Beautiful Trouble
@beautifultrouble.bsky.social
Global network of #Troublemakers using creative tactics to #RESIST. Check out our suite of tools & trainings & join the community! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Beautiful trouble brought wins internationally in 2024. Take a look at this list from @nvintl.bsky.social nonviolencenews.org/2024/12/21/3...
January 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Beautiful trouble brought wins internationally in 2024. Take a look at this list from @nvintl.bsky.social nonviolencenews.org/2024/12/21/3...
Beautiful trouble brought wins internationally. Take a look at this list from @nvintl.bsky.social nonviolencenews.org/2024/12/21/3...
January 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Beautiful trouble brought wins internationally. Take a look at this list from @nvintl.bsky.social nonviolencenews.org/2024/12/21/3...
What if the solutions to our greatest challenges were already all around us? This idea comes from a simple yet radical belief that the wisdom to transform our world already exists in our communities.
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The Power of Beautiful Solutions — Beautiful Trouble
What if the solutions to our greatest challenges were already all around us? This idea comes from a simple yet radical belief that the wisdom to transform our world already exists in our communities. ...
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December 26, 2024 at 6:24 PM
What if the solutions to our greatest challenges were already all around us? This idea comes from a simple yet radical belief that the wisdom to transform our world already exists in our communities.
beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/t...
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What a fantastic resource by a beloved org. Check it out y’all!
📣 New in the Beautiful Trouble Toolbox: V-Formation 🌟
Just like geese rotate leadership in flight, this strategy encourages activists to share burdens, rotate roles, and prioritize rest without guilt.
✨ Read more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#activism
Just like geese rotate leadership in flight, this strategy encourages activists to share burdens, rotate roles, and prioritize rest without guilt.
✨ Read more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#activism
December 9, 2024 at 9:53 PM
What a fantastic resource by a beloved org. Check it out y’all!
Imagine an economy that allows us to love each other!
Start reading what is possible now: orbooks.com/catalog/beau...
#farming #food #ocean #justice #landtrust #education #cooperative #technology #health #nature #theater
Start reading what is possible now: orbooks.com/catalog/beau...
#farming #food #ocean #justice #landtrust #education #cooperative #technology #health #nature #theater
December 13, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Imagine an economy that allows us to love each other!
Start reading what is possible now: orbooks.com/catalog/beau...
#farming #food #ocean #justice #landtrust #education #cooperative #technology #health #nature #theater
Start reading what is possible now: orbooks.com/catalog/beau...
#farming #food #ocean #justice #landtrust #education #cooperative #technology #health #nature #theater
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And the third is from the crew at @beautifultrouble.bsky.social, working hard to bring strategic solutions to your troublemaking.
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Beautiful Trouble
Beautiful Trouble exists to make nonviolent revolution irresistible by providing an ever-growing suite of strategic tools and trainings that inspire movements for a more just, healthy, and equitable w...
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November 24, 2024 at 7:46 PM
And the third is from the crew at @beautifultrouble.bsky.social, working hard to bring strategic solutions to your troublemaking.
www.youtube.com/@BeautifulTr...
www.youtube.com/@BeautifulTr...
📣 New in the Beautiful Trouble Toolbox: V-Formation 🌟
Just like geese rotate leadership in flight, this strategy encourages activists to share burdens, rotate roles, and prioritize rest without guilt.
✨ Read more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#activism
Just like geese rotate leadership in flight, this strategy encourages activists to share burdens, rotate roles, and prioritize rest without guilt.
✨ Read more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#activism
December 9, 2024 at 7:19 PM
📣 New in the Beautiful Trouble Toolbox: V-Formation 🌟
Just like geese rotate leadership in flight, this strategy encourages activists to share burdens, rotate roles, and prioritize rest without guilt.
✨ Read more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#activism
Just like geese rotate leadership in flight, this strategy encourages activists to share burdens, rotate roles, and prioritize rest without guilt.
✨ Read more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#activism
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People will scribble in a box for any number of reasons—misinformation, advertising, bigotry, fantasies of power—regardless of whether it is actually in their best interests.
It is what we do every day that determines what kind of society we live in, not how people vote every two or four years.
It is what we do every day that determines what kind of society we live in, not how people vote every two or four years.
From Democracy to Freedom
*From Democracy to Freedom* grew out of years of dialogue between participants in social movements around the world. Exploring how recent uprisings have been catalyzed and limited by democratic discou...
crimethinc.com
November 9, 2024 at 8:14 PM
People will scribble in a box for any number of reasons—misinformation, advertising, bigotry, fantasies of power—regardless of whether it is actually in their best interests.
