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Resource/Reading Lists, Syllabi, etc.
- Resistance Manual: fantastic wiki with updates on various topics (ACA, immigration, women’s rights, disability rights, etc), the impact of new policies, and how you can resist them.
- Find a local organizing group
- A guide for what to do when you see Islamophobia
- Organizing for Power- resources for organizers
- Amnesty International has a free online course to learn about the human rights of refugees
- Many of us also want to find ways to change the hearts and minds of people we know whose vote for Trump surprised us. It’s new, and a work in progress, but check out.Talk Trump Out
- Southern Poverty Law Center's Speak Up Guide of responding to everyday bigotry: It has sections for family, friends, coworkers, and self.
- Guide to the new Anti-Trump Resistance Movement it describes groups and campaigns like Indivisible, Run for Something, Swing Left, the Town Hall Project, etc; how they started, and how they work.
- Know Your Right: a summary and analysis of top conservative news for a progressive audience
- Overwhelmed by how much news there is and how fast it comes out? Try The Skimm, a free daily newsletter that gives a high-level overview on the news
- Support and read quality freedom of the press like The Guardian, Slate, and, surprisingly, Teen Vogue
- Daily Kos Elections Digest: important news about all the key races around the country, from the Senate and House
- LibrariesResist Resource list - (where a lot of this list comes from)
Government Contacts and Petitions
- Shy Person’s Guide to Calling Representatives
- How to Talk to Congress (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
- On The Issues where you can see the stance of US politicians, a website detailing SCOTUS opinions, the Constitution Annotated, and Regulations.gov where you can comment on administrative agencies' informal rules.. this one is important! If you submit substantive, meaningful comments that challenge the policy or evidence behind a rule, and the agency fails to acknowledge them and explain its reasoning for its final decision, the rule can be challenged and invalidated.
Fake News, Propaganda, Fact Checking, Media Literacy
- How to Detect Bias in News Media
- False, Misleading, Click-baity, and/or Satirical “News” Sources
- How to Spot and Debunk Fake News
- Countable: Up-to-date info about bills going through Congress, and advice on how to contact your reps, and what to say to them. Also in app form!
- The Sixty-Five million people who didn’t vote for Trump: updated version of the “We’re His Problem Now” calling sheet. Has issues, scripts, phone numbers and a weekly call to action.
- My Civic Workout: 5- 10- and 20- minute activism “workouts” sent out a few times a week
- Ctrl Alt Right Delete: Newsletter devoted to understanding how the right operates online and developing strategies and tactics for fighting back.
- 5 Calls: Calling strangers and telling them stuff they may not wanna hear? The worst. Do it anyway. Every day.
- Flippable: help "turn America blue" by building power at all levels of government, both federal and state
Indivisible’s Action Calendar
- Wall-of-Us: gives four concrete acts of resistance delivered to your inbox each week
Weekly Action Checklist by Jennifer Hofmann: delivers weekly email checklist of vetted action items, readings, news, and encouragement
- The Resistance Calendar
- Rogan’s Daily To-Do List
- Resist Here info on fact sheets and talking points; also has action tool kit; has social media tool kit
- Daily Action - one text, daily, tells you an issue and what to do about it
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