nonviolent-obstruction – (Resources) Indivisible Portola Valley

Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting

Some examples:

ANTI-CRIMINALIZATION

Film the police AKA copwatch.
Monitor court cases [courtwatching and participatory defense hubs]
Financially and emotionally support detained and incarcerated people
Start or join a jail support project and here’s a jail support zine.
Consider jury nullification.
Signal-boost & support prison strikes and abolition efforts.
Advocate for incarcerated trans prisoners.

COMMUNITY DEFENSE/MIGRANT JUSTICE

Sign the Solidarity Pledge.
Learn about and practice community self-defense.
Learn about Community Defense Zones and also check out this excellent resource Defend and Recruit for learning about creating rapid response networks.Learn about deportation defense through this new resource by Make The Road and this one by Mijente.

Click Here for the Full List

(Archive Link)

This came from the Mutula Aid 101 course.

Mutual Aid 101: Solidarity, Survival, and Resistance

Thank You for Your Servitude

Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission
By Mark Leibovich
Publisher: Penguin Press

Recommended by Cindi

“This is a really funny book.” Kara Swisher.

Mark Leibovich’s unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administration’s chief enablers, and the swamp’s lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift…isn’t another view from the Oval Office: it’s the view from the Trump Hotel.

Review

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Nonviolence International

Recommended by: Bob B.

Vision – Nonviolence International seeks a world of justice, peace, and environmental sanity where the worth and dignity of all people is fully realized and conflicts are resolved without resorting to violence.

Mission – Nonviolence International advocates for active nonviolence and supports creative, constructive nonviolent campaigns worldwide. We are a backbone organization of the nonviolent movement, providing fiscal sponsorship to partners all over the globe. We tell the transformative stories of dynamic emerging nonviolent movements that give us hope in difficult times and are reshaping what we view as possible. By telling these inspirational stories and supporting these movements, we help to create a peaceful and just future.

Resources

Nonviolent Tactics
NVI Books
Training
Webinars
Media Interviews
Treaty List by State
Alternative Community Security

Organizational Information – Nonviolence International (NVI) was founded by Palestinian activist Mubarak Awad in 1989. NVI is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in Washington, DC, USA. NVI is also a non-governmental organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

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