Neighbor, I need you to do four things in this order:
* Breathe and know that we are going to get though this.
* Listen to the podcast, below, by Kristofer Goldsmith, and be alive to the fact the regime wants to lure you into the streets for a protest, turn infantry against you, create violent chaos and then claim there is “disorder” only he can solve. It’s a trap and it’s weak. Don’t fall for it.
* Listen to this podcast. It’s uncharacteristically short for this weirdo, but it’s effective. What do you do to show you object and snap soldiers out of their fog? If you know the infantry are rolling up in your blue city, cover the streets with bouquets of wildflowers and walk away. Why? Political jujitsu.
* What do you do instead? Organize mutual aid at the local level. A bigger plan is on the way. We got this. Don’t give up. We have all the cards that matter.
* Share this with everyone you know. Not just online but everywhere. Tell everyone being occupied: flowers in the streets, not bodies, not blood. Flowers. Refuse to give them the optics. This is called the basics of backfire.
