Letter-writing
We need to write letters constantly, to legislators and corporate heads.A personally written letter is much better than a form letter or a postcard—handwritten is better than typed. A good letter states its case quickly and concisely. Don’t write a lengthy essay, they won’t read it.

You can get people to write letters by tabling or canvassing, but it’s even easier to take 5 minutes at a meeting and have everyone write one. Normally politicians will write you a reply, trying to make themselves look good on the issue even if they totally oppose your position (you need to read through the lines). A letter to a Representative or Senator might look like this:

Aug 19, 1999

The Honorable Dope Embexel
House of Representatives [or U.S. Senate]

Dear Representative [or Senator] Embexel:

I am writing to urge you to support H.R. 292 which will end the taxpayer subsidized logging of our national forests. There is enough wood available from private lands to leave our national forests untouched. Furthermore, the use of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize large forest corporations is totally unjustifiable.

I know that you are a strong supporter of the environment and appreciated your vote in support of the Western Colorado Wilderness Act (*give them a compliment*).

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

[your name]
[your address]