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A collection of resources to strengthen our community and build the skills we need for strategic noncooperation and effective nonviolent resistance.
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Sources of Transforming Power
An activity guide for exploring personal and shared sources of power to promote more inclusive and transformative forms of power. By We Rise.
How to Build a General Strike
Learn from Minnesota organizers, international experts on authoritarian regimes, and people preparing nationally about how to build power and prepare for a general strike. By May Day Strong.
Guía Básica de Acción Directa No Violenta
Explica cómo la acción directa no violenta puede detener injusticias sociales o políticas, defender derechos, aumentar la voz comunitaria y promover valores como la solidaridad e inclusión, ofreciendo métodos pacíficos para el cambio social. Por The Ruckus Society.
The Authoritarian Playbook
Report outlines seven fundamental tactics used by aspiring authoritarians, describes examples from in and outside the United States. By Protect Democracy.
Map The Power
Resources, tips, and framework to conduct power research. Includes case studies and a guide to building a team with the skills to investigate corporate bodies and organize to challenge their power. By Public Accountability Initiative.
LittleSis Public Accountability Initiative
Free database of who knows who in business and government. Find info like: Who do the wealthiest Americans donate their money to? Where did White House officials work before they were appointed? By Public Accountability Initiative.
Making Space for Uncomfortable Emotions
This guide aims to foster deeper and more compassionate connections for individuals and groups. By Transition Network.
What can I do to fight authoritarianism?
Guide to getting started broken down by easier, medium, and harder actions you can take to resist authoritarianism and pressure "pillars of support" to defect. By Choose Democracy.
When Autocratization Is Reversed
Academic paper analyzing autocratic "U-turns" since 1900, where autocratic backsliding has been reversed and democracy restored or strengthened. By Marina Nord, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and others.
Global Nonviolent Action Database
Scholar Gene Sharpe's 198 methods of nonviolent actions, with specific historical examples for each one. By Swarthmore College.
Pillars of Support Explained
The Pillars of Support is a tool that can help us organize smart movements and break down the structures of authoritarian regimes. By Choose Democracy.
SWOT Analysis
How to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to identify best case, missed opportunity, mobilization scenario, and worst case options. By Beautiful Trouble.
Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns
A guide for activists and organizers who wish to grow their nonviolent resistance activities into a more strategic, fixed-term campaign. By International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
Power Mapping
Step-by-step process for mapping power dynamics to identify your primary target, then design a campaign strategy to pressure them to make the right decision. By Beautiful Trouble.
Points of Intervention
A guide to identifying pressure points where you can take action to interrupt business as usual and press for change. Six types of points are discussed. By Beautiful Trouble.
Nonviolent Direct Action Toolkit & Resources
A practical guide to NVDA, featuring links, tips, and best practices for newcomers, first-time action planners, and those with experience, with a particular focus on utility for elders.
SMART Objectives For a Successful Campaign
Strong campaigns are built on a series of short- and medium-term SMART objectives that function as intermediary steps towards a more ambitious campaign goal. By Beautiful Trouble.
The Fascism Barometer
Interviews and info to help identify patterns of fascism, demystify what’s happening, highlight what to focus on, and offer concrete tools and actions. Hosted by organizer and strategist Ejeris Dixon.
The Redline Workbook
Practical tool for analyzing the pillars that uphold authoritarianism with a focus on triggers and noncooperation tactics to make them backfire.
Playbook of Every Successful Nonviolent Struggle
Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps. By Jamila Raqib, Waging Nonviolence.