The First Amendment makes America great!
Enjoy a free book party and celebrate free speech, Sunday, October 19 at 12:30 pm. Books Not Bans, City Lights, and the San Francisco Public Library invite you to “Read The Room: A Celebration of Books”, an afternoon of revelry, music, games and stories. In Kerouac Alley, between City Lights Bookstore and Vesuvio Cafe. Free! https://citylights.com/events/read-the-room-a-celebration-of-books/
Boycott companies that advertise with Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group tried to use its status as the second-largest television station operator in the United States to enforce the unconstitutional government effort to strongarm ABC and Disney to silence Jimmy Kimmel. Let companies that pay Sinclair to run advertisements know: your bank account is closed to their business! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1El8Eij-eqgT8Nnbp3wcjDWVn16NUcaldQ6e94XrxR8A/edit
Protest the authoritarian takeover at Trump Regime Takedown. Every Saturday, 12-2 pm in front of the San Francisco Tesla Showroom (Van Ness and O'Farrell St). Find other kindred protests at Tesla dealerships around the Bay Area!
Speak up/speak out: Media Accountability. Contact your local newspaper, radio, TV, or online news source and let them know what topics you want covered. Let them know when you think their reporting has missed something important–and what would make you likely to be a loyal customer. Help newsrooms keep perspective on the difference between investigative reporting and becoming stenographers of propaganda.
If you want to do something about the information environment, join the Indivisible Truth Brigade. The Truth Brigade teaches the “truth sandwich”, a research-backed messaging methodology for responding to malicious media content. A monthly campaign provides editable truth sandwiches-to-go on a salient issue for social media. The current “Safety, Not Scapegoats” campaign targets domestic militarization, and last month’s materials on a climate change theme are still available. Channels in the TB Slack provide advice on member-drafted posts and proofreading support for long-form communications such as letters to editors of local media outlets.
If you want to do even more about today’s media environment, check out the Media and Democracy Project. MAD provides a monthly overview of what activists can do to “Fix Media Now” on the third Monday at 4 PM Pacific and a monthly long-form media writers’ workshop on (normally) the second Thursday at 5 PM Pacific.
Check out more takeaway actions from No Kings 2.