Courage is contagious. But how do we catch it?
For months, @amifieldsmeyer.bsky.social and I have been asking dissidents and activists from around the world how we can topple authoritarianism.
We assembled their lessons into a field guide to courage.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/so-you-want-to-be-a-dissident
For months, @amifieldsmeyer.bsky.social and I have been asking dissidents and activists from around the world how we can topple authoritarianism.
We assembled their lessons into a field guide to courage.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/so-you-want-to-be-a-dissident
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Many thousands of us saved Headwaters Forest.
Then we defeated Earth's corporate might & WTO.
Just 60,000 of us did that.
*Millions* of Americans oppose Trump & Musk.
They - we - will win.
"You just have to say "no, I won't" one more time than they can say "yes, you will"."
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I am so overwhelmed I forget that day-to-day week to week month-to-month for years. The New Yorker has kept me informed, better than any paper. I hear things on NPR that I've read already. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
TY for not backing down!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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https://jasonegenberg.substack.com/p/the-arsonist-with-a-firehose-donald
https://archive.ph/Bhnj3
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