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Fighting back against havoc
Economic activism IMHO needs to include, no it must include, debt resistance (including medical debt), discrimination against the unemployed, cutting vicious circles, and more.
"There are no secret economies that nourish the poor; on the contrary, there are a host of special costs."
-Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed
Cutting these costs down is imperative.