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Democracy as Infrastructure
A Call to Action for Progressive Leaders
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The fight against authoritarianism IS the fight for economic justice, racial equity, gender liberation, and environmental survival.
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Today marks Trans Day of Remembrance. This day is an opportunity to remember and mourn our trans siblings who have been lost to hate and violence.
As we honor their legacy and remember the past, we can seize their courage and use it to create a brighter and safer future for all of us.
As we honor their legacy and remember the past, we can seize their courage and use it to create a brighter and safer future for all of us.
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today marks Trans Day of Remembrance. This day is an opportunity to remember and mourn our trans siblings who have been lost to hate and violence.
As we honor their legacy and remember the past, we can seize their courage and use it to create a brighter and safer future for all of us.
As we honor their legacy and remember the past, we can seize their courage and use it to create a brighter and safer future for all of us.
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Love thy neighbor, no exceptions!
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf is one of the members of the clergy who was arrested over the weekend while praying and peacefully protesting the treatment of immigrants at the Broadview ICE facility near Chicago.
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf is one of the members of the clergy who was arrested over the weekend while praying and peacefully protesting the treatment of immigrants at the Broadview ICE facility near Chicago.
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Love thy neighbor, no exceptions!
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf is one of the members of the clergy who was arrested over the weekend while praying and peacefully protesting the treatment of immigrants at the Broadview ICE facility near Chicago.
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf is one of the members of the clergy who was arrested over the weekend while praying and peacefully protesting the treatment of immigrants at the Broadview ICE facility near Chicago.
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Shout out to @steadystatevets.bsky.social @npquarterly.bsky.social @22ci.bsky.social @pbs.org @legalafmtn.bsky.social and others for the insights and inspiration this month! Check out our November Vista. https://horizonsproject.us/the-vista-november-2025/
#Democracy
#Democracy
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Shout out to @steadystatevets.bsky.social @npquarterly.bsky.social @22ci.bsky.social @pbs.org @legalafmtn.bsky.social and others for the insights and inspiration this month! Check out our November Vista. https://horizonsproject.us/the-vista-november-2025/
#Democracy
#Democracy
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"Bovino is basically leading a rebel cavalry, a la Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who raided and terrorized communities in...the Civil War. That latter analogy holds up particularly well in one specific respect: Forrest became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war."
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Bovino is basically leading a rebel cavalry, a la Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who raided and terrorized communities in...the Civil War. That latter analogy holds up particularly well in one specific respect: Forrest became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war."
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Community organizations are training volunteers to monitor federal immigration enforcement activities as operation “Charlotte’s Web” enters its third day in the Charlotte area.
Community groups train volunteers to monitor Border Patrol operations in Charlotte
Residents learned to document immigration enforcement activities as operation "Charlotte's Web" continues
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Community organizations are training volunteers to monitor federal immigration enforcement activities as operation “Charlotte’s Web” enters its third day in the Charlotte area.
Disinformation is not about truth, it's about division.
The most strategic thing we can do is refuse to be divided from potential allies. We combat disinformation with organizing. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/how-author...
The most strategic thing we can do is refuse to be divided from potential allies. We combat disinformation with organizing. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/how-author...
How Authoritarian Disinformation Works
Divide, Exhaust, Paralyze
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Disinformation is not about truth, it's about division.
The most strategic thing we can do is refuse to be divided from potential allies. We combat disinformation with organizing. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/how-author...
The most strategic thing we can do is refuse to be divided from potential allies. We combat disinformation with organizing. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/how-author...
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Drawing inspiration from other Gen Z movements, Peruvians have removed one scandal-plagued president and are now mobilizing against her right-wing successor.
Youth-led protesters ousted Peru’s president, and they’re not done
Drawing inspiration from other Gen Z movements, Peruvians have removed one scandal-plagued president and are now mobilizing against her right-wing successor.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Drawing inspiration from other Gen Z movements, Peruvians have removed one scandal-plagued president and are now mobilizing against her right-wing successor.
