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“I had to examine, in my dreams as well as in my immune-function tests, the devastating effects of overextension. Overextending myself is not stretching myself. I had to accept how difficult it is to monitor the difference. Necessary for me as cutting down on sugar. Crucial. Physically. Psychically. Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lord

TODAY'S RESOURCES:

The article: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10493153/reclaiming-self-care-audre-lorde-black-women-community-care

Read Audre Lord's A Burst Of Light: https://eddierockerz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/a-burst-of-light-and-other-essays-pdfdrive-.pdf

Buy Audre Lord's A Burst Of Light: https://www.akpress.org/catalog/product/view/id/3259/s/aburstoflight/category/6/

Resistance Resources:

Choose Democracy "what can I do?": https://choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

Find Local protests + actions: https://www.buildtheresistance.org/actions

More action resources: https://www.buildtheresistance.org/actions

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There are limitless ways people are showing up to resist the coup and protect democracy so today I want to share some more examples of ways we can personally show up as a part of the resistance. You can't do everything, but you can do something. Here's a lil compilation of somethings we can begin.

RESOURCES:

Choose Democracy "what can I do?": https://choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

Compilation of current stories of Resistance: https://choosedemocracy.us/resist-list/?ref=meditationsinanemergency.com

Affinity Groups: https://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/affinitygroups

Find Local protests + actions: https://www.buildtheresistance.org/actions

More action resources: https://www.buildtheresistance.org/actions

Guide to stopping the coup: https://indivisible.org/coup

Guide for Military: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/for-members-of-security-forces-a-guide-to-supporting-pro-democracy-movements/

Guide for Feds: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14p6FJMp6qTJZpPKom32BLtm1ynp9xho5HmOP_Bpkl9k/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.yetwg1phrfmp

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There are 4 pathways to resisting authoritarianism: 1. Protecting people. 2. Defending Civic Institutions, 3. Disrupting + Disobeying 4. Building alternatives.

RESOURCES:

The "Some actions to resist authoritarianism" Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PnA86CvqKNo1le3TEczIBQftX6Pq1n7G5ROHxS_fj1E/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0

Choose Democracy "what can I do?": https://choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

Worth Fighting For: https://weareworthfightingfor.org/

Tax Resistance: https://nwtrcc.org/ and: https://www.warresisters.org/

Mutual Aid 101: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13lh98gyLn1sHSxtFHoInMV5Mz44IICVfPehvvXWJOtg/edit#slide=id.g30bd7fb412d_0_102

Other Sources for different types of Resistance:

Pen (Fighting Book Bans) https://pen.org/book-bans/

Local Abortion Fund Map: https://abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/

The Welcoming Project: https://thewelcomingproject.org/

Mobilize (find local action): https://www.mobilize.us/

National Bail Fund Network Democracy: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory

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There are 4 pathways to resisting authoritarianism: 1. Protecting people. 2. Defending Civic Institutions, 3. Disrupting + Disobeying 4. Building alternatives.

The "Some actions to resist authoritarianism" Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PnA86CvqKNo1le3TEczIBQftX6Pq1n7G5ROHxS_fj1E/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0

Choose Democracy "what can I do?": https://choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

Civil Servant's Serve the People Doc: https://drive.proton.me/urls/4W0PN5CZQG#u3PMOGzXgZjT

National Security Leaders for America: https://www.nsl4a.org/

Protect our elections: https://www.protectourelection.com/contact-county-election-officials

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

Pen (Fighting Book Bans) https://pen.org/book-bans/

Local Abortion Fund Map: https://abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/

The Welcoming Project: https://thewelcomingproject.org/

Mobilize (find local action): https://www.mobilize.us/

National Bail Fund Network Democracy: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory

News: Resistance Idaho: https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/03/28/idaho-leaders-united-calls-out-extremist-culture-of-permission/

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Some ways to opt out:

Cancel superfluous subscriptions,

Shop at local grocers and small ethnic markets for groceries.

