What is direct action?

Some say "Hey, this country is a democratic republic, right?" But, that's not true. The country is you and me and all our neighbors and what we all do creates our community.

Indirect action is asking your representatives in government (which is a democratic republic nominally) to do something for you. At the Alternatives Expo, we're generally talking about direct action - the things you can do yourself! When you do things for yourself and act peacefully with your fellows in community, you may not often have to ask the public officials to do anything for you.