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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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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.
Action Kit to Protect Student Immigrants
Demands to make for protecting immigrant students, policies and procedures, and tools for organizing. By Alliance for Educational Justice and Advancement Project.
No Secret Police: Policy Guide for Local Electeds
A list of recommended actions and policies to protect our communities from ICE and military deployments. Also includes framing and messaging guidance. By Local Progress.
How You Can Protect Democracy
29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect democracy and gain knowledge, relief, and power, but also joy, fun, and community. By Protect 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.
Finding Steady Ground
7 behaviors we can use to strengthen minds and spirits, so we can keep taking more and more powerful and strategic actions. By Daniel Hunter.
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.
Cybersecurity and Privacy for Activists
How to encrypt your communications, protect your identity and anonymity online, secure your electronic devices, and an overview of legal considerations. By Museum of Protest.
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.
Surveillance Self-Defense
Tips, tools, and how-tos for safer online communications. Guides for installing secure apps and explanations of common security scenarios. By Electronic Frontier Foundation.