To those who are regular readers of this blog, I extend a hearty "Thank You!" I'd also like to ask a huge favor. As I consider this holiday season of 2016, I think of the relatives of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, John Crawford, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Sandra Bland, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, and many other people murdered by the police over the last several years. These relatives won't have a Merry Christmas. Neither will those of us who have been disenfranchised by crooked voter suppression laws, hackable electronic voting machines, and other implements of election fraud. In fact, I would wager that by the end of 2017, almost no one in this country will be able to enjoy a Merry Christmas.
This state of affairs is very un-satisfying, especially to those of us who feel particularly powerless just now. Yet there is always power in nonviolent resistance, and there are many techniques of nonviolent resistance. Please join me this holiday season in implementing one such tactic - namely, a boycott of holiday shopping. Let's send a painful message to those who now own our country. Thank you very much.
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