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fascism, actionable on a personal level 

A word of advice: if you are a part of any organizations that refuse to do something, anything, specifically because "they do not want to make it political" (or something else that involves the word "political"), *regardless* of what that something is...

Start finding or building alternatives to those organizations. Start doing that now.

Organizations like this *will not* survive a wave of fascism without ending up supporting it themselves, because they are not equipped to deal with the realities of a changing political landscape, and are unwilling to engage with the political consequences of their actions or inaction.

You could in principle try to fix the organization, but in practice this almost never succeeds - these stances are typically the result of ingrained beliefs by a privileged subset of the organization's participants, who will push back *hard* on any attempt to change this, and you will likely just end up burning out.

This doesn't mean that *all* inaction is bad either, of course. There can be legitimate reasons to not engage with an issue, but they must be more nuanced and detailed. If all you get is "politics" as the reason, with no further explanation, that is your cue to leave. Take your labour and energy elsewhere.

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