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For those interested in a more academic presentation by Erica Chenoweth on these topics, please see this link:
https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news/political-defiance-and-regime-changes
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A TED talk by Erica Chenoweth on their research into the success of political protest movements can be watched here:
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Factor 4: Maintain discipline and resilience in the face of oppression.
“Movements tend to succeed when they develop staying power, which means cultivating resilience, maintaining discipline and sustaining mass involvement..."
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Factor 3: Using a wide variety of tactics, not just demonstrations.
“Movements that shift among various tactics are more likely to succeed than movements that rely too much on a single method."
Be creative: boycotts, marches, walk-outs, flash-mob music, etc.
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Factor 2: Shifting loyalties of the regime’s supporters.
Success of democracy movements depends on turning members of the security services & their elite benefactors.
Know a police officer or National Guard soldier? Talk to them now about what defending democracy means.
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“The single most important influence on a campaign’s success is the scale & range of popular participation. The larger & more diverse the campaign’s base of participants, the more likely it is to succeed."
Recruit your friends and family to protest Trump's authoritarianism.
1/ We face an existential risk to American democracy. What can we do to save our Republic?
Erica Chenoweth is a Harvard professor who has studied the question, identifying predictors of success of protest movements. There are 4 critical factors which are summarized here 
https://peterkimdata.com/four-factors-for-social-movements-to-succeed/
Please for the love of god check the date on the article before telling us that "new" protests are popping up.
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"Each time we show solidarity with others, or support those who are protecting the rule of law, helping the targeted, or exposing the lies and the corruption, we are standing up for democratic values of justice, accountability, equality, and more. In doing so, we model the behaviors the authoritarian state wants us to abandon."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Musk #courts #RuleofLaw #fascism #immigrants #migrants #deportations #resistance
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-living-through-moral-collapse
Lucid · We Are Living Through Moral Collapse. How Democrats Can Strike Back
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"You know who's doing great organizing for us right now? Elon Musk and Donald Trump, that's who. By attacking and alienating more and more swathes of the American public, they're handing us the possibility of a coalition bigger and broader than maybe anything we've ever seen in this country before. A gift, if we take it and do something with it."
~ Rebecca Solnit
#Trump #Musk #courts #RuleofLaw #fascism #immigrants #migrants #deportations #resistance
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https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/stand-your-ground-plant-some-flowers-on-it-too/
Meditations in an Emergency · Stand Your Ground. Plant Some Flowers On It TooYou know who's doing great organizing for us right now? Elon Musk and Donald Trump, that's who. By attacking and alienating more and more swathes of the American public, they're handing us the possibility of a coalition bigger and broader than maybe anything we've ever seen in this country before.
Since #ResilienceIsResistance
Here's a good list of things to help you prepare to leave or fight.
transworldexpress.orgEmergency Preparedness - Trans World Express
Liberals: "Don't do anything that's illegal, it will hurt the message."
Um, what? Coloring within the lines is what got us into this FUBAR situation in the first place.
You don't ask for permission from the aggressor to remove its boot from your neck that's strangling the life out of you; you throw it off as violently as you find to be necessary.
Illegality =/= immorality
Sometimes the illegal choice *is* the moral one. More often than not.
The Kids are alright!
Students have joined the #Resistance
1- At Military Bases
https://wapo.st/4hbGpYk
2- FUCK YOU TRUMP & YOUR DEI CRAP
You can not stop these kids thanks to our "Veterans who stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians"
https://youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?si=xsOKSmBKECmE-0_5
#WeWillNotComply
#ImpeachTrump
#DeportMusk
The Washington Post · Students at military bases around world rebel against Trump DEI crackdown
COWARDS of Corporate Media are deliberately & with MALICE not showing US the acts of #Resistance taking place across America
Here is a huge protest against the FASCISTS at the Heritage Foundation
Please tag me & will share
https://youtu.be/A69GtWE5OU4?si=mrAYFia00mA7r1u2
#wearetheflood
#FreedomSpring
Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism #us #usa #fascism #resistance
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60 Minutes - Newsmakers
What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration
"...I just felt like, well, there's usually two responses to something. You can complain about it, or you could do something about it. I chose the latter within seconds. And it was the easiest decision ever.....
With the active-duty Marines ordered to stand down, Equity Arc reached out to retirees who answered the call from everywhere, former band members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Westpoint, the Naval Academy and the Marines....The original Marine Band concert would have been seen by hundreds. Here, tonight, these musicians are being heard by millions...."
Hey uhmm.... #liberals
Have you caught on yet that your precious #Democrats are not coming to rescue you?
That there isn't any meaningful #resistance from them because they were always complicit?
#Antifascism was never on the ballot. All they offered was the same fascism but with wool over your eyes.
Antifascism wasn't on the ballot because it demands #anticapitalism and your precious "Vote Blue no matter who" politicians also love the billionaires' money.
Are you going to wait for them on the way to the camps or do you finally accept that YOU have to do more than memes and strongly worded change.org petitions?
(This applies to all of the Western world... looking at German 'greens' and 'social democrats'.)
Let's learn from the #activism that peaked at the height of the #aids epidemic. This post is from @theaidsmemorial on Instagram. #joy as #resistance. Keep on putting your oxygen mask on to help others.
