Resistance, Protest, & Civic Action: the Power of People

Periodicals / Articles

• Resistance is Alive and Well in the United StatesAnalysis of smaller, more frequent protests in the U.S., and how decentralized resistance may be more effective. An overview of the smaller but more frequent and more widespread protests since the Trump coup began, with analysis of how the many types of resistance are increasingly more effective.
• Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? The Data Emphatically Says Yes.A compelling review of 20 historical case studies showing how civil resistance has successfully overthrown violent regimes. An overview of 20 case studies in Europe, Africa, and Asia in the past century when people power defeated a dictator who was willing to use violence.  

Books / Anthologies

• Beyond Molotovs Peaceful protest actions worldwide against authoritarianism. 
• On Tyranny Practical guide drawn from 20th-century history on resisting authoritarian rule. Great introduction to how a historian of European fascism suggests people can stop fascists from staying in power; published during the first Trump administration and still very useful.
• The Presidents and the People:  Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend ItStories of American citizens—including Harriet Tubman and Daniel Ellsberg—resisting presidential abuses of power. Lively account of five U.S. presidents who tried to violate constitutional checks and balances and the ways Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, and Daniel Ellsberg built movements to stop abuses of presidential power.