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The most effective phone calls take less than a minute: say your name, your city or ZIP code, and what you support/oppose, maybe a sentence on why. You’ll be marked down on a spread sheet that is discussed at the daily office strategy meeting.

Other actions like brief emails, meeting in-person at the district office, meeting in-person at the DC office, can also be effective, but take more time and energy. Emails aren’t always read right away like a phone call must be answered for example. And you generally need to make an appointment for an in-person meeting.

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    • cybermass@lemmy.ca
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      2 years ago

      As a Canadian looking in, it’s hard not to agree with pearsaltchocolatebar. Although I do love your determination, you might end up having to fight for it more literally.

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
          2·
          2 years ago

          I haven’t read this book, but I’m pretty skeptical of how they define nonviolent resistance and what makes a revolution “successful”

          The Iranian Revolution, 1977–1979

          1. The First Palestinian Intifada, 1987–1992
          2. The Philippine People Power Movement, 1983–1986
          3. Why Civil Resistance Sometimes Fails: The Burmese Uprising, 1988–1990 Case Study Summary

          Are the revolutions they are principally utilizing, and that makes me think this book isn’t exactly the most academically honest study around.

          The Iranian revolution had battles in the streets and plenty of deadly clashes with the Shahs regime. It also led the the largest political massacre in the country’s history.

          The Philippine People Power Movement

          The yellow revolution funded militant groups, featured a helicopter attack on the president’s compound, and only didn’t devolve into a massacre of civilians because a marine commander refused to participate in the wholesale slaughter of tens of thousands of people.

          The First Palestinian Intifada

          Led to the deaths of over a thousand civilians and is a precursor the the genocide we are currently witnessing.

          The Burmese Uprising

          Started fairly similar to the Philippine uprising, except their military commanders were perfectly fine massacring civilians, with a death toll of 3k-10k people…

          I am willing to give this a read, but I would also suggest other people read “Setting Sites” by Scott Crow as a counterpoint.