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@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ Take part in federated communities on [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [Le
Escape the censorship of Zuckerberg's [Facebook](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/26/pro-palestine-censorship-facebook-instagram), [Instagram](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g32yxpdz0o), and Threads, Musk's X, and TikTok—which has only returned [after hiding anti-Trump rhetoric](https://www.latintimes.com/anti-trump-searches-appear-hidden-tiktok-after-app-comes-back-online-tiktok-now-trumps-572903) by moving to federated online communities.
Other groups that may have a chapter in your area
- [Freedom Road Socialist Organization](https://frso.org/), fighting for liberation and socialism in the US and around the world
- [National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression](https://naarpr.org/), working towards community control of police
Resources for organizers and activists
- [Activist Handbook](https://activisthandbook.org/) - A wiki for activists, by activists
- [Know Your Rights, Know Your Risks | National Lawyers Guild](https://www.nlg.org/know-your-rights/) - Having only knowledge of legal rights is not enough, since the rights are rarely guaranteed in protests and political actions.
- [Riot Medicine](https://riotmedicine.net/) by Håkan Geijer is *the* resource for street medics, also including some great technology tips for anyone to stay safe
- [How to Create your Constitution and By-laws | Bellevue College](https://forms.bellevuecollege.edu/stupro/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2018/11/how_to_create_your_constitution_and_by-laws.pdf) (PDF)
## Protect and support the members of your community.
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Get involved with unions and co-ops in your local area. Join picket lines and participate in boycotts.
- [Industrial Workers of the World](https://www.iww.org/)
- [United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers](https://uaw.org/)
Direct purchasing power away from Amazon, Whole Foods, and large grocery chains. Shop at farmers' markets and small businesses.
- [Find a farmers market near you | National Farmers Market Directory](https://nfmd.org/browse/)
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If your congressperson has a mailing list, sign up for it. Review their voting history. Engage with them at town halls.
## Protect yourself.
This includes many layers. Self care is an act of resistance, and [activist burnout](https://activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/burnout) is a thing. Don't forget to take time for yourself. Activism can quickly become a second job.
Additionally, caring for your privacy and cyber hygiene can protect you in our online world. You may not know it, but your full name, phone number, email, street address and more are floating around out there, only a web search away. By managing the [privacy options for your social media](https://digitalprivacy.ieee.org/publications/topics/privacy-risks-and-social-media) accounts (or better yet, doing away with them) you can limit what information groups like Canary Mission can collect.
- Don't reuse passwords on multiple sites
- Use strong [pass*phrases*](https://proton.me/blog/what-is-passphrase)
- Enable multi-factor or two-factor authentication
- Manage privacy options for social media
- Don't use your real name
Privacy-focused alternatives to common software are available
- Twitter/X, Threads -> [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/)
- Reddit -> [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/)
- Instagram -> [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/)
- Messenger, SMS -> [Element](https://element.io/) ([matrix](https://matrix.org/)), [Signal](https://signal.org/)
- Gmail -> [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/), [Tuta](https://tuta.com/)
- Google Drive -> [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/), [Proton Drive](https://proton.me/)
- Google Chrome -> Mozilla Firefox
- Google Search -> [Kagi](https://kagi.com/), [Ecosia](https://www.ecosia.org/)
- Microsoft Office apps -> [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/)
- Adobe PhotoShop -> [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/), [Krita](https://krita.org/en/)
- Adobe Illustrator -> [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/)
- Android, iOS -> [GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org/), [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org/)
- Windows, MacOS -> [Linux Mint](https://www.linuxmint.com/)
## Share and promote these resources.
Submit resources you've found helpful to the email at the bottom of this page.
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# What is fascism?
Fascism is a system of government with a centralized authority, a capitalist economy, violent suppression of the opposition, and a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. Sound familiar? We think so.
Reading
- [On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century](https://ia801505.us.archive.org/11/items/on-tyranny-twenty-lessons-from-the-twentieth-century-by-timothy-snyder-z-lib.org/On%20Tyranny%20Twenty%20Lessons%20from%20the%20Twentieth%20Century%20by%20Timothy%20Snyder%20%28z-lib.org%29.pdf) by Timothy Snyder (PDF)