@mariajstephan.bsky.social
Civil resistance, nonviolent action, social movements, democracy, authoritarianism, political violence, peacebuilding.
Exciting campaign that is already working, with Disney's stock plummeting. Let's keep up the momentum!
20.09.2025 22:52 — 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
While religion has far too often been a tool of authoritarianism, faith institutions and communities have also been the life force of so many freedom movements, writes @mariajstephan.bsky.social.
11.09.2025 17:39 — 👍 27 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 1If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
10.09.2025 19:00 — 👍 7594 🔁 1881 💬 463 📌 303Okay now this is impressive!
Sound on!
🕊️ What does nonviolence look like in the face of authoritarianism?
At the @paxchristiusa.bsky.social Annual Conference, The Horizons Project's Co-Lead Maria J. Stephan delivered a powerful keynote on reclaiming the strategic and moral power of nonviolence in this moment.
Tonight! Join the One Million Rising training series, where we'll discuss strategies and tactics of strategic noncooperation - critical to defending our freedoms and our communities during this time. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
16.07.2025 11:00 — 👍 49 🔁 13 💬 13 📌 2Join us this Wednesday for a discussion about how legal practitioners from around the world have upheld the rule of law in the context of rising authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. @horizonsprjt.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org @americanbar.org
14.07.2025 22:05 — 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
15.06.2025 01:11 — 👍 27050 🔁 4933 💬 209 📌 117I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
“We are relieved that David is free and reunited with his family and we are deeply grateful to the hundreds of elected officials, civil rights leaders, labor partners and allies from across the nation who stood in solidarity...” @seiupres.bsky.social, April Verrett's full statement: seiu.co/3ZYw24f
09.06.2025 23:27 — 👍 532 🔁 143 💬 7 📌 4
An Attack on One Is an Attack on All.
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
Great show! And more from one of your guests, the ever-insightful @mariajstephan.bsky.social, here at @justsecurity.org:
www.justsecurity.org/113995/colle...
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
05.06.2025 20:24 — 👍 67294 🔁 14741 💬 1627 📌 876
Exactly right: Big tents and collective action are the way to defeat authoritarianism, by @mariajstephan.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/113995/colle...
03.06.2025 22:35 — 👍 93 🔁 36 💬 5 📌 0Yup. Great example of a successful targeted noncooperation campaign. We're gonna need more of that. Amazon next?
20.05.2025 23:43 — 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Thursday, May 1st will be a powerful day of action: #MayDayStrong led by unions & civic groups; and the #LawDayofAction led by lawyers & judges. Collective action by unions & professional associations is really key. Join an event near you!
29.04.2025 10:44 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
"The price for those who stand directly in the way of Trump’s plans may indeed grow steeper in the coming months and years. But these early acts, as much as they are oppositional, also point to a coherent vision of a just and compassionate society." www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
18.04.2025 13:12 — 👍 10 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1
"I’m really not a movement guy. I don’t naturally march in demonstrations or attend rallies that I’m not covering as a journalist. But this is what America needs right now." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
18.04.2025 13:08 — 👍 65 🔁 23 💬 4 📌 1Excellent article, with a compelling blend of scholarly and activist perspectives. I'm so glad @keyachatterjee.bsky.social brought the joy! :)
12.04.2025 22:52 — 👍 14 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1What's most significant about today's day of action is the sheer number of locations where protests took place -- more than 1000 towns and cities, all over the country.
That's only happened one or two times before *in all of American history.*
Protests aren’t the only tool in the anti-authoritarian toolkit, but they’re incredibly important. Protests help us see each other; they make it feel safer to refuse to obey the dictator, and make it more possible for us to organize mass non-cooperation.
It’s an essential step in the process.
Love it! #HandsOff
05.04.2025 21:20 — 👍 168 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 0Wow. The #HandsOff protest in Boston is HUGE already!
People refusing to lie down as Trump & Musk violate the Constitution. 👏👏
#Resist
(🎥 Arthur Mansavage)
Let's GOOOO NYC! Time for #HandsOff rally today (Sat) 1pm at Bryant Park. Bring friends, signs, and see you there! mobilize.us/s/LtS1F2
05.04.2025 14:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Excellent.
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