Democracy - Deceleration (Page 3)

Trump and the Insurrection Act: What You Need to Know Right Now

With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond — including refusal, resistance, and ridicule.

By Daniel Hunter

/ 4 Apr 2025

Trump and the Insurrection Act: What You Need to Know Right Now

Hands Off! April 5 Mass Mobilization to Stop Trump and Musk

Protests are being planned in cities across the U.S.—and clear across Texas, from El Paso to Houston and many small towns in between.

By Greg Harman

/ 3 Apr 2025

Hands Off! April 5 Mass Mobilization to Stop Trump and Musk

The Fight for Mahmoud Khalil Is a Fight for Us All

If we don’t successfully challenge the government’s unconstitutional seizure of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, this behavior will become the model for repressing labor organizers, racial justice advocates, reproductive justice efforts, climate activists, and more, the authors write.

By Sajida Jalalzai

/ 15 Mar 2025

The Fight for Mahmoud Khalil Is a Fight for Us All

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

As Trump launched a tariff war on Tuesday with the U.S.’s largest trading partners and attacked his political enemies, thousands rallied across the nation—including San Antonio—to fight back against the autocratic executive’s power grab.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Mar 2025

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

Check Fascism: Shut Down the Economy (and Grow Something Beautiful-ler)

Defeating Trump & Musk’s authoritarian power grab will require multiple forms of resistance, including targeted economic boycotts and general strikes.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Feb 2025

Check Fascism: Shut Down the Economy (and Grow Something Beautiful-ler)

Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial

The tech billionaire is invigorating groups in the U.S. and Europe aiming to sabotage climate action, a DeSmog media analysis shows.

By DeSmog

/ 26 Feb 2025

Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial

Choosing Democracy: How to Crash Fascism and Build a New World (from Your Living Room)

‘People were frozen, I knew that. It wasn’t the stunned shock of 2016; this time around, it was exhaustion. But it also felt like people were thinking. What we’d done before hadn’t worked. What would? No one knew. Yet.’

By Marisol Cortez

/ 13 Feb 2025

Choosing Democracy: How to Crash Fascism and Build a New World (from Your Living Room)

Fighting Authoritarianism While Winning Water & Energy Justice in Texas

‘Why is CenterPoint Energy making billions while people die? Why is Encor and other electric utilities making massive profits, when none of that comes back to us?’ — Dave Cortez, Texas Sierra Club

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Feb 2025

Fighting Authoritarianism While Winning Water & Energy Justice in Texas

This is How We Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing Civil Society

History is full of lessons from those who’ve faced — and defeated — authoritarian regimes. Their victories remind us that in crisis there is also opportunity.

By Waging Nonviolence

/ 6 Feb 2025

This is How We Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing Civil Society

Let’s Defend Sanctuary Policies and Throw a Wrench Into the Deportation Machine

Local officials must not give in to Trump’s bullying and obey in advance, which will only set a dangerous precedent.

By Truthout

/ 1 Feb 2025

Let’s Defend Sanctuary Policies and Throw a Wrench Into the Deportation Machine

To Defeat Trump’s Agenda, Embrace MLK’s Teachings on Class Struggle

Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end.

By Nicholas Powers

/ 20 Jan 2025

To Defeat Trump’s Agenda, Embrace MLK’s Teachings on Class Struggle

Fighting for the Climate Under Authoritarianism Regimes—A Q&A with Yeb Saño

Former chief climate diplomat for the Philippines Yeb Saño discusses his work with Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the challenges climate activists face under repressive governments.

By Waging Nonviolence

/ 22 Nov 2024

Fighting for the Climate Under Authoritarianism Regimes—A Q&A with Yeb Saño