-the inability to consolidate power or gain the unambiguous support of the citizens
![Dual power, sometimes referred to as counterpower, refers to a strategy in which alternative institutions coexist with and seek to ultimately replace existing authority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_power
The term was first used by the communist Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924)[1] in the 1917 Pravda article titled "The Dual Power" (Двоевластие, Dvoyevlastiye), referring to the coexistence of two Russian governments as a result of the February Revolution: the Soviets (workers' councils), particularly the Petrograd Soviet, and the Russian Provisional Government.[2] Lenin saw this unstable power dynamic as an opportunity for revolutionaries to seize control.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7ph2lr6c6u23ui646z5n44nc/bafkreif7qaab2haxsd436hjmipuxar5tkzugfjsndeij2cojzthzhkix64@jpeg)
![Alexander Kerensky, a former member of the Fourth Duma and a chairman of the Soviet Executive Committee and eventually the Prime Minister for the Provisional Government, was brought into the Provisional Government as a way to gain support from left-wing parties and the Petrograd Soviet. Kerensky was a moderate socialist, and believed that cooperation with the Provisional Government was necessary. Historian S. A. Smith explains that after the appointment of Kerensky "Thus was born 'dual power', an institutional arrangement under which the Provisional Government enjoyed formal authority, but where the Soviet Executive Committee had real power."[10] The Provisional Government feared the Soviets immense growing power, and through this fear they tried to appease them as much as possible. When Kerensky became Prime Minister, he attempted to work with the Soviets including arming the Soviets and their followers during the Kornilov affair.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7ph2lr6c6u23ui646z5n44nc/bafkreibyzakrk3iipbxovqczjcpmi6yf7tij5utmvdqcq4coigd746kcsy@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
-the inability to consolidate power or gain the unambiguous support of the citizens
Cooking and eating communally not only guarantees material survival but is also a political act. It is a way of providing collective care, sustaining life, exercising everyday self-governance, and building counterpower in the face of exclusionary economic models. www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
A Solidarity That Nourishes - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Communal kitchens are a vital institution of counter-power in Brazil and the Southern Cone
www.rosalux.de
December 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Cooking and eating communally not only guarantees material survival but is also a political act. It is a way of providing collective care, sustaining life, exercising everyday self-governance, and building counterpower in the face of exclusionary economic models. www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
The instinct is not suppressed, the takings are just redistributed to avoid hegemony. But there obviously has to be a counterpower to do so, in this case the govt in Keynesian mode, and this was allowed to atrophy. And of course counterpowers are not necessarily perfect or good on every front
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The instinct is not suppressed, the takings are just redistributed to avoid hegemony. But there obviously has to be a counterpower to do so, in this case the govt in Keynesian mode, and this was allowed to atrophy. And of course counterpowers are not necessarily perfect or good on every front
as far as mass action I think the only way is through a persistent and prolongued debt strike. china is a legitimate counterpower in that they could "call the question" on the mushroom cloud of US debt. I don't think they'll do that unless they absolutely have to
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
as far as mass action I think the only way is through a persistent and prolongued debt strike. china is a legitimate counterpower in that they could "call the question" on the mushroom cloud of US debt. I don't think they'll do that unless they absolutely have to
Judi Bari sought to organize entire communities against class domination and Earth exploitation and for a “culture of life.” Collective grassroots action. Today, institutions fail us, broken or misdirected by kleptocrats. There is still power — counterpower — in community. #judibari
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Judi Bari sought to organize entire communities against class domination and Earth exploitation and for a “culture of life.” Collective grassroots action. Today, institutions fail us, broken or misdirected by kleptocrats. There is still power — counterpower — in community. #judibari
What do you call counterpower when it's going in the wrong direction
Bari Weiss is building a right-wing CBS knockoff—mimicking the format, harvesting the credibility, but serving pure partisanship.
This is the Venture Capital fascism playbook: clone trusted institutions, staff them with right-wing ideological warriors, and call it ‘balance.’
This is the Venture Capital fascism playbook: clone trusted institutions, staff them with right-wing ideological warriors, and call it ‘balance.’
Update: After Bari Weiss was made Editor-in-Chief, CBS News is now uplifting stories from Weiss’s The Free Press.
