Fascism has hit America. Its power is growing, but there are still some checks on it. Fascism is here but it has not taken over. (March 12, 2025)
So what do we do?
- Learn some of the Fascist acts by the U.S. Federal Government in 2025
- Call it Fascism. Talk to your friends and your family and your community and call this Fascism.
- Do something, depending on your role in society, your needs, and your abilities.
Do Something
Don't do everything. Just do something, and keep doing it. No one person can stop the fascist threat, and it is not all on your shoulders. It will require broad awareness and work across society, and many people are already involved. The more, the better.
It requries political action, mutual aid, and regular people just doing the right thing at their jobs - Teachers refusing to suppress history, cops refusing to conduct unconstitutional or unjust arrests, lawyers refusing to start sham prosecutions, troops refusing to turn against citizens, ICE agents resigning when ordered to deport legal green card carrying citizens, government workers blowing the whistle.
Skip over any ideas below that don't appeal to you. Don't burn yourself out. Sustainable action is key.
Organize - Individual action is great, but if you're up for it, work with a group of friends or coworkers. Get with you local political parties. Build some plan of action together and work on it together. All you need to start a group is to ask people to be involved, invite them over, have a meeting, talk about what you can do, then follow through and repeat.
Unions - If you're in a union, talk to the leadership about organizing your workplace, regardless what industry you're in. Create an anti-fascist working group. Collect news stories and share them with workers. Establish collective goals, have a union meeting about them, and ask union members to vote on them. Write a collective letter to representatives, calling for anti-fascist action, and union members must vote on it. Such requests may call for specific policy changes within your industry or outside of it, impeachment of fascists, or something else. Pressure the company you work for to support your collective goals, and prepare for collective protest and strike, whether the company supports anti-fascism or not. Inform local media of your collective actions, including letters and protests. You can start this work without a union, though it may be more difficult.
Spread Flyers - Download the Protest Is Not Enough flyer, print it, and spread it in your community to raise awareness and drive people toward action.
Protest - Make a sign saying "Fascism Is Here" and stand on a busy street corner in your city. Do it alone, do it with friends, or get with a local political organization to take part.
Advocate with Local Republicans - Go to local Republican events. Go to your County Board meetings. Speak with local republican figures and organizers and volunteers about your concerns with the federal government. Come prepared with facts. Ask them to speak to their Republican colleagues and state and federal leaders about these issues. Speak publicly at government meetings about these issues. You can also write letters and make phone calls to your state and federal representatives, both Republican and Democrat.
Advocate with Local Government Bodies - When the Fed tries to ban the teaching of LGBTQIA+ history, it is up to local School Boards to decide whether they comply or not. When ICE wants to deport migrants in your community, it is up to City Councils to decide if the local police cooperate or not. When the Fed attacks health services, it is up to local Boards of Health to decide what services to provide or cut.
Advocate with friends and family - Do none of the other actions here apply to you, or are you just not personally able to engage in these ways? Talk to your friends and family. Share this site or a list of ideas with them. If you know anyone in critical roles - government workers, cops, military, prosecutors, teachers - talk to them about fascism and how to be anti-fascist. It is important to establish "Where is your line?" What line will they not cross? What federal act would show them that fascism is here? What would be enough for them to act, to resist, to risk losing their job, to risk going to jail? Draw your line, and encourage your loved ones to do the same. Write it down. Then when it is crossed, follow through.
Mutual Aid - Help to support your community. Grow food and give away excess. Provide housing to loved ones in need. If you're a medical professional, give care to your neighbors, and educate people on preventative care, or start a fitness/health group. If you're a teacher, offer after-hours classes to teach black and queer history, or other banned topics. Put a little free-library box in your yard and stuff it with books that have been banned. If you're wealthy, start a fund for abortion and other reproductive care (or donate to Planned Parenthood). Babysit for those who need help or are taking political action. Cook meals for neighbors and friends who's federal benefits have been cut.
Got any other ideas? Do it. Go out, try something. You might succeed, you might fail, but either way you will learn. Activist work is messy. Standing up for what's right is messy. Organizing is messy. But Fascism is a threat to everything that is good, so do the messy work, risk failure, and just keep trying.
Old Site
See the old version of this site, which was working to address various specific issues, like abortion rights, rather than being directly focused on the fascist threat.