It is what we do every day that determines what kind of society we live in, not how people vote every two or four years.
It is what we do every day that determines what kind of society we live in, not how people vote every two or four years.
Principle: Making the invisible visible.
Activists (From 2018) with locked arms and signs reading "Sanctuary for All" and "No Raids No Ban No Wall" block a driveway at a rally against ICE in SFO.
Learn more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#immigration #fightingback #nobannowall
Activists (From 2018) with locked arms and signs reading "Sanctuary for All" and "No Raids No Ban No Wall" block a driveway at a rally against ICE in SFO.
Learn more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#immigration #fightingback #nobannowall
November 10, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Principle: Making the invisible visible.
Activists (From 2018) with locked arms and signs reading "Sanctuary for All" and "No Raids No Ban No Wall" block a driveway at a rally against ICE in SFO.
Learn more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#immigration #fightingback #nobannowall
Activists (From 2018) with locked arms and signs reading "Sanctuary for All" and "No Raids No Ban No Wall" block a driveway at a rally against ICE in SFO.
Learn more: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
#immigration #fightingback #nobannowall
"For millennia, Indigenous cultures have prioritized joy-based artistic practices—and science is finally catching up... So what happens when people are denied artistic expression?" #joy #indigenous #resistance
www.yesmagazine.org/health-happi...
www.yesmagazine.org/health-happi...
Where Communal Art Is Resistance - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism
In Tijuana, Uganda, and Gaza, refugees facing dispossession, displacement, and constant violence are finding moments of solace in the art of dance.
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October 8, 2024 at 3:02 PM
"For millennia, Indigenous cultures have prioritized joy-based artistic practices—and science is finally catching up... So what happens when people are denied artistic expression?" #joy #indigenous #resistance
www.yesmagazine.org/health-happi...
www.yesmagazine.org/health-happi...
🌿 Where Olive Trees Weep offers a powerful glimpse into the resilience of the Palestinian people under occupation, exploring loss, trauma, & justice.
🎥 Watch until November: bit.ly/beautifuloli...
Stand for justice for Palestine ✊🏽 #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #OliveTrees
🎥 Watch until November: bit.ly/beautifuloli...
Stand for justice for Palestine ✊🏽 #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #OliveTrees
October 3, 2024 at 8:03 PM
🌿 Where Olive Trees Weep offers a powerful glimpse into the resilience of the Palestinian people under occupation, exploring loss, trauma, & justice.
🎥 Watch until November: bit.ly/beautifuloli...
Stand for justice for Palestine ✊🏽 #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #OliveTrees
🎥 Watch until November: bit.ly/beautifuloli...
Stand for justice for Palestine ✊🏽 #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #OliveTrees
🎉📚 Join us to celebrate the launch of Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation! 🌍✨
From food sovereignty to energy democracy — and across the globe — this book is an essential resource for anyone working toward a solidarity economy. 🌾💪🌍
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From food sovereignty to energy democracy — and across the globe — this book is an essential resource for anyone working toward a solidarity economy. 🌾💪🌍
www.eventbrite.com/e/or-books-l...
OR Books Live on Ave C: Beautiful Solutions
Join us for a night of movement-making and organizing marking the publication of Beautiful Solutions with the books' editors
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October 3, 2024 at 5:18 PM
🎉📚 Join us to celebrate the launch of Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation! 🌍✨
From food sovereignty to energy democracy — and across the globe — this book is an essential resource for anyone working toward a solidarity economy. 🌾💪🌍
www.eventbrite.com/e/or-books-l...
From food sovereignty to energy democracy — and across the globe — this book is an essential resource for anyone working toward a solidarity economy. 🌾💪🌍
www.eventbrite.com/e/or-books-l...
Want to learn more about revolutionary nonviolence?
Delve into the concept, learn about the dialogue among radicals, and build unity around a shared commitment to revolutionary social transformation through mass civil resistance.
#activist #beautifultrouble
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Delve into the concept, learn about the dialogue among radicals, and build unity around a shared commitment to revolutionary social transformation through mass civil resistance.
#activist #beautifultrouble
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Toolbox — Beautiful Trouble
Dive into the Beautiful Trouble toolbox, an interconnected web of ideas and
creative best practices that puts the power of organizing for social change
in your hands. Start anywhere and explore…
beautifultrouble.org
September 20, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Want to learn more about revolutionary nonviolence?
