Democracy Not Dollars

Authoritarian regimes depend on the support of institutions, like media, business, education, civil service, and more.

Actions to disrupt these institutions, such as refusing to support businesses that promote, fund, and uphold authoritarian actions will create cracks in the foundation of the Trump administration’s power.

DEMOCRACY NOT DOLLARS is an effort to empower Indivisible St. Johnsbury members to take disruptive actions aimed at the business/economic pillar and, ultimately, help create a community that encourages people to change their purchasing habits long term.

Design plan of the White House State Ballroom from McCrery Architects/The White House

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What do we mean?

Here are a few examples of how businesses are enabling the Trump administration’s authoritarian tactics.

ICE raids in Home Depot parking lots
Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and others are funding the demolition of the White House’s historic East Wing to build a gilded ballroom for Trump.
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE
Disney, Target, even Cracker Barrel have folded under the pressure of authoritarianism, doing whatever it takes to appease Trump and diminishing our constitutional first amendment rights to free speech.

What you can do

Let’s show these businesses that we will not allow them to profit from shredding the constitution or illegally targeting the most vulnerable among us.

Boycott effectively. Learn more about active boycotts to make companies stop doing bad things.
Cancel your subscriptions to Spotify
Protest Home Depot
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Use your voice!
- Follow Indivisible St. Johnsbury on social media and sign up for our newsletter.
- Share every action you take and urge your friends and followers to join you. Tag us! @indivisiblestj
- Write Op Eds and letters to the editor. Call your Vermont and National representatives .

Other National Campaigns

Indivisible and other organizations have campaigns and resources that make it easy to share your voice. Check out the following for more actions you can take to weaken the Trump administration and the institutions supporting his authoritarian regime.