October 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What do you call counterpower when it's going in the wrong direction
This Special Issue invites readers to engage with pluralistic perspectives across three thematic clusters:
💠Theoretical Underpinnings of Modern Bigness
💠Law as a Counterpower to Modern Bigness
💠Procedural Tools and Safeguards to Curb Modern Bigness
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💠Theoretical Underpinnings of Modern Bigness
💠Law as a Counterpower to Modern Bigness
💠Procedural Tools and Safeguards to Curb Modern Bigness
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This Special Issue invites readers to engage with pluralistic perspectives across three thematic clusters:
💠Theoretical Underpinnings of Modern Bigness
💠Law as a Counterpower to Modern Bigness
💠Procedural Tools and Safeguards to Curb Modern Bigness
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💠Theoretical Underpinnings of Modern Bigness
💠Law as a Counterpower to Modern Bigness
💠Procedural Tools and Safeguards to Curb Modern Bigness
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Grow a spine. When a leader toys with troops on our streets, the opposition doesn’t ‘hope’—it subpoenas, defunds, and sues. Power respects counterpower, not polite requests. Do the job or make way for someone who will
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Grow a spine. When a leader toys with troops on our streets, the opposition doesn’t ‘hope’—it subpoenas, defunds, and sues. Power respects counterpower, not polite requests. Do the job or make way for someone who will
Freedom of the press is a counterpower. As Kant and French revolutionaries knew, to claim the freedom of the press is to claim the power of the people, opposed to that of the State and able to monitor it, judge it and, ultimately, overturn it.
@marioricciardi.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1716...
@marioricciardi.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1716...
"The sole palladium of the people's rights". Freedom of the pen as a counterpower in Kant and his contemporaries
For Kant's contemporaries, his claim that the “freedom of the pen” is “the only palladium of the people's rights” - represented a clear political stance that favoured the thesis of the people's sovere...
zenodo.org
September 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Freedom of the press is a counterpower. As Kant and French revolutionaries knew, to claim the freedom of the press is to claim the power of the people, opposed to that of the State and able to monitor it, judge it and, ultimately, overturn it.
@marioricciardi.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1716...
@marioricciardi.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1716...
i actually have, have you read how all that ended? do you even know what dual power is? from my point of view, all you all are doing is throwing words without substance? Counterpower won’t work when all you do is attack everyone else who has a slightly different opinion than you lmfaooo
September 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
i actually have, have you read how all that ended? do you even know what dual power is? from my point of view, all you all are doing is throwing words without substance? Counterpower won’t work when all you do is attack everyone else who has a slightly different opinion than you lmfaooo
Yeah, I think political education is super crucial. And I think the AI onslaught can be illuminating about social conflicts, where power rests, how we might build counterpower etc!
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yeah, I think political education is super crucial. And I think the AI onslaught can be illuminating about social conflicts, where power rests, how we might build counterpower etc!
The fights we have in front of us are almost impossible to countenance. We are like the crew in Sunshine (2007) flying at a sun we cannot look directly at or it will destroy us.
We have to figure out how to discuss realistic resistance and counterpower with millions of people. It will be terrifying
We have to figure out how to discuss realistic resistance and counterpower with millions of people. It will be terrifying
September 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The fights we have in front of us are almost impossible to countenance. We are like the crew in Sunshine (2007) flying at a sun we cannot look directly at or it will destroy us.
We have to figure out how to discuss realistic resistance and counterpower with millions of people. It will be terrifying
We have to figure out how to discuss realistic resistance and counterpower with millions of people. It will be terrifying
📄 "Forging a global union against rentier exploitation: A commentary on tenant internationalism"
✍️ @martaillraga.bsky.social
🔍 New-generation tenants’ #unions are emerging as vital counterpower to corporate #landlords and rentier capital.
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✍️ @martaillraga.bsky.social
🔍 New-generation tenants’ #unions are emerging as vital counterpower to corporate #landlords and rentier capital.
📖 buff.ly/2C1NNZF
August 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📄 "Forging a global union against rentier exploitation: A commentary on tenant internationalism"
✍️ @martaillraga.bsky.social
🔍 New-generation tenants’ #unions are emerging as vital counterpower to corporate #landlords and rentier capital.
📖 buff.ly/2C1NNZF
✍️ @martaillraga.bsky.social
🔍 New-generation tenants’ #unions are emerging as vital counterpower to corporate #landlords and rentier capital.
📖 buff.ly/2C1NNZF
#YourPartyUK @tomblackburn.bsky.social in #Tribune "the new party has its own functions to perform — specifically, building counter-hegemony & counterpower at the base — & needs to maintain a distinctive identity to avoid being subsumed". Join us WE ARE NOT FLEES. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/part...
Party Time
The unpopularity of Keir Starmer’s reactionary Labour government has created a generational opportunity in British politics. Rebuilding the Left will be difficult — but this could be a start.
tribunemag.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#YourPartyUK @tomblackburn.bsky.social in #Tribune "the new party has its own functions to perform — specifically, building counter-hegemony & counterpower at the base — & needs to maintain a distinctive identity to avoid being subsumed". Join us WE ARE NOT FLEES. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/part...
