With the global rise of authoritarianism, civil society is experiencing an unprecedented crack down. Lessons from organizing against repression in Florida, Brazil, and Nicaragua.
Explore how movements can manage internal conflict when it inevitably arises as they seek to build broad-based pro-democracy coalitions of active, passive, and unlikely allies.
There are ways that social movements and organizers can handle violence to their advantage and why violence can backfire.
Better understand how the work of activists, bridge-builders, and organizers can reinforce one another as well as be in constructive tension.
Understand the key attributes of authoritarian systems, how authoritarians wield power, and ways to counter it.