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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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How We Dealt With Border Patrol
Learnings and how-to's on crucial elements of rapid response, including running ICE Watch and similar trainings, and planning patrol shifts and zones. By Siembra, NC's Defend & Recruit.
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.
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.
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.
Training Agendas
Off-the-shelf training agendas to use and adapt to your own needs. Covering a variety of topics from Mutual Aid 101 to Action Security and De-escalation. By Choose Democracy.
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.