Boycott America! by Bruce Gagnon

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by Bruce Gagnon
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Organizing Notes, June 20, 2019
June 28, 2019

Don’t buy our cola
our chips
and our not so good chocolate

Don’t use our banks
or watch our violent
TV shows or movies

Don’t travel
to the U.S.
there are much
friendlier,
interesting,
and more peaceful places
to visit
around the world

Don’t believe
the arrogance
coming
from Washington

Don’t buy our weapons
and don’t buy
our bullshit

The time has come
for the people
of the world
to put America
in its place

America is not
exceptional
it’s not great
it is a global bully
a collapsing empire
a childish brat
who must be sent
into the timeout
corner
before it blows
up the world

Don’t buy it
anymore

Boycott America!

from the archives:

Are You Complicit? by The Anti-Social Socialist

Who Actually Believes America and Its Flagrant Attempts To Corner Iran? by Finian Cunningham + Vijay Prashad: Where Are the Skeptics? + Wilkerson: US Further Isolates Itself

Americans Pay Price for Criminal Wars From Mass Shootings at Home by Finian Cunningham

David Swanson: We Can’t Save the Climate Without Ending War

Christian Sorensen: War Industry Muster–War Is A Racket

Will Griffin: Militarism is Capitalism

Howard Zinn: We Should Welcome the Collapse of the US Empire

Drawing Links Between US Militarism Abroad and Gun Violence at Home + Militarizing US Schools and Society Only Creates More Gun Violence and Police Brutality

I’m Sick and Tired of This Thing Called “Patriotism” by William Blum

Exceptionally Innocent by David Swanson