The Best Propaganda is Entertaining AF | Deep Dive
How the entertainment industry became the government’s best friend
Education
Learn about the world through this growing collection of eye-opening lectures, podcasts, articles, books, and more that you won't find in school.
How Independent Media Became Revolutionary Infrastructure During the Arab Spring | Activist History
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Offline Kids
A cute collection of screen-free activity ideas for kids, organised by age, location and messiness level – started by a tired
Open Culture
A free educational resource library by Open Culture that centralizes and curates thousands of high-quality free educational and cultural resources
How it Wears
A really well executed reference library that covers 100+ textile fibres (cotton, polyester, linen, merino and many more) explaining how
European Tech Map
A handy directory of 1400+ European software companies across 80+ categories, for anyone looking to reduce their dependence on US
How Veterans Brought the Iraq War Home | Activist History
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The Project for the Next American Century | Deep Dive
How the US is using military force, financial control, and foreign intervention to cling onto global power in a world that's moving on.
Palestine List
A massive collection of books, films, video, and more educational resources to learn (and unlearn) critical information about Palestine'
Digital Security for Protestors & Organizers Guide
A comprehensive guide for protestors, organizers, and other activists to protect our data from prying eyes before, during, and after
Digital Security While Traveling Guide
A guide on how to protect your data when you are traveling internationally and crossing borders.
PrivacyGuides.org
Privacy Guides is an impartial, non-profit organization that is focused on building a strong privacy advocacy community and delivering the
The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin
The foundational work from Murray Bookchin, the social theorist and environmentalist who argued that environmental issues have their root in
How to Build a Public Bench
Learn how to build a publicly-accessible community bench with this step-by-step guide by San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective.
How to Transform Pop Culture into a Tool for Resistance | Deep Dive
One thing has been true for thousands of years: humans love to be entertained. In modern society, entertainment is all
Whistleblowing Guide for Tech & Government Workers
A collection of resources and guides for tech workers to safely and securely reveal compromising information in the public interest.
Open Alternatives
A massive directory of open-source (ie. free!) alternatives to popular software for nearly everything, from messaging & collaboration tools to
How to Use Your Federal Taxes to Resist War
A 5-step guide written by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee to help Americans decide if tax resistance is
How to Feed Your Community
A helpful guide by Food Not Bombs (FNB) for anyone wanting to feed their neighbors/localized community. If you’ve
The Offline Community Organizing Manual
A practical guide by Shadowbanned Magazine to help you stay connected to your community, share resources, and sustain our movements
Militant Housewives During the Great Depression by Annelise Orleck Study Guide
A study guide to learn about how American housewives and mothers organized themselves during the Great Depression.
A Quick Start Guide for Running for Office in the US
This guide from the non-profit Civitech is a walk through of the basics of a political campaign. You may be
How to: Start a Food Rescue Program
A detailed guide by Boulder Food Rescue (which was inspired by Food Not Bombs) to help you redistribute fresh food
5 Part Strategy for a Living Revolution by George Lakey
Explore a 5-Part Strategic Framework for revolutionary systems change, drawing from nonviolent movements from around the world.
Saint Heron Community Library
A free growing digital and physical archival collection of primarily rare, out-of-print, and first-edition words by incredible Black and Brown
Positive Tipping Points Toolkit
A toolkit to help others facilitate positive change. It helps you understand how change happens, how to help create conditions
Critical Media Literacy Tips for the Digital Age
A collection of media literacy tips and frameworks to help you determine what is true, different types of truth, and what is mis/disinformation in the modern media landscape.
Project Gutenberg: Free eBooks
A library of over 75,000 free epub and Kindle eBooks available to download or read online, with focus on
Sci-Hub
A free library with millions of scientific research papers.
The Ground-Zero Guide for Building Community
A guide to help you start participating in building more intentional and resilient communities.
The Tyranny of Structurelessness Study Guide
A Study Guide based on a fantastic and foundational article by political scientist & feminist organizer Jo Freeman, who outlines the limitations of unstrctured "leaderless" organizations and argues that actively creating structure creates more democratic groups.
