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Power Mapping & Spectrum of Allies Worksheets
Step-by-step worksheets to guide organizations in identifying targets and methods to promote social change. By 350.
Perception Box
The perception box is an exercise for understanding how to craft messages to reach your target audiences and move them along the spectrum of allies. By Beautiful Trouble.
Story Based Strategy 101
More than "good messaging". Story-based strategy is a step-by-step guide to analyzing your opposition and writing your own narrative for creating change. By The Center For Story Based Strategy.
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.
NonCooperation Library
Training materials on how to use strategic non-cooperation to undermine the regime's "pillars of support." By Freedom Trainers.
The Authoritarian Playbook
Report outlines seven fundamental tactics used by aspiring authoritarians, describes examples from in and outside the United States. By Protect Democracy.
“We the People”: Whose Rights Does the Constitution Protect?
Free lesson plan designed to help students consider not just what the Constitution says, but what it leaves out. By Zinn Education Project.
Countering Nationalist Oligarchy
2019 article argues that the real threat to liberal democracy isn’t authoritarianism—it’s nationalist oligarchy. By the journal Democracy.
What is Fascism?
2- page handout with reputable sources that examine fascism within a historical and global context. By the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association.
The Bigger We report
Insights from 65+ grassroots leaders and 25 funders in 28 states, outlining six key practices that strengthen connection, belonging, and collective agency. By Freedom Together Foundation.
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.