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I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
I was just asked for my phone (to swipe the outside for whatever) for the 1st time during a “random” TSA extra screening for a domestic flight - i told them i didn’t consent to a search of the phone, made sure there were no notifications visible & it was locked and didn’t let it out of my sight…
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I cannot express how important it is for anyone going through a secured checkpoint like TSA to make sure thier phone is in BFU (Before First Unlock) mode. To enter this state: reboot your phone and don't unlock it.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
In BFU mode all data is encrypted and your phone requires a passcode to unlock.
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Today marked Day One of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. And as we’ve come to expect from these operations, federal agents targeted workers throughout Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Today marked Day One of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. And as we’ve come to expect from these operations, federal agents targeted workers throughout Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
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🧵*11/13/2025 noncooperation thread*
A daily-ish thread of acts of defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
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Across the country & in every constituency:
civil servants
religious leaders
electeds
the military
lawyers
judges
teachers
librarians
neighbors with whistles
We The People.
A daily-ish thread of acts of defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
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Across the country & in every constituency:
civil servants
religious leaders
electeds
the military
lawyers
judges
teachers
librarians
neighbors with whistles
We The People.
In case you haven't read it yet - check out @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social wonderful look back on the resistant to Trump in this past year.
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🧵*11/13/2025 noncooperation thread*
A daily-ish thread of acts of defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
*
Across the country & in every constituency:
civil servants
religious leaders
electeds
the military
lawyers
judges
teachers
librarians
neighbors with whistles
We The People.
A daily-ish thread of acts of defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.
*
Across the country & in every constituency:
civil servants
religious leaders
electeds
the military
lawyers
judges
teachers
librarians
neighbors with whistles
We The People.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
Hawai’i's unique position - as a strategic economic and military hub, a heavily progressive state, and the homeland of an Indigenous sovereignty movement - makes it particularly vulnerable during authoritarian consolidation.
Hawai'i Matters
While Largely Taken For Granted In U.S. Politics, Hawai'i Is Strategically Important
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hawai’i's unique position - as a strategic economic and military hub, a heavily progressive state, and the homeland of an Indigenous sovereignty movement - makes it particularly vulnerable during authoritarian consolidation.
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On how Catholic leaders and communities around the world have confronted autocratic regimes and defended democratic freedoms, with lessons for faithful action in the US today. @horizonsprjt.bsky.social bit.ly/4hSOqDk
U.S. Catholics are facing an authoritarian threat. The church has been here before.
The Catholic Church in the United States today is facing a crucial test. Will Catholic leadership accommodate and adapt itself to authoritarian power? Or will it offer leadership to give hope, oppose authoritarian abuses and defend human freedom?
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
On how Catholic leaders and communities around the world have confronted autocratic regimes and defended democratic freedoms, with lessons for faithful action in the US today. @horizonsprjt.bsky.social bit.ly/4hSOqDk
Structure tests assess our readiness, capacity, and positioning to maintain unity, discipline, and strategic focus under pressure while effectively leveraging power against opponents. open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...
Testing the Waters
Just Where Are We In the Process of Building the Movement We Need?
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Structure tests assess our readiness, capacity, and positioning to maintain unity, discipline, and strategic focus under pressure while effectively leveraging power against opponents. open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...
The shutdown fight revealed that when tested, Democratic leadership chose the path of least resistance over using leverage to win.
Authoritarians don’t stop because you’re reasonable. They stop when you make the cost of continuing too high. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/yes-this-w...
Authoritarians don’t stop because you’re reasonable. They stop when you make the cost of continuing too high. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/yes-this-w...
Yes, This Was a Betrayal
Democrats Are Bringing Facts to a Fight For Power
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The shutdown fight revealed that when tested, Democratic leadership chose the path of least resistance over using leverage to win.
