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1288 || reveal, redeem, reframe, redirect, resist Nov 23, 2024

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Often these methods are effective at preventing or reducing backre. However, sometimes the perpetrators’ tactics fail, and backre occurs. When it does, it is often because people relied on ve principles (which can be remembered as the “5 Rs” below) to heighten outrage and increase mobilization against injustice. These principles are:

1. Reveal – Expose the injustice.

2. Redeem – Validate the target.

3. Reframe – Interpret the event as an injustice.

4. Redirect – Mobilize support and avoid official channels.

5. Resist – Resist intimidation and bribes.2

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1287 || hope guide to resisting political violence Nov 22, 2024

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"When threats achieve their intended results, they embolden those who use them. It’s clear that inciting PV has become politically or economically profitable for certain individuals and groups. Some perpetrators also find threat-making to be psychologically gratifying. For these reasons, the very small minority in the US who incite, threaten, and enact PV won’t stop on their own. We, the vast majority, must take action to stop them by imposing costs on their actions." - Hardy Merriman

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1286 || stay engaged Nov 21, 2024

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"We shouldn’t think of our struggle as a finite game, but an infinite game in which there will be many different opportunities to engage. We should be learning how to do better from our failures and our successes. Power may go back and forth over that period of time, over the years ahead of us, so don’t despair too much about whatever happens in the next couple months. Stay hopeful, stay engaged, and recognize that even if the pro-democracy movement loses some ground in this election year, we could also win." - Scot Nakagawa

Read that here: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/08/anti-authoritarian-organizer-scot-nakagawa-participation-advantage-confronting-political-violence/

Kristianna on tiktak said: “you’re using your imagination power to prepare for their best case scenario rather than thinking about how to use the chaos of this moment to make your best case scenario happen.

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1285 || an activist's take on all this Nov 20, 2024

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"People also need to avoid conspiracy theories — and they need to avoid scaring people and doing the job of authoritarians for them. Political violence is a key strategy of authoritarians because it scares people, right? It scares people out of participating in the political system..." - Scot Nakagawa

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1284 || waging nonviolent resistance Nov 19, 2024

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Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency.

THE SOURCE :https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-we-can-meet-challenges-of-authoritarianism/

THE OTHER SOURCE: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/

AND THIS ONE: https://www.endpoliticalviolence.org/

AUTOCRACY THREAT TRACKER: https://www.justsecurity.org/92714/american-autocracy-threat-tracker/

ARTICLE ABOUT EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE STRATEGIES: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/20/authoritarianism-trump-resistance-defeat

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re-release - reprioritizing survival mode Nov 17, 2024

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This is a re-release of episode 745: "getting out of survival mode" because I had a microphone issue and didn't want to ghost you on the final episode of the "grounding yourself after a Trump win" series.

But this one felt relevant to me - and hoping it can help someone if you're feeling the same.

Escaping the cycles of chronic stress... well... sucks. I often want to reach for things that further disconnect me, when in reality, the way out is through connecting more intentionally and deliberately with my current self in what is affecting me, how it's affecting me, and what I NEED, instead of want.

If you're in survival mode currently. I am with you. We will get out of it, in due time. Don't do more than is necessary and remember that you got this, cutie.

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re-release - core beliefs Nov 16, 2024

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This is a re-release of episode 888 "core beliefs" because I had a microphone issue and didn't want to ghost you on the final episode of the "grounding yourself after a Trump win" series.

But this one felt relevant to me - and hoping it can help someone if you're feeling the same.

For our entire lives, every single one of us has been developing a filter through which we see and interpret the world. This filter dictates the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, about other people, and the world around us, but because we’ve carried this narrator with us our entire lives, it can be hard to tell which stories are actually fiction, and it can be even more difficult to remember that we can sometimes rewrite happier through line, for certain stories that aren’t as helpful anymore.

LINK:https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-challenge-your-negative-core-beliefs-7554706

https://positivepsychology.com/core-beliefs-worksheets/

https://positive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Table-of-Common-Core-Beliefs.pdf

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