Image: from “Jewish Voice for Peace Plans Massive Manhattan Protest to Demand Gaza Ceasefire.”

5 solidarity actions you can take for Palestine and Israel.

Organizations Committed to Human Rights for Palestinians

Books on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Jewish/Muslim Solidarity

Antisemitism

Islamophobia

Anne Applebaum: Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present.

William J. Dobson, Tarek Masoud, Christopher Walker (editors): Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power.

Kevin M. Kruse & Julian E. Zelizer: Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974.

Kevin M. Kruse & Julian E. Zelizer (editors): Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past.

Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt:

• How Democracies Die.
• Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point.

Jan-Werner Müller: Democracy Rules.

Heather Cox Richardson: Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America.

Timothy Snyder:

• On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
• On Freedom.

Jason Stanley: How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.

Astra Taylor: Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone.

• Support the grassroots get-out-the-vote organizations that do this work best, with the Movement Voter Project. Host an MVP event to get your networks involved, too.
• Want to get out into swing states and knock on doors? Check out Seed the Vote.
• Join Swing Left to help win strategic legislative seats that will prevent future gerrymandering.
• Check out the Race-Class Academy for effective messaging.
• Support the youth vote by supporting NextGen America.
• Send personalized postcards to strategically targeted voters through Postcards to Voters.
• Discover all kinds of volunteer opportunities at Grassroots Democrats HQ.
• It takes just two minutes to check if you’re registered to vote at IWillVote.com.
• Find everything you need to know about registering to vote, how to vote by mail, and where your polling location is at Vote.org.
• If you encounter any problems voting, call Election Protection: 866-OUR-VOTE.
• Volunteer at a polling place to decrease the potential for long lines.
• Check out these organizations to find the best fit for you: Black Voters Matter, Common Cause, Fair Fight, Field Team 6, Focus for Democracy, Mi Familia Vota, Red2Blue, and Vote Forward.
• Want to learn about the history of voting rights and voter suppression? Here’s a reading list: Ari Berman and Carol Anderson’s books are especially good to start with.

Image: Martin Luther King’s mentor, Bayard Rustin, in India with Gandhi’s friend and India’s first prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Organizations

Explore these organizations for nonviolent training opportunities, events, mobilizations, & resource collections.

• The Albert Einstein Institution: Advancing Freedom with Nonviolent Action.
• Campaign Nonviolence.
• East Point Peace Academy.
• Fellowship of Reconciliation.
• Global Nonviolent Action Database.
• International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
• Kingian Nonviolence Network.
• Nonviolent Global Liberation.
• The Metta Center for Nonviolence.
• Waging Nonviolence.

Books About Nonviolent Resistance

Peter Ackerman & Chris Kruegler: Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century.

Peter Ackerman & Jack DuVall: A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-violent Conflict.

Beacon Press Anthology: The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace.

Judith Butler: The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind.

Erica Chenoweth: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know.

Erica Chenoweth & Maria Stephan:

• Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.
• The Role of External Support in Nonviolent Campaigns: Poisoned Chalice or Holy Grail?

Ira Chernus: American Nonviolence: The History of an Idea.

Mark Engler & Paul Engler: This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century.

Barbara Epstein: Political Protest and Cultural Revolution: Nonviolent Direct Action in the 1970s and 1980s.

Mohandas Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha).

Kazu Haga: Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm.

Martin Luther King: Browse the literature by and about King here.

George Lakey: How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning.

James M. Lawson Jr:

• Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom.
• Nonviolence and Social Movements: The Teachings of Rev. James M. Lawson Jr.

Srdja Popovic: Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World.

Pace e Bene Press: Explore collection of books and manuals on nonviolence here.

Jonathan Schell: The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People.

Gene Sharp:

• Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice And 21st Century Potential.
• How Nonviolent Struggle Works.
• The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 1: Power and Struggle.
• Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 2: The Methods of Nonviolent Action.
• Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 3: Dynamics of Nonviolent Action.

Anthony C. Siracusa: Nonviolence Before King: The Politics of Being and the Black Freedom Struggle.

Know Your Rights

ACLU: Protestors Rights.

National Lawyers Guild: Know Your Rights as Protestors.

Safety Guides

Amnesty International: Tactics to secure your smartphone before joining a protest.

Black Lives Matter Seattle: Protest Safety Guide.

Friendly Neighborhood Street Medic: Protest Safety Guide.

Greenpeace: Protest Safety Tips.

Planned Parenthood: How to Stay Safe at Abortion Rights Rallies.

Sierra Club: Protest safety guide.

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