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· Aug 18
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
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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/
Trump's power is not intrinsic. All power is derived from a web of dependencies.
“You don’t need to tackle the entire regime to weaken its foundation. You need leverage points—clear, concrete places to act.”
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“You don’t need to tackle the entire regime to weaken its foundation. You need leverage points—clear, concrete places to act.”
@wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/dont...
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When it feels like progress isn't happening, a force field analysis can help reveal strategic leverage points.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Trump's power is not intrinsic. All power is derived from a web of dependencies.
“You don’t need to tackle the entire regime to weaken its foundation. You need leverage points—clear, concrete places to act.”
@wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/dont...
“You don’t need to tackle the entire regime to weaken its foundation. You need leverage points—clear, concrete places to act.”
@wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/dont...
“I talk to people all over the country for a living…And everywhere I go, people are hurting. Parents are skimping on meals, moms are working two jobs, and rent is swallowing paychecks whole.”
@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 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I talk to people all over the country for a living…And everywhere I go, people are hurting. Parents are skimping on meals, moms are working two jobs, and rent is swallowing paychecks whole.”
@gwenfulton.bsky.social
workingclassstories.substack.com/p/solidarity...
@gwenfulton.bsky.social
workingclassstories.substack.com/p/solidarity...
Democracy is easy.
Step 1 - Vote.
Step 2 - Relentlessly hound the winning candidate to grant your demands using phone calls, emails, town halls, disruptive direct action, etc.
Step 1 - Vote.
Step 2 - Relentlessly hound the winning candidate to grant your demands using phone calls, emails, town halls, disruptive direct action, etc.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Democracy is easy.
Step 1 - Vote.
Step 2 - Relentlessly hound the winning candidate to grant your demands using phone calls, emails, town halls, disruptive direct action, etc.
Step 1 - Vote.
Step 2 - Relentlessly hound the winning candidate to grant your demands using phone calls, emails, town halls, disruptive direct action, etc.
Trump's advisors look to Hungary as a model for turning the US into a "competitive authoritarian regime." This Hungarian activist explains why they failed to stop Orbán's takeover.
In the US, we are making many of the same mistakes!
@forgeorganizing.bsky.social
forgeorganizing.org/article/im-a...
In the US, we are making many of the same mistakes!
@forgeorganizing.bsky.social
forgeorganizing.org/article/im-a...
I’m a Veteran Organizer From Hungary. Here Are My Lessons for the Trump Era. - The Forge
Facing autocracy demands more than resistance—it requires us to understand the failures that brought it to power and to organize for a democracy that delivers for everyone. I know your post-election t...
forgeorganizing.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trump's advisors look to Hungary as a model for turning the US into a "competitive authoritarian regime." This Hungarian activist explains why they failed to stop Orbán's takeover.
In the US, we are making many of the same mistakes!
@forgeorganizing.bsky.social
forgeorganizing.org/article/im-a...
In the US, we are making many of the same mistakes!
@forgeorganizing.bsky.social
forgeorganizing.org/article/im-a...
"The political order will not survive what is coming.…Our elites have abandoned us. Only ordinary people can remake our world. And while we may have less, we will have spirit—and that is what truly matters.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’?
After three years, thousands of arrests and a state crackdown on protests, the group is ending direct action after a polarising campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"The political order will not survive what is coming.…Our elites have abandoned us. Only ordinary people can remake our world. And while we may have less, we will have spirit—and that is what truly matters.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Competence is crucial - for the regime AND for the resistance.
So let's be smarter and more strategic then they are.
So let's be smarter and more strategic then they are.
they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Competence is crucial - for the regime AND for the resistance.
So let's be smarter and more strategic then they are.
So let's be smarter and more strategic then they are.
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.”
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@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 ...
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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.”
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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...