Delve into the concept, learn about the dialogue among radicals, and build unity around a shared commitment to revolutionary social transformation through mass civil resistance.
#activist #beautifultrouble
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Delve into the concept, learn about the dialogue among radicals, and build unity around a shared commitment to revolutionary social transformation through mass civil resistance.
#activist #beautifultrouble
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Clear action logic is key to ensuring your message is clearly understood. 📢
Think about the lunch counter sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement. By sitting at segregated counters, they were highlighting the injustice of segregation clearly and powerfully.
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Think about the lunch counter sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement. By sitting at segregated counters, they were highlighting the injustice of segregation clearly and powerfully.
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Toolbox — Beautiful Trouble
Dive into the Beautiful Trouble toolbox, an interconnected web of ideas and
creative best practices that puts the power of organizing for social change
in your hands. Start anywhere and explore…
beautifultrouble.org
September 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Clear action logic is key to ensuring your message is clearly understood. 📢
Think about the lunch counter sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement. By sitting at segregated counters, they were highlighting the injustice of segregation clearly and powerfully.
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Think about the lunch counter sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement. By sitting at segregated counters, they were highlighting the injustice of segregation clearly and powerfully.
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
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🔎 New investigation 🔎
Cobwebs Spy Software Locks Onto Protesters: Israeli Social Media Mining Contract with Homeland Security Revealed
Israeli Firm “Cobwebs” Linked to 2020 Protests, Provides Monitoring Services to Homeland Security for Tracking Dissenters
Cobwebs Spy Software Locks Onto Protesters: Israeli Social Media Mining Contract with Homeland Security Revealed
Israeli Firm “Cobwebs” Linked to 2020 Protests, Provides Monitoring Services to Homeland Security for Tracking Dissenters
June 14, 2024 at 11:58 PM
🔎 New investigation 🔎
Cobwebs Spy Software Locks Onto Protesters: Israeli Social Media Mining Contract with Homeland Security Revealed
Israeli Firm “Cobwebs” Linked to 2020 Protests, Provides Monitoring Services to Homeland Security for Tracking Dissenters
Cobwebs Spy Software Locks Onto Protesters: Israeli Social Media Mining Contract with Homeland Security Revealed
Israeli Firm “Cobwebs” Linked to 2020 Protests, Provides Monitoring Services to Homeland Security for Tracking Dissenters
"The past two decades have marked the rise of a “new gilded age” of capitalist accumulation. Foundations currently hoard upward of $1.5 trillion."
The next time you are denied a grant, ask the funder why they insist on hoarding wealth.
portside.org/2024-06-14/w...
The next time you are denied a grant, ask the funder why they insist on hoarding wealth.
portside.org/2024-06-14/w...
Will the Revolution Be Funded? | Portside
In April 2022, grassroots organization Mijente unveiled a political framework in which it advocated for a threefold strategy of working within, without, and against the state to achieve its political ...
portside.org
June 15, 2024 at 4:04 PM
"The past two decades have marked the rise of a “new gilded age” of capitalist accumulation. Foundations currently hoard upward of $1.5 trillion."
The next time you are denied a grant, ask the funder why they insist on hoarding wealth.
portside.org/2024-06-14/w...
The next time you are denied a grant, ask the funder why they insist on hoarding wealth.
portside.org/2024-06-14/w...
Happy Mother’s Day (USA observed today)! And all the ways we might go about mothering in this broken world. We are thinking today about the origin of this holiday in the USA, a day for women to work together to end war. May it be so in our lifetimes. ❤️🙏🌹 #mothersday peacealliance.org/history-of-m...
History of Mother's Day as a Day of Peace: Julia Ward Howe - The Peace Alliance
In the 1800's, Julia Ward Howe, original advocate for “Mother’s Day” and writer of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” nursed and tended the wounded during the civil war. She worked with the widows and...
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May 12, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Happy Mother’s Day (USA observed today)! And all the ways we might go about mothering in this broken world. We are thinking today about the origin of this holiday in the USA, a day for women to work together to end war. May it be so in our lifetimes. ❤️🙏🌹 #mothersday peacealliance.org/history-of-m...
