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Jeremy Brecher’s newest report, co-published by the Labor Network for Sustainability and Z, addresses the increased authoritarian threat under Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.

In response, Brecher asserts that the country must look beyond conventional means and consider social strikes — large-scale, nonviolent withdrawal of cooperation, which has brought down authoritarian regimes around the world.Ā 

While success is never guaranteed, understanding these methods is essential to resisting a potential MAGA dictatorship.

READ the report or WATCH the video series

A podcast that asks what do we want & how do we get it.

Latest: My Back Pages – What Is To Be Undone

All Episodes

31 authors & 6 orgs invite you to consider 20 Theses for Liberation, a living document to engage with in a collective process.

Join & share

Real Utopia: Foundation for a Participatory Society: international network of organizers inspired by Participatory theory, vision, and strategy.

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