This news cycle will be designed to pull you into panic. I refuse to participate. Instead, I invite you to join me in taking part in A People’s Filibuster— which refuses to focus on authoritarian chaos and, instead, highlights the agency everyday people have to change their circumstances.

Join the People’s Filibuster

You can take part in A People’s Filibuster, whenever you find this blog by doing the following four things:

* Download Peter Ackerman’s The Checklist to End Tyranny, which is free on the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict’s website.

* Read it, chapter by chapter, on your podcast, YouTube Channel, or Substack live.

* Encourage others to take part. The idea is to flood the zone with news we can use— like an emergency broadcast that invites agency over despair.

* Email The Checklist to End Tyranny to all of your friends and neighbors. Start a bookclub. Take notes on how you can get involved in your community.

See you soon for Part 2 of A People’s Filibuster. Join me!

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