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Nonviolence, Power, and Possibility: The Life of Gene Sharp
From Syria to Afghanistan to the UC Berkeley campus, we are seeing violence everywhere. Is it inevitable? Sharp argues that while conflict may be inevitable, nonviolence can be just as effective as t...
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Gene Sharp was a civil resistance pioneer. His ideas continue to guide activist today.
I interviewed him 2X & wrote 4 articles about him, this one in 2017 for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
@indivisible.org
progressive.org/magazine/nonviolence-power-and-possibility-the-life-of-gene-sharp/
I interviewed him 2X & wrote 4 articles about him, this one in 2017 for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
@indivisible.org
progressive.org/magazine/nonviolence-power-and-possibility-the-life-of-gene-sharp/
It's not really genius—just a little tactical creativity.
It's something even us non-geniuses have, and need to use more often…
It's something even us non-geniuses have, and need to use more often…
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's not really genius—just a little tactical creativity.
It's something even us non-geniuses have, and need to use more often…
It's something even us non-geniuses have, and need to use more often…
“People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an alternative. We need a VISION that recognizes that we are at one of the great turning points in human history…”
—Grace Lee Boggs
—Grace Lee Boggs
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an alternative. We need a VISION that recognizes that we are at one of the great turning points in human history…”
—Grace Lee Boggs
—Grace Lee Boggs
“Because resistance isn’t only about saying no. It’s about creating a future worth saying yes to.”
@wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/buil...
@wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/buil...
Why building inspiring alternatives is necessary to counter authoritarianism
Because resistance isn’t only about saying no, here are seven ways communities are building a future worth saying yes to.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Because resistance isn’t only about saying no. It’s about creating a future worth saying yes to.”
@wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/buil...
@wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/buil...
“Make outrageous demands! Expand the possibilities. 'As the wily old strategist Mohandas Gandhi pointed out long ago, justice-seekers cannot win by going on the defensive.'”
—George Lakey, “Viking Economics”
#Vision
—George Lakey, “Viking Economics”
#Vision
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Make outrageous demands! Expand the possibilities. 'As the wily old strategist Mohandas Gandhi pointed out long ago, justice-seekers cannot win by going on the defensive.'”
—George Lakey, “Viking Economics”
#Vision
—George Lakey, “Viking Economics”
#Vision
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Great disruption in Monrovia, California
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Great disruption in Monrovia, California
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Slovakia held a huge protest on the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution (talk about symbolic). And the US is seeing some wins, some setbacks, and some mighty resistance spreading from city to city. Find all this and much more in this week's Nonviolence News.
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/22/s...
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/22/s...
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Slovakia held a huge protest on the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution (talk about symbolic). And the US is seeing some wins, some setbacks, and some mighty resistance spreading from city to city. Find all this and much more in this week's Nonviolence News.
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/22/s...
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/22/s...
"Instead of thinking about debunking disinformation, we should be thinking about how to tell better stories…they're stories of action, stories of policy, stories of meaning…And it's up to us to tell these stories."
—Peter Pomerantsev
—Peter Pomerantsev
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Instead of thinking about debunking disinformation, we should be thinking about how to tell better stories…they're stories of action, stories of policy, stories of meaning…And it's up to us to tell these stories."
—Peter Pomerantsev
—Peter Pomerantsev
Let's not get distracted by the left wing vs. right wing, or even progressive vs. moderate debate.
A better framing would be WORKING FAMILIES vs. WEALTHY ELITES.
A better framing would be WORKING FAMILIES vs. WEALTHY ELITES.
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Let's not get distracted by the left wing vs. right wing, or even progressive vs. moderate debate.
A better framing would be WORKING FAMILIES vs. WEALTHY ELITES.
A better framing would be WORKING FAMILIES vs. WEALTHY ELITES.
A more just and equitable society will not appear spontaneously—people must visualize it first.
That's why authoritarians fear creativity.
Imagination is power. Dare to dream.
That's why authoritarians fear creativity.
Imagination is power. Dare to dream.
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A more just and equitable society will not appear spontaneously—people must visualize it first.
That's why authoritarians fear creativity.
Imagination is power. Dare to dream.
That's why authoritarians fear creativity.
Imagination is power. Dare to dream.
In studying local grassroots campaigns I'm discovering something rather striking.
Campaigns that use only legal & legislative/electoral strategies often win little or nothing.
Campaigns that use those strategies PLUS disruptive direct action often achieve success.
Campaigns that use only legal & legislative/electoral strategies often win little or nothing.
Campaigns that use those strategies PLUS disruptive direct action often achieve success.
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In studying local grassroots campaigns I'm discovering something rather striking.
Campaigns that use only legal & legislative/electoral strategies often win little or nothing.
Campaigns that use those strategies PLUS disruptive direct action often achieve success.
Campaigns that use only legal & legislative/electoral strategies often win little or nothing.
Campaigns that use those strategies PLUS disruptive direct action often achieve success.
Nonviolent tactics are methods of communication.
Mass demonstrations say to your opponent: "We don't LIKE what you're doing."
