There are experts who understand authoritarianism; @olgalautman.bsky.social is one of them.
Here are her thoughts on #HowToFightBack. I'm putting a 📌 in it, because we're going to need it.
Here are her thoughts on #HowToFightBack. I'm putting a 📌 in it, because we're going to need it.
My full guide to resistance! Hope this is useful and remember we are all in this together
Resisting Dictatorship: Ways to Fight Back
Your Guide to Resistance: Fighting Authoritarianism in the United States
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January 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There are experts who understand authoritarianism; @olgalautman.bsky.social is one of them.
Here are her thoughts on #HowToFightBack. I'm putting a 📌 in it, because we're going to need it.
Here are her thoughts on #HowToFightBack. I'm putting a 📌 in it, because we're going to need it.
Authoritarianism wants you confused, overwhelmed, unsure what to do.
Here’s how to break that spell — and fight back:
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
Here’s how to break that spell — and fight back:
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
April 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Authoritarianism wants you confused, overwhelmed, unsure what to do.
Here’s how to break that spell — and fight back:
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
Here’s how to break that spell — and fight back:
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
RFK Jr. told people vaccines were dangerous. Now he says get the measles shot. That’s not a change of heart — it’s a control test. Authoritarians flip positions to see if followers obey. It’s not about truth. It’s about power.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
April 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
RFK Jr. told people vaccines were dangerous. Now he says get the measles shot. That’s not a change of heart — it’s a control test. Authoritarians flip positions to see if followers obey. It’s not about truth. It’s about power.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
Yes! Demoralization is a tactic. Authoritarians flood us with fear, chaos, and doom to make action feel pointless. Even well-meaning despair can serve their goals. The counter-strategy? Hope with teeth.
#StrategicDemoralization #ActAnyway
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#StrategicDemoralization #ActAnyway
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April 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Yes! Demoralization is a tactic. Authoritarians flood us with fear, chaos, and doom to make action feel pointless. Even well-meaning despair can serve their goals. The counter-strategy? Hope with teeth.
#StrategicDemoralization #ActAnyway
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#StrategicDemoralization #ActAnyway
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
“Reviewing combat standards” sounds neutral—until you realize it’s code for “only our kind can serve.” This isn’t about readiness. It’s about power. Purge dissent. Stack the ranks. Classic authoritarian move.
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#LoyaltyTest #AuthoritarianTactic
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#LoyaltyTest #AuthoritarianTactic
April 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“Reviewing combat standards” sounds neutral—until you realize it’s code for “only our kind can serve.” This isn’t about readiness. It’s about power. Purge dissent. Stack the ranks. Classic authoritarian move.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#LoyaltyTest #AuthoritarianTactic
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#LoyaltyTest #AuthoritarianTactic
Trump’s illegal funding freeze continues to impact Americans nationwide.
We must energize and mobilize to take action and fight back.
Join us and @delauro.house.gov TONIGHT at 8 PM ET to learn how you can fight back and help protect our communities and our democracy.
More: bit.ly/HowToFightBack.
We must energize and mobilize to take action and fight back.
Join us and @delauro.house.gov TONIGHT at 8 PM ET to learn how you can fight back and help protect our communities and our democracy.
More: bit.ly/HowToFightBack.
February 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump’s illegal funding freeze continues to impact Americans nationwide.
We must energize and mobilize to take action and fight back.
Join us and @delauro.house.gov TONIGHT at 8 PM ET to learn how you can fight back and help protect our communities and our democracy.
More: bit.ly/HowToFightBack.
We must energize and mobilize to take action and fight back.
Join us and @delauro.house.gov TONIGHT at 8 PM ET to learn how you can fight back and help protect our communities and our democracy.
More: bit.ly/HowToFightBack.
Everyone should also start applying.
Drown their office with applications, because Todd said anyone can apply.
Drown their office with applications, because Todd said anyone can apply.
May 21, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Great read. “I’m saying that many, many people — NGOs, politicians, federal employees — are already fighting back. Some are already winning.” #howtofightback
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The Fight for the Rule of Law is On
Don't be deceived by carnival hucksterism. The Trump Train is already derailing.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Great read. “I’m saying that many, many people — NGOs, politicians, federal employees — are already fighting back. Some are already winning.” #howtofightback
open.substack.com/pub/jaymicha...
open.substack.com/pub/jaymicha...
