South Brooklyn DSA

(We are not free. Some us are far less free than others. We're all getting less free. But we're not entirely unfree yet. We are still, some of us, free.)

The folks who wrote the Bill of Rights understood the humiliation of being rousted by a cop because he can, what it does to your soul and your nerves.

Most of us, in our daily lives, would get along fine without the First Amendment. The government doesn't actually care much about what we say. But the Fourth Amendment is a different story.

Resistance isn't just marches, and it isn't just slogans, and it isn't just organizing. It's how we live our lives every single day. Where you can, when you can, how you can: Resist.

Oh, and since we started with an ID check in the border zone, let's end there, too. Here's the @ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone …

As I tell my students when we talk about the Bill of Rights, knowing your rights won't always protect you. Asserting your rights certainly won't. But know them anyway. And where you can, assert them too.