How to Use Signal
Two guides to help you get your Signal setup for everyday activism. The first guide is from Surveillance Self-Defense to
Imagining a World Beyond Borders | Deep Dive
Lately, we’ve been thinking a lot about borders - what it takes to create them, enforce them, and cross
How to Volunteer for Jail Support
A great guide by Up Against the Law Legal Collective on how to start doing jail support. If your community
Riot Medicine: Street Medic Guides
A collection of guides, zines, and other printables for non-medical and medical professionals sharing everything you need to know about
How to Start a Community Defense Center
A guide to help you mobilize your neighborhood to better protect each other against harm (ie. authoritarian attacks, state repression)
The Protest Playbook
A practical and tactical guide to help citizens win real change, not just headlines, because we don't have
High-Impact Crisis Support Roles
Not everyone needs to be on the front-lines. Whether it be for a protest, disaster, occupation, raid, or other emergency
High-Risk Protest Safety Guide
As the State escalates its efforts all over the country (and the world), protests can quickly become high-risk and dangerous
The Radical Roots of Pan-Asian Identity | Deep Dive
This is the full "Connecting the Dots" segment from the Conscious Citizens Dispatch #19. To read the rest
How to Call Your Reps: A Neurodivergent Friendly Step-by-Step Guide
Calling your representatives is one of the best ways to make your voice heard in a low-lift and consistent way.
Cómo Palestina se Conecta Literalmente con Todo
Para muchos de los que apoyan a Palestina, no lo vemos como un solo problema, es una representación de casi TODOS los problemas en uno. En este artículo queremos exponer estas conexiones.
How Palestine Connects to Literally Everything | Deep Dive
For many who support Palestine, we don't see it as a single issue - it is a representation of nearly ALL issues in one. In this article we want to lay out these connections.
Disabled Protester Guide
A great article originally by Disability Law United with tips for how to protest if you are more vulnerable or
Spotting Co-optation & Building More Resilient Movements | Deep Dive
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Trump's Tariffs & the End of American Dominance | Deep Dive
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The Direct Action Guide
A thorough step-by-step guide on how to organize and carry out your own protest action. Learn what direct action is,
How to Prepare a Press Release for a Protest Action
If you are seeking mainstream media press around your direct action, here's a step-by-step guide from Crimethinc'
Blueprints for Revolution
A practical study guide of Srdja Popovic’s 2015 book "Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego
Harnessing the Power of Art in Activism | Deep Dive
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How to Strengthen Local Community Connections
Building strong, resilient networks with the people around you is the best way we have to prepare for the difficult
Actipedia
A free, open-access, user-generated digital database of creative activism.
What Mahmoud Khalil Reveals About All Struggles | Deep Dive
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Methods for Winning Over an Opponent
If you're trying to build community, coalition, influence, or just wanna help someone to come around to your
How to Set Up a Small Lending Library
A step-by-step guide on setting up a small-scale lending library of things –whether it be equipment, kitchen tools, camping gear,
Solidarity Economy: A Post-Capitalist Vision | Deep Dive
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Community Resource Hub's Policing Library
The largest collection of education materials, organizing tools, and reports exclusively dedicated to the issue of policing, in the world.
How Capitalism Killed Our Imagination | Deep Dive
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Protest Safety Guide
A protest safety guide that includes downloadable resources to help you get prepared before, during and after a protest.
Seeds for Change
A collection of articles about campaign skill development, consensus decision making, facilitation, skills for working in groups, resources for co-ops
SocioEco: A Solidarity Economy Library
An online library dedicated to the social and solidarity economy and its associated concepts. It contains documents in 5 main
How to Make Your Activism More Accessible
A guide compiled with grassroots knowledge for grassroots activists. It was developed as a rapid response to a question raised
Understanding & Harnessing the Polarizing Effects of Protest
A insightful 2-part written series by Paul & Mark Engler on why protests work (even when not everybody likes them)
The Resistance Guide: How to Sustain Social Movements to Win
An essential handbook informed by past social movements for anyone who wants to understand what makes movements succeed and how
How We Win & How to Get Started | Deep Dive
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The Progressive Organizing & Campaign Manual
14 detailed how-to guides on cutting-edge approaches that draw on the combined knowledge of over 100 experienced progressive campaigners, organizers
Mutual Aid Study Guide
A study guide of Dean Spade’s 2020 book "Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
The Protester's Smartphone Security Guide
A detailed guide by Privacy Guides for protesters, activists, and journalists that covers how to maximize your device's
Social Media & The Battle for Our Minds | Deep Dive
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How to Volunteer Remotely During a Climate Disaster
With the rise of climate catastrophe (due to corporate and government negligence), communities around the world will need to leverage
The Psychology of Changing Minds | Deep Dive
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A Global Cry for Change | Deep Dive
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The Right-Wing Battle Against Bureaucracy | Deep Dive
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Vice President Henry Wallace on American Fascism
Read this juicy article by 1944 US Vice President, Henry Wallace, as he defines American Fascism in the New York
