Don't Just Vote, Get Active, also known asDon't Just (Not) Vote^[1] (DJV) was anopen,decentralized national campaign in theUnited States of America initiated by theCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective and its allies.^[2] DJV was publicly announced at theNational Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR) in 2004 and was an activist-orientated propaganda initiative focused on demonstrating the effectiveness ofdirect democracy anddirect action overpolitical representation.^[3] The campaign was interpreted by some as a counterpoint to Punkvoter and other anti-Bush voter participation efforts.^[2] However, organizers initially conceived of the campaign without knowledge of the Punkvoter campaign.^{[citation needed]}

According to one of the 20,000 voter's guides distributed by those involved with the campaign before the2004 presidential election, "Voting for people to represent your interests is the least efficient and effective means of applying political power. The alternative, broadly speaking, is acting directly to represent your interests yourself." Unlike previous projects critical ofelectoral politics, DJV deliberately avoided the voting vs. abstention argument that is common in theanarchist milieu.^{[citation needed]}

The campaign was characterised byThe American Prospect as "a clear inheritor of the spirit of1968", citing its willingness to celebrate in the street, regardless of the outcome.^[4] In the election's aftermath, Don't Just Vote, Get Active endorsed the Anarchist Resistance "call to action" against the2005 presidential inauguration.^[5]

The campaign was criticised inGreen Anarchy for its credulous if qualified endorsement of voting, accusingCrimethInc. of offering "a soothing middle ground" instead of outright rejectingstatist mechanisms of control.^[6] In a reworking of the campaign's slogan, the magazine exhorted readers "don't JUST be active, WAKE THE FUCK UP!"^[6]Mark Andersen, inAll the Power: Revolution without Illusion praised the initially empowering message of the campaign but criticised it for "a slide toward insular subcultural politics", drawing note to the recurrent phrases "tyranny of the majority", "living without permission" and "autonomy" which he claimed evinced an "esoteric, self-referential approach" which would turn acolytes into "radicalnavel-gazers".^[2]

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