This week the Trump administration has begun operations designed to destroy the government of Venezuela. This is totally unnecessary, as Venezuela has presented no threat to the United States. Rather, these operations are an expression of American white supremacist narcissism.
So what should decent, moral people do? Many today are engaged in mass protest marches. I have written extensively about the dangers and disadvantages of relying solely on mass protest as a tactic or strategy of strategic nonviolent resistance. (See "Peter Ackerman's Accuracy" for instance.) Acts of mass noncooperation and withdrawal from the dominant system remain a far stronger tactic than mass protest - especially when that noncooperation and withdrawal are economic in nature. So let me suggest an avenue of noncooperation and withdrawal.
We know that many farmers - especially farmers who are in red states - solidly support Trump. We also know that these farmers have begun to feel serious pain from the sanctions imposed on them by the nations to which they used to export their produce. These sanctions were imposed by these nations in response to the tariffs on these nations' exports which were imposed by Trump. We can increase the pressure on Trump's base by reducing our dependence on the things produced by his base. This includes farm produce. So if you want to do something constructive to help the resistance, start planting your winter vegetable garden. Or start thinking about what and how you will plant next spring. See how much you can reduce your dependence on supermarket farm produce.
