10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
Nov 4, 2024 · 2. Find others who you trust. I promise I’ll head towards practical resistance strategies. But the emotional landscape matters a great deal. Hannah Arendt’s “The Origins of Totalitarianism” explored how destructive ideologies like fascism and autocracy grow. She used the word verlassenheit — often translated as loneliness — as a central ingredient.
A new wave of movements against Trumpism is coming
Nov 9, 2024 · This time around, we must be more clear than ever that our goal is to win over a majority of Americans. Movements should not be afraid to engage in polarizing protest, but they should be mindful of the challenge of producing positive polarization that reaches out to include more people in the fight for justice, while minimizing negative polarization that pushes away potential supporters.
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Archiving as resistance to genocide denial in Gaza
Dec 20, 2024 · After the war and genocide in southeastern Bosnia in 1993, two very important forces shaped the society that emerged. One was the denial of war criminals and genocidal actors, who smeared and discredited victims to evade accountability.
Across the Middle East, the BDS movement is thriving
Dec 23, 2024 · Embed from Getty Images. In the bustling streets of Cairo, a bold banner hangs outside the Writers’ Syndicate, confronting passersby with a piercing statement: “Every pound you spend on their products returns as a bullet in your brother’s back.”
How Hitler found his blueprint for a German empire by looking to …
Oct 7, 2020 · Native peoples in the United States continue to struggle for justice. While this year brought some important victories, such as Washington’s NFL team finally dropping its racist name and logo, and a landmark win in the Supreme Court for Native rights in McGirt v. Oklahoma, the difficult work of recognizing and redressing the country’s legacy of …
Our top stories of 2024 | Waging Nonviolence
Dec 23, 2024 · WNV’s most-read stories of 2024. 10. How to make sure your disruptive protest helps your cause By Mark Engler and Paul Engler Five key factors determine whether controversial protests are more likely to spark backlash or create positive outcomes.
How anti-Vietnam War protests thwarted Nixon’s plans and saved …
Nov 12, 2019 · Robert Levering. Robert Levering was a full-time anti-Vietnam War organizer from 1967 to 1973. He was an adviser to the 2020 film, “The Boys Who Said NO!” about the draft resistance movement, and the Executive Producer of “The Movement and the ‘Madman’” a documentary about the impact on Nixon of the Moratorium and …
Inside the campaign to close California’s remaining women’s prisons
Nov 19, 2024 · Up to 90 percent of women in prison experience some kind of trauma prior to incarceration. Advocates say that women often fall into the system when trying to meet their basic needs — such as participating in acts of robbery, sex or drug trafficking, property crimes, or being in an abusive relationship — that might lead them to …
Gandhi’s strategy for success — use more than one strategy
Mar 17, 2017 · As a result of these efforts, many in Gandhi’s time viewed him less as a political leader than a religiously-driven lifestyle advocate. In his published writings, he frequently took up issues of diet and hygiene, concerning himself with matters such as the best way to make an affordable, effective and reusable toothbrush out of commonly available twigs.