Social action can be as simple as helping an underprivileged community find the resources they need, donating money, food, or leftover supplies to unsheltered neighbors, protesting and marching against continued police brutality and fascist actions of the state. It can be giving volunteering the organizations committed to helping marginalized groups.
Our list is by no means exhaustive. And we are always looking for new ways to get involved. If you have an issue that needs attention, or an org to support CONTACT and we will add it to the list.
SOCIAL ACTION: BLACK ORGS TO SUPPORT
BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatter.com
DONATE: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
BAIL OUT PROJECT: https://bailproject.org
DONATE: https://bailproject.org/?form=donate
ACADEMICS FOR BLACK SURVIVAL AND WELLNESS: https://www.academics4blacklives.com
DONATE: https://www.academics4blacklives.com/donate
BLACK MEN HEAL: https://blackmenheal.org
DONATE: https://black-men-heal.networkforgood.com/projects/118885-annual-campaign
FIGHT FOR BREONNA:
DONATE:
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: https://eji.org
DONATE:
SOCIAL ACTION: LAND BACK & INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
TOOLKIT:
LAND BACK: BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION: https://landback.org
DONATE: https://landback.org/donate
SOCIALIST ORGS TO SUPPORT
SOCIALIST ACTION: https://socialistaction.org
CLIMATE ACTION
STOP LINE 3
“Line 3 is a pipeline that would carry nearly a million barrels a day of crude tar sands oil – the dirtiest oil to extract and burn – from Alberta, Canada through Minnesota to Superior, Wisconsin. It is owned by Enbrige, a Canadian oil company responsible for the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history. Enbridge plans to abandon the oil pipeline, resulting in an environmental hazard across the landscape while cutting a new path across previously undisturbed wild land. The Canadian and Wisconsin sections of the new pipeline have been completed, making the fight in Northern Minnesota the last stand against a project that would have devastating effects both locally and around the world…”
GET INVOLVED:
Stop Line 3 Solidarity Action Guide
www.stopline3.org
www.resistline3.org
It shouldn’t be up to the individual to fight climate change, as the vast majority of carbon emissions come from companies and entities far above our influence or pay grade. The following 10 companies were identified as the largest contributors to climate change (source):
- China Coal 14.3 %
- Saudi Aramco 4.5 %
- Gazprom OAO 3.9 %
- National Iranian Oil Co 2.3 %
- ExxonMobil Corp 2.0 %
- Coal India 1.9 %
- Petróleos Mexicanos 1.9 %
- Russia Coal 1.9 %
- Royal Dutch Shell PLC 1.7 %
- China National Petroleum Corp 1.6 %
And it has been stated, with varying degrees of accuracy, that just 100 global entities are responsible for 71% of carbon emissions. Learn more about that here: Is It True That ‘100 Companies Are Responsible For 71% Of Carbon Emissions’?
There are things we as individuals can do, however. And it is our responsibility to hold the capitalists, the billionaires, the developers, the polluters, the politicians, and the rest of our cultural suzerains accountable for their actions. It is not only the future of humanity and life on earth that is at stake (even as think of the children has long been an effective rallying cry), it is life on earth today that is at risk: It is living things, children, humans, as well as entire ecosystems today that are suffering, facing the starvation, displacement, pain, and death.
This is not an issue of the future. It is an issue of the now.
The following is a compilation of literary resources, websites, news orgs, and donation sites that can help guide you as you find your own role in the Climate fight. While things are bad, there is always hope. We continue our work so that we can say: We did not go down without a fight.
CLIMATE ACTION: LEARN MORE ABOUT IT
EARTH MONTH ACTION HUB: www.impactree.com/earth
CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: wwwclimatenetwork.org
CLIMATE ACTION: www.climateaction.org
BLUEPRINT FOR BETTER: www.blueprintforbetter.org