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The Resistance


What Resistance Requires
I think all of us have been, to some extent, holding on to that now-famous "3.5% in the streets" figure. Popularized by political scientists Erica Chenowith and Maria Stephan, it suggests that if we just hit this benchmark, change will become inevitable, or so history tells us. But increasingly, I've found that folks seem to be projecting a little too much on this number. Getting 3.5% of the populace out to rallies is great, rallies are the first step to activating people and

peterevogel
Mar 251 min read


Who Says Citizenship Must Be All Or Nothing?
No US citizen should be forced to fund a government that is antithetical to their moral and ethical beliefs.

Diane Kolifrath
Mar 14 min read


ICE: An Out of Control Death Squad
At least 30 people have died in ICE custody. It's time to demand the innocent be released.

Diane Kolifrath
Feb 273 min read


The End of Due Process?
Image of the CECOT prison in El Salvador, posted to X by Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele We are now over a month into a slow-motion Constitutional Crisis, after Kilmar Abrego Garcia and more than 275 other men were illegally renditioned to CECOT, a brutal El Salvadoran prison camp funded by the United States. Justifying their actions through a hodge-podge of unproven allegations and the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, the government turned these men over to the care of

peterevogel
Apr 24, 20257 min read


20 Lessons on Tyranny as Read by John Lithgow
Back in 2016, Timothy Snyder, an American Historian, wrote " On Tyranny : Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" . According to the NY Times Book Review, On Tyranny is the “bracing guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from a public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present". If you haven't read the book, I highly recommend it. But if you don't have time to read the full book, then the next best thing is

Liz Early
Apr 2, 20251 min read


Our Resistance!
Today, we had our first meeting of our Resistance team. It was attended by 13 group members from across the Granite State. Our discussion...

Diane Kolifrath
Mar 30, 20253 min read


The US Has Devolved into Full Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism: a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law . ... given the many, very recent and very public attacks on our rule of law, our national security, and attacks on individuals, provides clear proof that the actions of the trump administration are the very definition of author

Diane Kolifrath
Mar 27, 20254 min read


April 5th: HANDS OFF RALLY ~ State House Concord
Hundreds of civic rights groups from across the United States are mobilizing citizens by the tens-of-millions for a nationwide day of action under the banner "HANDS OFF!". And Granite Staters are answering the call! Thousands of New Hampshire Citizens are expected to turn out in response to the April 5th "HANDS OFF!" rally. If you live in the Granite State, pledge to turn out to let trump and musk know that WE plan to stand in the way to shut down their unbridled takeover of

Diane Kolifrath
Mar 26, 20251 min read


APRIL 5th - WE RISE!
The nationwide April 5th - HANDS OFF RALLY is expected to be the biggest protest in recorded history!

Diane Kolifrath
Mar 21, 20251 min read


Withdraw Your Consent To Be Governed
“Consent of the governed” refers to the idea that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and lawful only when consented, or agreed to, by the people over which that political power is exercised. Consent is fundamental to social contract accounts of political legitimacy, arising as early as Plato's Crito but most prominently in the 17th-century writings of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Sign the Petition: WE DO NOT CONSENT! Locke believed tha

Diane Kolifrath
Mar 6, 20252 min read
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