Authoritarians don’t stop because you’re reasonable. They stop when you make the cost of continuing too high. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/yes-this-w...
Authoritarians don’t stop because you’re reasonable. They stop when you make the cost of continuing too high. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/yes-this-w...
With millions at risk of losing access to healthcare, this moment calls for true leadership. The disability justice movement is that leadership - surviving authoritarianism is about care, solidarity, and building the world we want to see. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/surviving-...
Lessons from the U.S. Disability Justice Movement
Surviving Repression Through Mutual Aid and Solidarity
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
With millions at risk of losing access to healthcare, this moment calls for true leadership. The disability justice movement is that leadership - surviving authoritarianism is about care, solidarity, and building the world we want to see. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/surviving-...
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‘We Ain’t Buying It’ is a nationwide economic pressure campaign taking action against corporations that have colluded with this administration.
Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...
Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...
BLACK VOTERS MATTER, INDIVISIBLE AND UNTIL FREEDOM LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO PUT ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON CORPORATIONS TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM — Black Voters Matter
‘We Ain't Buying It’ joins a growing, powerful collective of groups and individuals, including the Working Families Party and 50501, demanding corporations stand for democracy and DEI by hitting them ...
blackvotersmatterfund.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
‘We Ain’t Buying It’ is a nationwide economic pressure campaign taking action against corporations that have colluded with this administration.
Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...
Read our full release: blackvotersmatterfund.org/black-voters...
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I took inventory. It looked good.
In 2025 We Showed Up: Notes on Resistance to the Regime
Ayoung white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges dressing down the Trump administration and...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I took inventory. It looked good.
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“The traditional playbook…is part of the machinery that led to this moment. Siembra’s approach works outside those channels, building power through direct action & hyperlocal community building that doesn’t depend on institutions…”
@writingthings.bsky.social
indyweek.com/news/inside-...
@writingthings.bsky.social
indyweek.com/news/inside-...
Inside the Movement to Teach ICE Defense to N.C. Business Owners
From coffee shops to electrical contractors, local businesses are getting crash courses in constitutional law to prepare for potential encounters with federal agents.
indyweek.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“The traditional playbook…is part of the machinery that led to this moment. Siembra’s approach works outside those channels, building power through direct action & hyperlocal community building that doesn’t depend on institutions…”
@writingthings.bsky.social
indyweek.com/news/inside-...
@writingthings.bsky.social
indyweek.com/news/inside-...
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“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
www.bostonreview.net
October 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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"Students and professors at over 100 universities across the United States on Friday joined protests against [..] Trump's sweeping assault on higher education."
"We're building a movement of students, faculty, and campus workers to demand our colleges do not comply."
#USA #Protest #Education
"We're building a movement of students, faculty, and campus workers to demand our colleges do not comply."
#USA #Protest #Education
Protesters at 100+ Campuses Tell Trump 'Hands Off Higher Ed!'
Students and professors nationwide rose up against Trump's assault on higher education, including his compact for federal funding.
www.commondreams.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Students and professors at over 100 universities across the United States on Friday joined protests against [..] Trump's sweeping assault on higher education."
"We're building a movement of students, faculty, and campus workers to demand our colleges do not comply."
#USA #Protest #Education
"We're building a movement of students, faculty, and campus workers to demand our colleges do not comply."
#USA #Protest #Education
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For people who are interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe, we have a new resource that aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.
Read it here:
Read it here:
Loving and Protecting Us — Interrupting Criminalization
A resource for people interested in and working to develop abolitionist crisis response rooted in transformative justice. This offering aims to help demystify a few things about how we develop, think ...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
For people who are interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe, we have a new resource that aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.
Read it here:
Read it here:
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Authoritarian consolidation can move quickly. People power can stop it. A lesson from Poland is that we keep going.
Keep going
A story of resilience from Poland
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Authoritarian consolidation can move quickly. People power can stop it. A lesson from Poland is that we keep going.