#Idiocracy in action.
Each interview of this man is on purpose. He purposely lies to the American citizens, aiming to make them distrust science. Without science, there is only religion left. And when religion meets no counterpower, the mob is the easiest to manipulate, with fear and tyrany.
Each interview of this man is on purpose. He purposely lies to the American citizens, aiming to make them distrust science. Without science, there is only religion left. And when religion meets no counterpower, the mob is the easiest to manipulate, with fear and tyrany.
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#Idiocracy in action.
Each interview of this man is on purpose. He purposely lies to the American citizens, aiming to make them distrust science. Without science, there is only religion left. And when religion meets no counterpower, the mob is the easiest to manipulate, with fear and tyrany.
Each interview of this man is on purpose. He purposely lies to the American citizens, aiming to make them distrust science. Without science, there is only religion left. And when religion meets no counterpower, the mob is the easiest to manipulate, with fear and tyrany.
a prefigurated freedom now [DotP].
Accountability, support and repair are indeed important and thus will come from strong social counterpower built on free association rather than a dictatorship "on the behalf of the people." The state ALWAYS centers hierarchy, it wont solve this equation.
Accountability, support and repair are indeed important and thus will come from strong social counterpower built on free association rather than a dictatorship "on the behalf of the people." The state ALWAYS centers hierarchy, it wont solve this equation.
August 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
a prefigurated freedom now [DotP].
Accountability, support and repair are indeed important and thus will come from strong social counterpower built on free association rather than a dictatorship "on the behalf of the people." The state ALWAYS centers hierarchy, it wont solve this equation.
Accountability, support and repair are indeed important and thus will come from strong social counterpower built on free association rather than a dictatorship "on the behalf of the people." The state ALWAYS centers hierarchy, it wont solve this equation.
#SoftPowerOppression #AuthoritarianTech #FascismUnmasked #SilentCensorship #DigitalResistance #GrassrootsIntel #CounterPower #CivicAlarm #UnmaskTheMachine #StructuralViolence #InvisibleInfrastructure #CognitiveCapital #ErosionAlerts #socialpsyc #sociology #HigherEd #scicomm #ScholarSky #EduSky
August 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Queer praxis towards infrastructural counterpower: a case study of Signal and encrypted *****"
July 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Queer praxis towards infrastructural counterpower: a case study of Signal and encrypted *****"
Our approach goes beyond traditional labor. We’re building counterpower with tenants, migrants, the unhoused, youth, sex workers, street vendors, and more all workers, all organized through intersectional, anti-colonial class struggle.
#GSUS4THEPEOPLE
#GENERALSTRIKEUS
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July 31, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Our approach goes beyond traditional labor. We’re building counterpower with tenants, migrants, the unhoused, youth, sex workers, street vendors, and more all workers, all organized through intersectional, anti-colonial class struggle.
#GSUS4THEPEOPLE
#GENERALSTRIKEUS
#GSUS
❤️🔥✊️❤️🔥
#GSUS4THEPEOPLE
#GENERALSTRIKEUS
#GSUS
❤️🔥✊️❤️🔥
is the Wall Street Journal the new counterpower to Trump II? Discuss...
Interestingly he's been acting exactly like his name is in the Epstein files
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.
July 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
is the Wall Street Journal the new counterpower to Trump II? Discuss...
Indeed, I’m not arguing that any organised movement strengthens democracy. As Wendy Brown and others have shown, neoliberalism didn’t just erode collective structures in the abstract, it specifically dismantled progressive counterpower: labour, civil rights, and solidarity-based publics.
July 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Indeed, I’m not arguing that any organised movement strengthens democracy. As Wendy Brown and others have shown, neoliberalism didn’t just erode collective structures in the abstract, it specifically dismantled progressive counterpower: labour, civil rights, and solidarity-based publics.
Artists’ “purpose may lie in being that counterpower—demonstrating alternatives + standing up to gov’ts, institutions, corporations + so on—to societal bullies. Artists shld also be a counterbalance to trends + conformity. Existing outside the norm is a very precious + important position in society”
What Is Art Good For?
Responses from Camille Henrot, Rose B. Simpson, Stephen Shore, Freida Toranzo Jaeger, Walid Raad, Christine Sun Kim, and Andrew Norman Wilson.
www.artnews.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Artists’ “purpose may lie in being that counterpower—demonstrating alternatives + standing up to gov’ts, institutions, corporations + so on—to societal bullies. Artists shld also be a counterbalance to trends + conformity. Existing outside the norm is a very precious + important position in society”