter-writing
campaign, from people all over the country, every walk of life and every
level of society, from celebrities to sports heroes to grassroots
Americans. In most papers, the Letters to the Editor section is the
most-read part of the paper.
5. Op-Eds: A steady flow of arguments about the
fallacies and dangers of Trump’s First 100 Day policies and initiatives,
from name-brand thinkers and doers to ordinary folk writing for their
city’s or community’s newspaper.
6. Social media: What about a new YouTube channel
devoted to video testimonials about resisting Trump’s First 100 Day
Agenda? Crowd-sourced ideas, themes and memes. Who wants to start it?
7. Website containing up-to-date daily bulletins on
what actions people are planning around the country, and where, so
others can join in. Techies, get organized.
8. Investigative journalism: We need investigative
journalists to dig into the backgrounds of all of Trump’s appointees, in
the White House, the Cabinet, Ambassadors and judges.
9. Lawsuits: Our version of “Drill, baby, drill” is “Sue, baby, sue.” Throw sand in the gears. Lawyers, get organized.
10. Coordinated fund-raising: Rather than having every
public-interest group appeal on their own, have a coordinated
fundraising program to fill the coffers of the most endangered and
effective opposition groups. Is there a way to do a televised fundraiser
with celebrities raising money for the Resistance?
11. Symbolic opposition: Safety pins are already
appearing. What else? What more? Make the resistance visible with bumper
stickers, a label pin, a branding campaign that has great language,
great logo, great wrist band (remember the Lance Armstrong “Livestrong”
yellow wrist band—it sold millions!).
12. Intellectual opposition: Take Trump on where he’s weakest—with serious ideas. I'll try to do my part. You do yours, too.
13. Serious accountability: Establish performance
metrics to evaluate his delivery on his campaign promises. An updated
web site of promises made and not kept. This is one especially suited to
public policy students.
14. Your idea goes here. Call a meeting of family and friends this weekend. Come up with to-dos.
The First 100 Days Resistance Agenda. We’re not going away.
No comments:
Post a Comment