WHY AND WHAT NOW?
Like us you may still be wondering why, what happened? Here is a NAT curated list of resources. If you have a trusted resource to suggest, send an email to nat@natmadison.org with the link and a description.
- Heather Cox Richardson, Historian, Letters from an American
- Robert Reich, Professor, former US Secy of Labor, Substack
- Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles,
- Ruth Ben Ghiat, Facism Historian, Lucid
As we all try to move past the WHY, here are some resources to help get to WHAT NOW. If you have a trusted resource to suggest, send an email to nat@natmadison.org with the name, link or author, and brief description.
ONLINES RESOURCES
- Robert Reich – 1/23/25 – What you can do – 10 ways to resist Trump II
- Robert Reich – 1/1/25 – Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does.
- I Watched Orban Destroy Hungry’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era – To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works. By Gabor Scheiring
- Waging Nonviolence.org – 10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won – The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation. Bt Daniel Hunter
- Robert Reich – How to hope in a near hopeless time – Thoughts on our horrendous loss two weeks ago.
- We Conspire – Contemplative Activism – A spiritual approach against injustice.
- Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink – Strategies, Tactics, & Tips For How Everyday Americans Can Fight Back Together Wherever We Live. This is an Indivisible reboot for 2024 and the two lead authors of this doc were Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, co-founders of Indivisible.
BOOKS
- Democracy Awakening, Heather Cox Richardson 2023
- Laboratories of Autocracy, David Pepper, 2021
- Strongmen – Ruth Ben Ghiat, 2020
- On Tyranny – Timothy D. Snyder, 2017