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<span style="">'''Active support '''means ''supporting a movement on an ongoing basis. This includes being present at events of the movement, convincing those around of the aims of the movement and acting independently in one's environment to advance the cause'' (according to Erica Chenoweth). </span><span style="">- Paul and Mark Engler in ''T''</span>''<span style="">his is an Uprising</span>''
<span style="">'''Active support '''means ''supporting a movement on an ongoing basis. This includes being present at events of the movement, convincing those around of the aims of the movement and acting independently in one's environment to advance the cause'' (according to Erica Chenoweth). </span><span style="">- Paul and Mark Engler in ''T''</span>''<span style="">his is an Uprising</span>''


== Examples of Active Support ==
== Examples of Active Popular Support <ref>https://masscommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/this-is-an-uprising-active-popular-support-the-3-5-rule/</ref>  ==


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Disposability discourse
'''1. Showing Up'''
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Much discussion around the severity of COVID was lessened by expressing how it mainly sickens and kills elderly, chronically ill, and disabled people. This discourse suggests these groups are seen disposable.&nbsp;
for rallies, marches, phonebanking, doorknocking, teach-ins, etc.
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Loosened restrictions too early
'''2. Voting With The Movement'''
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When governments loosened COVID restrictions in response to business demands, political pressure, and public impatience, rather than scientific evidence, high risk populations (the chronically ill, disabled and elderly) were subsequently told they are disposable yet again.&nbsp;
the cause (e.g., abortion, climate change, immigration) is the deciding factor in the active supporter’s vote
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Working through illness
'''3. Persuading Others'''
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Regulations around how many sick days should be required when someone falls ill with COVID also demonstrated ableism. In relation to these regulations, and in favour of profit above health, many politicians including US President Joe Biden, praised themselves for working through COVID, instead of encouraging people to rest and recover if they'd fallen ill.&nbsp;
at school, at family gatherings, on social media, at work etc.
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Individualism
'''4'''. '''Acting Independently Within Their Place Of Influence:'''
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Individuals have been encouraged to make 'personal' choices on vaccines (without legitimate health restrictions), masks and gatherings.
lawyers taking on pro bono cases, teachers using their classrooms, union members using meetings of their local&nbsp;
 
"''There is no individual safety without collective safety and collective safety requires that no one is safe unless everyone is safe." - Mia Mingus  <ref>https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/</ref>  ''
 
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“Active popular support” includes behaviours such as  <ref>https://masscommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/this-is-an-uprising-active-popular-support-the-3-5-rule/</ref> :
'''1. Showing Up''': for rallies, marches, phonebanking, doorknocking, teach-ins, etc.
2. '''Voting With The Movement:''' the cause (e.g., abortion, climate change, immigration) is the deciding factor in the active supporter’s vote
3. '''Persuading Others''': at school, at family gatherings, on social media, at work etc.
4. '''Acting Independently Within Their Place Of Influence:''' lawyers taking on pro bono cases, teachers using their classrooms, union members using meetings of their local&nbsp;




Revision as of 15:27, 19 October 2022

Active support means supporting a movement on an ongoing basis. This includes being present at events of the movement, convincing those around of the aims of the movement and acting independently in one's environment to advance the cause (according to Erica Chenoweth). - Paul and Mark Engler in This is an Uprising

Examples of Active Popular Support [1]

1. Showing Up

for rallies, marches, phonebanking, doorknocking, teach-ins, etc.

2. Voting With The Movement

the cause (e.g., abortion, climate change, immigration) is the deciding factor in the active supporter’s vote

3. Persuading Others

at school, at family gatherings, on social media, at work etc.

4. Acting Independently Within Their Place Of Influence:

lawyers taking on pro bono cases, teachers using their classrooms, union members using meetings of their local 


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