Noncooperation says to your opponent: "We are going to STOP what you're doing."
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social
generalstrikeus.com/strikecard
Mass demonstrations say to your opponent: "We don't LIKE what you're doing."
Noncooperation says to your opponent: "We are going to STOP what you're doing."
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social
generalstrikeus.com/strikecard
The Strike Card — The General Strike
By Signing a Strike Card is one of most important steps you can take in ensuring the success of The General Strike. By doing so you will receive important emails and SMS updates.
The Strike card is ...
generalstrikeus.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Nonviolent tactics are methods of communication.
Mass demonstrations say to your opponent: "We don't LIKE what you're doing."
Noncooperation says to your opponent: "We are going to STOP what you're doing."
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social
generalstrikeus.com/strikecard
Mass demonstrations say to your opponent: "We don't LIKE what you're doing."
Noncooperation says to your opponent: "We are going to STOP what you're doing."
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social
generalstrikeus.com/strikecard
"I’m a single mom, and I’ve had two or three jobs since my son was born because it is so hard out here. The working class is working hard, and the big guys just keep getting bigger.”
@gwenfulton.bsky.social
workingclassstories.substack.com/p/solidarity...
@gwenfulton.bsky.social
workingclassstories.substack.com/p/solidarity...
Solidarity forever and ever and ever.
A casino picket line in rural Indiana makes our choices and sides abundantly clear.
workingclassstories.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"I’m a single mom, and I’ve had two or three jobs since my son was born because it is so hard out here. The working class is working hard, and the big guys just keep getting bigger.”
@gwenfulton.bsky.social
workingclassstories.substack.com/p/solidarity...
@gwenfulton.bsky.social
workingclassstories.substack.com/p/solidarity...
“…for protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met.”
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
www.yahoo.com/news/why-pro...
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
www.yahoo.com/news/why-pro...
Why Protests Should Be Promises
Modern movements that aim to advance racial equity should withhold and promise, rather than perform, writes Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
www.yahoo.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“…for protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met.”
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
www.yahoo.com/news/why-pro...
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
www.yahoo.com/news/why-pro...
Unlike random protests, nonviolent CAMPAIGNS can achieve concrete objectives by attacking the pillars of support that empower your opponent.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Unlike random protests, nonviolent CAMPAIGNS can achieve concrete objectives by attacking the pillars of support that empower your opponent.
Trump may act like he is all-powerful.
But no president has intrinsic power—not even this one.
All rulers acquire their authority from elsewhere.
We can't challenge Trump directly, but we can attack his pillars of support—the cowardly businesses and institutions that comply with his demands.
But no president has intrinsic power—not even this one.
All rulers acquire their authority from elsewhere.
We can't challenge Trump directly, but we can attack his pillars of support—the cowardly businesses and institutions that comply with his demands.
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trump may act like he is all-powerful.
But no president has intrinsic power—not even this one.
All rulers acquire their authority from elsewhere.
We can't challenge Trump directly, but we can attack his pillars of support—the cowardly businesses and institutions that comply with his demands.
But no president has intrinsic power—not even this one.
All rulers acquire their authority from elsewhere.
We can't challenge Trump directly, but we can attack his pillars of support—the cowardly businesses and institutions that comply with his demands.
20 years ago today, 24 unarmed Iraqis were gunned down in cold blood, the victims of US soldiers on a rampage.
Graffiti is scrawled across one of the now-deserted homes in Haditha: “Democracy assassinated the family that was here.”
This is war.
fragmentsweb.org/essays/atroc...
Graffiti is scrawled across one of the now-deserted homes in Haditha: “Democracy assassinated the family that was here.”
This is war.
fragmentsweb.org/essays/atroc...
Atrocities - Fragments
The occupation of Iraq As the Iraq War grinds on, we are seeing an increasing number of reports involving the torture, rape, or murder of Iraqi civilians by US soldiers. This should not surprise us. W...
fragmentsweb.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
20 years ago today, 24 unarmed Iraqis were gunned down in cold blood, the victims of US soldiers on a rampage.
Graffiti is scrawled across one of the now-deserted homes in Haditha: “Democracy assassinated the family that was here.”
This is war.
fragmentsweb.org/essays/atroc...
Graffiti is scrawled across one of the now-deserted homes in Haditha: “Democracy assassinated the family that was here.”
This is war.
fragmentsweb.org/essays/atroc...
ICE has arrived!
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Morrisville & surrounding areas in North Carolina.
Local Signal chats have sprung up, and dozens of volunteers are tracking their activity.
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Morrisville & surrounding areas in North Carolina.
Local Signal chats have sprung up, and dozens of volunteers are tracking their activity.
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
ICE has arrived!
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Morrisville & surrounding areas in North Carolina.
Local Signal chats have sprung up, and dozens of volunteers are tracking their activity.
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Morrisville & surrounding areas in North Carolina.
Local Signal chats have sprung up, and dozens of volunteers are tracking their activity.
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BREAKING: Federal agents detained at least three people in Durham on Tuesday, chasing them through a shopping center parking lot as stores locked down and shoppers fled.
