With the global rise of authoritarianism, civil society is experiencing an unprecedented crack down. Lessons from organizing against repression in Florida, Brazil, and Nicaragua.
Collection: Democracy Resource Hub Collection
Democracy Resource Hub Collection
The purpose of this hub is to provide a wide range of tools and resources for anti-authoritarian and pro-democracy organizing in an easily accessible manner for trainers/facilitators, researchers, and practitioners.
This includes tools and resources from the fields of social justice, nonviolence action, organizing, leadership, bridge-building, peacebuilding, and democracy strengthening.
Artwork: Veronika Belcheva (CC-BY-NC-SA)
Mediation for Movements: Managing Intra-Movement Conflict
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.
Rebuilding Public Power: Stopping Corporate Overreach
Activities, videos, and case studies that will help participants assess corporate power in their own communities and build visions for public and collective power.
Block, Bridge and Build: Playbook for an Inclusive Multi-Racial Democracy
Tools and frameworks for pro-democracy organizations and organizers on the front lines of the fight against authoritarianism.
Democracy Undone: The Authoritarian’s Playbook
How populist nationalist leaders across various democracies are employing a playbook involving fear exploitation, institutional undermining, truth erosion, and more to erode democratic values and consolidate power.
Speaking Out Against Bigoted, Dehumanizing Rhetoric: What We Can Do
This guide documents the surge in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate incidents, explains the link between rhetoric and violence, and provides suggestions and resources to take action.
Interactive, Self Paced Mini Courses on Organising: Global Organizing and Leadership Development GOLD
These online courses explore the foundations of organising, distributed leadership, social movements, and the concept of the Movement Cycle.
1/6: The Graphic Novel: What if the Attack on the U.S. Capitol Succeeded?
1/6 The Graphic Novel is a comic about the US Capitol attacks in 2021. It asks what if the insurrection had been successful?
The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change (Book)
The message at the heart of The Neutrality Trap is that, when it comes to the important social issues that face us today, avoiding conflict is a mistake.
How Rural Organizing Can Build Power
This report about rural organizing in North Carolina, United States outlines lessons, actions and recommendations for rural organizers and communities in organizing and building political power.
Organizing in Increasingly Repressive Environments: Pushing Against Criminalization
With the global rise of authoritarianism, civil society is experiencing an unprecedented crack down. Lessons from organizing against repression in Florida, Brazil, and Nicaragua.
Mediation for Movements: Managing Intra-Movement Conflict
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.
Rebuilding Public Power: Stopping Corporate Overreach
Activities, videos, and case studies that will help participants assess corporate power in their own communities and build visions for public and collective power.
Block, Bridge and Build: Playbook for an Inclusive Multi-Racial Democracy
Tools and frameworks for pro-democracy organizations and organizers on the front lines of the fight against authoritarianism.
Democracy Undone: The Authoritarian’s Playbook
How populist nationalist leaders across various democracies are employing a playbook involving fear exploitation, institutional undermining, truth erosion, and more to erode democratic values and consolidate power.
Speaking Out Against Bigoted, Dehumanizing Rhetoric: What We Can Do
This guide documents the surge in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate incidents, explains the link between rhetoric and violence, and provides suggestions and resources to take action.
Interactive, Self Paced Mini Courses on Organising: Global Organizing and Leadership Development GOLD
These online courses explore the foundations of organising, distributed leadership, social movements, and the concept of the Movement Cycle.
1/6: The Graphic Novel: What if the Attack on the U.S. Capitol Succeeded?
1/6 The Graphic Novel is a comic about the US Capitol attacks in 2021. It asks what if the insurrection had been successful?
The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change (Book)
The message at the heart of The Neutrality Trap is that, when it comes to the important social issues that face us today, avoiding conflict is a mistake.
How Rural Organizing Can Build Power
This report about rural organizing in North Carolina, United States outlines lessons, actions and recommendations for rural organizers and communities in organizing and building political power.