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What Citizens Can DO NOW to Fight Authoritarianism
It is great to see the rising level of interest and awareness in how our government works and how the threats to our institutions could impact our nation and communities.
I want to offer a specific method that has been effective in the past and will be effective now.
Every state has laws that provide for public comment at government meetings, from the highest levels down to your local municipality and school board. These are generally called Sunshine laws and, subject to only a few rules on decency and respect for elected officials, they provide the community with an open microphone to express their concerns and ask questions.
OperationSunshine.Info was set up to provide the basic information needed to support local citizens in using these laws and raising their voices effectively.
At the end of the day, WE THE PEOPLE are the government and our elected officials are our representatives to that government. This indirect system of government is efficient in times of relative calm and compliance to our Constitution and the laws and norms derived from it.
But in times of crisis, WE THE PEOPLE must voice our concerns directly to the government at all levels so those officials and the political structure they support know how their community is or will be affected by the actions of our government.
So join with friends, find the next local meeting, speak your concerns, then record and publish the event. OperationSunshine.Info is there to help.
We CAN do something, but we must act NOW.