This is “Impunity as Power.”
Tactic: Break the rules in public to show you’re above them.
The fastest way to fight authoritarian fraud is mass exposure. Make the grift visible, name the pattern, and flood every platform. When impunity loses cover, pressure builds.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
Tactic: Break the rules in public to show you’re above them.
The fastest way to fight authoritarian fraud is mass exposure. Make the grift visible, name the pattern, and flood every platform. When impunity loses cover, pressure builds.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
April 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is “Impunity as Power.”
Tactic: Break the rules in public to show you’re above them.
The fastest way to fight authoritarian fraud is mass exposure. Make the grift visible, name the pattern, and flood every platform. When impunity loses cover, pressure builds.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
Tactic: Break the rules in public to show you’re above them.
The fastest way to fight authoritarian fraud is mass exposure. Make the grift visible, name the pattern, and flood every platform. When impunity loses cover, pressure builds.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
This is how authoritarianism works.
They change the rules.
Make themselves untouchable.
The good news? This isn’t new.
People have fought it before — and won.
Here’s how:
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#AuthoritarianTakedown #HowWeWin
They change the rules.
Make themselves untouchable.
The good news? This isn’t new.
People have fought it before — and won.
Here’s how:
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#AuthoritarianTakedown #HowWeWin
April 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is how authoritarianism works.
They change the rules.
Make themselves untouchable.
The good news? This isn’t new.
People have fought it before — and won.
Here’s how:
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#AuthoritarianTakedown #HowWeWin
They change the rules.
Make themselves untouchable.
The good news? This isn’t new.
People have fought it before — and won.
Here’s how:
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#AuthoritarianTakedown #HowWeWin
Yes, the totality of the scandals is by design—a classic authoritarian tactic.
Flooding the zone creates chaos so no one knows where to look, what to believe, or how to fight back. Confusion protects power.
tinyurl.com/Authoritaria...
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#FloodTheZone
#AuthoritarianTactic
Flooding the zone creates chaos so no one knows where to look, what to believe, or how to fight back. Confusion protects power.
tinyurl.com/Authoritaria...
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#FloodTheZone
#AuthoritarianTactic
March 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Yes, the totality of the scandals is by design—a classic authoritarian tactic.
Flooding the zone creates chaos so no one knows where to look, what to believe, or how to fight back. Confusion protects power.
tinyurl.com/Authoritaria...
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#FloodTheZone
#AuthoritarianTactic
Flooding the zone creates chaos so no one knows where to look, what to believe, or how to fight back. Confusion protects power.
tinyurl.com/Authoritaria...
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#FloodTheZone
#AuthoritarianTactic
TONIGHT: Hear from House Appropriations Committee ranking member @delauro.house.gov about strategies to fight back against the federal funding cuts and help protect our communities and our democracy ⬇️
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
@actonclimateus.bsky.social @lcv.org
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8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
@actonclimateus.bsky.social @lcv.org
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Join LCV and CAC's National Webinar to Fight Back Against the Federal Funding Freeze with House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Rosa DeLauro . After registering, you will receive a confir...
Trump’s illegal funding freeze continues to impact everyday Americans nationwide. We must energize and mobilize to take action and help fight back for our communities, our planet, and our democracy. J...
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February 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
TONIGHT: Hear from House Appropriations Committee ranking member @delauro.house.gov about strategies to fight back against the federal funding cuts and help protect our communities and our democracy ⬇️
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
@actonclimateus.bsky.social @lcv.org
bit.ly/HowToFightBack
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
@actonclimateus.bsky.social @lcv.org
bit.ly/HowToFightBack
Authoritarianism thrives on contradiction.
It floods the zone with confusion so you stop trying to make sense of it — and give up.
Name the game. Get clear.
👉 tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#NameTheGame #AuthoritarianPlaybook #DefendDemocracy
It floods the zone with confusion so you stop trying to make sense of it — and give up.
Name the game. Get clear.
👉 tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#NameTheGame #AuthoritarianPlaybook #DefendDemocracy
April 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Authoritarianism thrives on contradiction.
It floods the zone with confusion so you stop trying to make sense of it — and give up.
Name the game. Get clear.
👉 tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#NameTheGame #AuthoritarianPlaybook #DefendDemocracy
It floods the zone with confusion so you stop trying to make sense of it — and give up.
