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If I cannot fight with my representation, I will fight with my wallet. Cancelled my Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ account yesterday.
What can I do to help if I never had them in the first place?
Call local and state reps
Do you know anyone who still does?
Disney owns so so so much of the entertainment industry. There is likely something you are buying that is related to them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_the_Walt_Disney_Company
Can start there.
You can also help more generally by going to protests (our numbers have been so small since the "no kings" day when you all came out). Or joining an organization like DSA or PSL which are the most active organizations nation wide protecting neighborhoods against ICE. Though depending on where you live that may be different. LGBTQ and Immigrant rights organizations, etc.
This is not the time to ONLY boycott Disney. And going out an touching grass does SIGNIFICANTLY more than cancelling your Disney+ subscription (if you had one).
You'll get addicted to it. The feeling of solidarity with others is like nothing else if you're looking to become active.
If not your time then your money can help. But we really really need more bodies in the streets. I wish everyone that cancelled their Disney+ would also come out and stand in front of an ICE facility this weekend with us. Bring eye protection and a mask.