I've had a couple of (white, privileged) friends say that nothing can be done about authoritarianism.

They say:

"Why give out red cards if ICE will just kick down the door anyway?"

"ICE will be at polling places and they're going to steal the election."

So, I'm looking for book recommendations or other sources on community organizing. I want to combat the doomerism and future-tripping.

#CommunityOrganizing
#Resistance
#DefendDemocracy

I've had a couple of (white, privileged) friends say that nothing can be done about authoritarianism.

They say:

"Why give out red cards if ICE will just kick down the door anyway?"

"ICE will be at polling places and they're going to steal the election."

So, I'm looking for book recommendations or other sources on community organizing. I want to combat the doomerism and future-tripping.

#CommunityOrganizing
#Resistance
#DefendDemocracy

#DearLazyWeb: As part of #DisasterPreparedness organizing in the past, our group did a table top exercise to identify gaps in our response capabilities. We were fortunate enough to have someone who worked in public health make one and GM it for us.

I found some from FEMA with some quick searching. Assuming a group of 5-10 people organizing for themselves (and maybe folks in their neighborhoods), are there any exercises/table top simulations like these that other folks would recommend?

https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/individuals-communities/what-would-you-do-scenarios

I'd be especially interested in anything that considers intentional systemic collapse scenarios, like, "Some jackass shuts down the government and refuses to pay SNAP" and other things like "FEMA doesn't come to help because it's been disbanded by ghouls."

#DisasterPrep #Disaster #CommunityOrganizing

#DearLazyWeb: As part of #DisasterPreparedness organizing in the past, our group did a table top exercise to identify gaps in our response capabilities. We were fortunate enough to have someone who worked in public health make one and GM it for us.

I found some from FEMA with some quick searching. Assuming a group of 5-10 people organizing for themselves (and maybe folks in their neighborhoods), are there any exercises/table top simulations like these that other folks would recommend?

https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/individuals-communities/what-would-you-do-scenarios

I'd be especially interested in anything that considers intentional systemic collapse scenarios, like, "Some jackass shuts down the government and refuses to pay SNAP" and other things like "FEMA doesn't come to help because it's been disbanded by ghouls."

#DisasterPrep #Disaster #CommunityOrganizing