The violence in our country is getting worse. In the aftermath of fascist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia and elsewhere we need to consider how to fight this without getting killed.

Part of what we need to do is to make sure our anti-fascist counter demonstrations are so large that the fascists don’t dare take action, like the anti-fascist counter-demonstration in Washington DC that filled the streets from Federal Triangle to Foggy Bottom.

But to really dismantle violence we need to go after those who profit from it, and we need a multi-prong effort to succeed. Lets start with guns. We need stand out in front of gun shops and shooting ranges and hand out pamphlets that explain how having a gun in the house increases the risk of violence, including suicide. We don’t need to harass people like the anti-abortion nuts, we just need to stand by the entrances with signs and pamphlets in a dignified manner.

We should also do informational picketing in front of the corporate offices of gun manufacturers and their institutional investors. We should conduct a campaign of corporate isolation, so that anyone in a senior management position at a gun manufacturer not be permitted to sit on the board of directors of any other corporation. We should also force them off the board of trustees of any non-profit institution. We need to isolate and shame this industry. We need to make their money so radioactive that not only no politician will accept it, neither will any think tank, university, or any institution.

Instead of punching Nazis we need to dismantle their suppliers.