Need some holiday gift ideas for your friends and family who are out there trying to fight the good fight?
Here’s a few, all from independent businesses, journalists, publishers and artists who trying to do the same. Most of these folks are dear friends of mine, and I hope you’ll support them however you can:
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“Never Read the Comments” tote from Food Fight vegan grocery. #1 rule for surviving the internet.
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“The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin’ Sad” by Adam Gnade. Get a few for your friends, but keep one for yourself when you need an uplifting kick in the ass.
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Make a donation to Mercy For Animals, Compassion Over Killing, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, or your local activist group in a friend’s name.
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“I’m Vegan and I Love You†t-shirt from Herbivore. Or, anything from Herbivore.
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Green Is the New Red. You knew that was going to be on here!
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“Respect Existence or Expect Resistance” shirt from the Sparrow Media Project
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Join the Civil Liberties Defense Center – Lauren Regan and the CLDC have always out front opposing the labeling of activists as “eco-terrorists.â€
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Slingshot organizer. For planning the revolution.
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Signed, numbered screenprint by Matt Gauck.
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Black Flags and Windmills, inspirational account by longtime anarchist organizer Scott Crow.
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T-shirts to benefit Brittany Kenville.
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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben
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“Scent of Scandal” vegan candles. Including “Santa’s Pole” and “Challahback Girl.”
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Wall calendar by our friend Kurt Halsey.
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Big Lebowski button set. This isn’t activist-related. But The Dude abides.