"When issues become identities, we have a problem. Some people love trees and others love fish. But if tree people and fish people can’t work together and think the other camp is wrong and feel misunderstood by each other, then we miss the point. Instead, look at the common reverence for the natural world. Let’s start there and build real power together, rooted in solidarity and interdependence."

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/marshall-ganz-sees-path-to-power-under-trump/

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Free DC made clear, “No single event or protest will fix this. What works is disciplined, connected organizing.” And they are already showing the way forward. Here are some lessons from #FreeDC’s rapid response:
1. Plan ahead..

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/free-dc-models-effective-resistance-to-trumps-takeover/
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From THIS NONVIOLENT LIFE

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

"The greatest challenge of the day is: How to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us."

—Dorothy Day

I live far from Los Angeles and choose when and how to receive my news, so I’m grateful for the e-newsletter #WagingNonViolence bc it lifts up stories and experiences that the US media doesn’t tell us; WNV challenges their “news-brought-to-you-by-billionaires” narrative

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/los-angeles-protests-are-far-more-than-youve-been-told

> The workbook we created was in the final editing stage when Trump started exaggerating property destruction at anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles to justify his own illegal power-grab. As Daniel writes in the introduction, “When dictators want to crack down on people speaking out, they hope for chaos. They want to make us look dangerous. They win when the story is about broken windows instead of broken systems.”...
> Some peacekeepers need to be reminded that it’s not their job to convince anyone, just defuse situations that could undermine the action’s goals.

wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/…
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