Name the game. Get clear.
👉 tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#NameTheGame #AuthoritarianPlaybook #DefendDemocracy
When someone stands and names the authoritarian threat out loud, it breaks the trance. It shows people they’re not alone. Public truth-telling is resistance.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#CoryLitTheTorch
#ThisIsHowWeWin
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#CoryLitTheTorch
#ThisIsHowWeWin
April 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
When someone stands and names the authoritarian threat out loud, it breaks the trance. It shows people they’re not alone. Public truth-telling is resistance.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#CoryLitTheTorch
#ThisIsHowWeWin
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#CoryLitTheTorch
#ThisIsHowWeWin
It’s not about fixing the system—it’s about breaking it. Trump’s cutting Medicaid, gutting Social Security, and making life harder on purpose. So we forget freedom.
#AuthoritarianAgenda
#CollapseToControl
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#AuthoritarianAgenda
#CollapseToControl
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
April 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It’s not about fixing the system—it’s about breaking it. Trump’s cutting Medicaid, gutting Social Security, and making life harder on purpose. So we forget freedom.
#AuthoritarianAgenda
#CollapseToControl
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#AuthoritarianAgenda
#CollapseToControl
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
Calling Trump’s admin “anti-American” while pushing fascist rhetoric isn’t irony—it’s strategy. Narrative inversion reframes white supremacy as patriotism and extremism as defense. Name the tactic. Break the spell.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#NarrativeInversion #AuthoritarianPlaybook
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#NarrativeInversion #AuthoritarianPlaybook
How to Fight Back: The Resistance Guide
How to Fight Back: The Resistance Guide This guide outlines how everyday people can resist authoritarianism — not just by reacting to it, but by organizing, protecting, imagining, and rebuilding. This...
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April 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Calling Trump’s admin “anti-American” while pushing fascist rhetoric isn’t irony—it’s strategy. Narrative inversion reframes white supremacy as patriotism and extremism as defense. Name the tactic. Break the spell.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#NarrativeInversion #AuthoritarianPlaybook
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
#NarrativeInversion #AuthoritarianPlaybook
It’s manufactured mostly. Read some of this. I think it might help. I started working on it to save my sanity. Work in progress - feel free to comment additions or improvements! tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
April 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It’s manufactured mostly. Read some of this. I think it might help. I started working on it to save my sanity. Work in progress - feel free to comment additions or improvements! tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
“Not joking about a third term” isn’t a gaffe—it’s a test. This is Phase 4 in the authoritarian timeline: Float the illegal. Watch who pushes back. If we don’t rise up now, we signal permission.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
April 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“Not joking about a third term” isn’t a gaffe—it’s a test. This is Phase 4 in the authoritarian timeline: Float the illegal. Watch who pushes back. If we don’t rise up now, we signal permission.
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
tinyurl.com/HowToFightBack
These and further assaults against protesters by party members triggered a massive mobilization. 62 of 80 faculties have been occupied in what has been defined as "the biggest student protest since 1968 in this country".
#serbianprotests
#studentprotests
#howtofightback
#revolution
#serbianprotests
#studentprotests
#howtofightback
#revolution
February 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
These and further assaults against protesters by party members triggered a massive mobilization. 62 of 80 faculties have been occupied in what has been defined as "the biggest student protest since 1968 in this country".
#serbianprotests
#studentprotests
#howtofightback
#revolution
#serbianprotests
#studentprotests
#howtofightback
#revolution
Fighting Fascism: The Unforgiving Physics of Political Power open.substack.com/pub/lukium/p... #HowToFightFascism #EffectiveResistance #PoliticalOrganizingTips #ResistingEffectively #CreatingPoliticalChange #HowToDefeatMAGA #KISSPolitics:KeepItSimpleStupid #PoliticalPhysics #HowToFightBack
Fighting Fascism: The Unforgiving Physics of Political Power
It's Not About Pushing Harder; It's About Pushing Smarter
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October 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fighting Fascism: The Unforgiving Physics of Political Power open.substack.com/pub/lukium/p... #HowToFightFascism #EffectiveResistance #PoliticalOrganizingTips #ResistingEffectively #CreatingPoliticalChange #HowToDefeatMAGA #KISSPolitics:KeepItSimpleStupid #PoliticalPhysics #HowToFightBack