🚨🚨 *SHARE WIDELY - HOW TO KIBBUTZ ENCAMPMENT GUIDE* - a group of activists almost on day 100 of their encampment at the home of US Secretary of State Blinken, have worked with organizers around the world to help them navigate the “how”. #FreePalestine bit.ly/KibbutzGuide
May 2, 2024 at 8:59 PM
🚨🚨 *SHARE WIDELY - HOW TO KIBBUTZ ENCAMPMENT GUIDE* - a group of activists almost on day 100 of their encampment at the home of US Secretary of State Blinken, have worked with organizers around the world to help them navigate the “how”. #FreePalestine bit.ly/KibbutzGuide
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“Because corporate greed doesn’t recognize borders, neither should our solidarity.”
UAW President Shawn Fain on building worker power—everywhere: inthesetimes.com/article/may-...
UAW President Shawn Fain on building worker power—everywhere: inthesetimes.com/article/may-...
May 1, 2024 at 3:14 PM
“Because corporate greed doesn’t recognize borders, neither should our solidarity.”
UAW President Shawn Fain on building worker power—everywhere: inthesetimes.com/article/may-...
UAW President Shawn Fain on building worker power—everywhere: inthesetimes.com/article/may-...
Revolution is building out from university quads and beyond
Today is May Day, the International Workers’ Day of solidarity. Around the globe, students are rising in support of Palestine.
beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/f...
Today is May Day, the International Workers’ Day of solidarity. Around the globe, students are rising in support of Palestine.
beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/f...
🌸Feet in the street for May Day🚨 — Beautiful Trouble
Students and educational communities have remained disciplined in choosing
their target wisely with the demand of divestment from Israeli apartheid
and the munitions corporations feeding the violenc...
beautifultrouble.org
May 1, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Revolution is building out from university quads and beyond
Today is May Day, the International Workers’ Day of solidarity. Around the globe, students are rising in support of Palestine.
beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/f...
Today is May Day, the International Workers’ Day of solidarity. Around the globe, students are rising in support of Palestine.
beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/f...
Youth for Green Communities organized a University Day of Actions in 2023, in key locations in Uganda: Hoima and Kampala. Students from universities nationwide came together to raise their voices against the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/e...
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Empowering Youth for Environmental Justice: The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project Protest — Beautiful Trouble
In a powerful display of unity and determination, Youth for Green
Communities organized a University Day of Actions on July 3, 2023, in two
key locations in Uganda: Hoima and Kampala. Students from ...
beautifultrouble.org
April 29, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Youth for Green Communities organized a University Day of Actions in 2023, in key locations in Uganda: Hoima and Kampala. Students from universities nationwide came together to raise their voices against the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/e...
beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/e...
Anyone who has been in any protest/demonstration in the USA in the past 20 years has witnessed the marshals and/or medics always clearing the way for anyone needing help or ambulances needing to get through.
April 18, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Anyone who has been in any protest/demonstration in the USA in the past 20 years has witnessed the marshals and/or medics always clearing the way for anyone needing help or ambulances needing to get through.
At the height of the anti-apartheid struggle, South African freedom fighters and hackers created an encrypted communication network that connected the leadership in exile with operatives in South Africa.
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
April 5, 2024 at 2:08 AM
At the height of the anti-apartheid struggle, South African freedom fighters and hackers created an encrypted communication network that connected the leadership in exile with operatives in South Africa.
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Our journey towards a better world can—and often should—be a nurturing and joyful experience! Find pleasure in the process, as adrienne maree brown said: “Feeling good is not frivolous. It is freedom.”
Learn about the revolutionary force of joy: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Learn about the revolutionary force of joy: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
March 24, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Our journey towards a better world can—and often should—be a nurturing and joyful experience! Find pleasure in the process, as adrienne maree brown said: “Feeling good is not frivolous. It is freedom.”
Learn about the revolutionary force of joy: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
Learn about the revolutionary force of joy: beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool...
🌟 Attention Change-makers! 🌟 Thanks to the TESA Collective, the Beautiful Trouble strategy deck is now available at 50% off! 🎉 Grab yours & embark on a journey of impactful change-making. Get ready to unleash your creativity and innovation! store.tesacollective.com/products/bea...
Beautiful Trouble: A Strategy Card Deck
Beautiful Trouble is a strategy deck that is made up of key strategies and tactics that have inspired centuries of people-powered victories. It’s full of mini-games and inspiration.
Use this deck to ...
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March 20, 2024 at 8:00 PM
🌟 Attention Change-makers! 🌟 Thanks to the TESA Collective, the Beautiful Trouble strategy deck is now available at 50% off! 🎉 Grab yours & embark on a journey of impactful change-making. Get ready to unleash your creativity and innovation! store.tesacollective.com/products/bea...