“They’re Just Kind Of Grabbing People”: Fear Grips Durham As Federal Agents Arrive
Federal agents detained at least three people as volunteers mobilized to track the agents through Durham.
indyweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
BREAKING: Federal agents detained at least three people in Durham on Tuesday, chasing them through a shopping center parking lot as stores locked down and shoppers fled.
“Local politics provides a foundation for larger political movements, and being active in your city or town allows you to participate in shaping the future of your community.”
www.change.org/l/us/communi...
www.change.org/l/us/communi...
Community power: How to get involved in local politics
Getting involved in local politics is one of the most impactful ways to make a difference in your community. Whether you’re passionate about education, housing, the environment, or social justice, loc...
www.change.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Local politics provides a foundation for larger political movements, and being active in your city or town allows you to participate in shaping the future of your community.”
www.change.org/l/us/communi...
www.change.org/l/us/communi...
Feeling isolated? Stressed out? Hopeless? Lonely? Angry?
There's a cure for that.
Join the Movement!
Friendly, committed people are waiting to welcome you in!
youtu.be/MP2BiH7H7vI
There's a cure for that.
Join the Movement!
Friendly, committed people are waiting to welcome you in!
youtu.be/MP2BiH7H7vI
Looking for Purpose & Connection? Join a Movement
YouTube video by Fragments
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November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Feeling isolated? Stressed out? Hopeless? Lonely? Angry?
There's a cure for that.
Join the Movement!
Friendly, committed people are waiting to welcome you in!
youtu.be/MP2BiH7H7vI
There's a cure for that.
Join the Movement!
Friendly, committed people are waiting to welcome you in!
youtu.be/MP2BiH7H7vI
I've been saying for years we need to learn how to more effectively wield our people power.
Now, thanks to Trump, thousands are being trained in civil resistance.
In the long run, this will make for a stronger civil society and help preserve democracy.
choosedemocracy.us/trainings-in...
Now, thanks to Trump, thousands are being trained in civil resistance.
In the long run, this will make for a stronger civil society and help preserve democracy.
choosedemocracy.us/trainings-in...
Training Agendas
Trainings in a Trump Era Here are off-the-shelf training agendas to use and adapt to your own needs. Skill-Based Training Modules for Trump Era Outdated Trainings (Pre-Election) Outdated Trainings (Im...
choosedemocracy.us
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I've been saying for years we need to learn how to more effectively wield our people power.
Now, thanks to Trump, thousands are being trained in civil resistance.
In the long run, this will make for a stronger civil society and help preserve democracy.
choosedemocracy.us/trainings-in...
Now, thanks to Trump, thousands are being trained in civil resistance.
In the long run, this will make for a stronger civil society and help preserve democracy.
choosedemocracy.us/trainings-in...
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Protesters wrap 'crime scene' tape around White House perimeter | REUTERS
Protesters wrap 'crime scene' tape around White House perimeter | REUTERS
In a peaceful demonstration, protesters demanding President Donald Trump to step down marched in Washington, D.C., and wrapped crime scene tape around the Wh...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Protesters wrap 'crime scene' tape around White House perimeter | REUTERS
In North Carolina, these Signs of Fascism marches have spread to Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill and Siler City. This was the first—in Durham on November 2.
Contact @ed4d.bsky.social if you want to organize one in your town.
Contact @ed4d.bsky.social if you want to organize one in your town.
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In North Carolina, these Signs of Fascism marches have spread to Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill and Siler City. This was the first—in Durham on November 2.
Contact @ed4d.bsky.social if you want to organize one in your town.
Contact @ed4d.bsky.social if you want to organize one in your town.
Let's face it—things were not great for many people BEFORE Trump.
While the oligarchs burn the whole thing down, we need to be putting forth a vision of how we intend to rebuild the system so it provides for the needs of working families--not just the wealthy.
While the oligarchs burn the whole thing down, we need to be putting forth a vision of how we intend to rebuild the system so it provides for the needs of working families--not just the wealthy.
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Let's face it—things were not great for many people BEFORE Trump.
While the oligarchs burn the whole thing down, we need to be putting forth a vision of how we intend to rebuild the system so it provides for the needs of working families--not just the wealthy.
While the oligarchs burn the whole thing down, we need to be putting forth a vision of how we intend to rebuild the system so it provides for the needs of working families--not just the wealthy.
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Trump’s authoritarian dreams rely on the complicity (or at the very least, complacency) of other powerful people and systems.
We’re doing the hard work to transform the societal pillars upholding Trump’s power into unyielding opponents of his regime: indivisible.org/campaign/cou...
We’re doing the hard work to transform the societal pillars upholding Trump’s power into unyielding opponents of his regime: indivisible.org/campaign/cou...
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Trump’s authoritarian dreams rely on the complicity (or at the very least, complacency) of other powerful people and systems.
We’re doing the hard work to transform the societal pillars upholding Trump’s power into unyielding opponents of his regime: indivisible.org/campaign/cou...
We’re doing the hard work to transform the societal pillars upholding Trump’s power into unyielding opponents of his regime: indivisible.org/campaign/cou...