Reduce meat + dairy consumption.

Boycott fast fashion.

Digital detox.

Avoid single use plastics.

Opt out of all data tracking.

Refuse to participate in "grind culture".

Avoid trendy diets.

Don't engage with trolls or trash content.

Support worker strikes + boycotts.

Reject overachieving + perfectionism.

Cancel Amazon Prime.

Buy secondhand or borrow.

Rely on the library first.

SOURCES: https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription-services-forgotten-cost-consumers-payments-2022-6

https://x.com/IAmAaronWill/status/1441745602786779136

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Sometimes, the most powerful form of protest isn’t about what you do, it's about what you don't do.

The simplest way to fight back against a system that thrives on your consumption is to simply... opt out of it as much as humanly possible.

It’s going to be super inconvenient at first, but once you get the hang of it you’ll realize the perks: it’s better for the environment, better for your wallet, and a surprisingly powerful tool to weaponize in a capitalist society.

And the best part? You don’t have to do anything. In fact, the less you do, the better.

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@pat.radical.therapist asks: "What if dysregulation is a form of resistance?" and "What if liberation isn't in the perfect regulation of our nervous systems but in the deep, embodied permission to exist as we are - in movement, in mess, in rage, in laughter, in all the things that were never meant to be tamed?" - Patricia

Trying to regulate our dysregulation the time, instead of really listening to it, can be counterintuitive.

Maybe it's time we stop trying to ground ourselves in unstable soil. Maybe it's time we listened to what our nervous system is saying instead of trying to battle it into submission.

"Our healing is not about being soothed into submission. It is about remembering that we are meant to feel, meant to move, meant to be alive in our fullest range." - Prentis Hemphill

@Pat.Radical.Therapist IG post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFdJtaYOIfw/?img_index=6&igsh=NmJoZmY2N3IwY2dj

3 stages of trauma recovery: https://healingfromcomplexptsd.com/stages-trauma-recovery/

@sia_ontheotherside IG post: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCT_cwfOoeE/?igsh=MnVtNHczc3IxaWFw

Psychotherapist Pete Walker: https://pete-walker.com/

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You haven't heard about any major acts of resistance because they don't want you to think it's happening, but just because you can't see the helpers, doesn't meant they're not there. Look for them, and if you can't find any? Become one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/14/federal-unions-resistance-trump-power/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/democrats-trump.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/government-workers-trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/week-legal-setbacks-one-big-win-trumps-agenda-rcna192032

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• “Insist on doing everything through ‘channels.’ Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.”
• “Make ‘speeches.’ Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your ‘points’ by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate ‘patriotic’ comments.”
• “Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.”
• “Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.”
• “‘Misunderstand’ orders. Ask endless questions or engage in long correspondence about such orders. Quibble over them when you can.”
• “In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that the important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers of poor machines.”
• “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.”
• “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.”
• “Multiply paperwork in plausible ways.” 
• “Make mistakes in quantities of material when you are copying orders. Confuse similar names. Use wrong addresses.”
• “Work slowly. Think out ways to increase the number of movements necessary on your job”
• “Pretend that instructions are hard to understand, and ask to have them repeated more than once. Or pretend that you are particularly anxious to do your work, and pester the foreman with unnecessary questions.”
• “Snarl up administration in every possible way. Fill out forms illegibly so that they will have to be done over; make mistakes or omit requested information in forms.”
• “Report imaginary spies or danger to the Gestapo or police,”
• “Act stupid.”
• “Be as irritable and quarrelsome as possible without getting yourself into trouble,”
• “Cry and sob hysterically at every occasion, especially when confronted by government clerks.”

The article I read: https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/

The Field Guide: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184?

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The 3 elements to a full and productive life are love, work, and play. Self initiated play nourishes our imaginations and our creativity, and they are like a muscle you must build through practice.

David Elkin's writing for Museum of Play: https://www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2022/01/1-1-article-elkind-the-power-of-play.pdf

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