> it’s crucial to #SingToTheChoir... here are.. circumstances in which focusing on your choir is.. important..
> When they’re silent..
> When they’re busy looking at their phones..
> When they’re off-key or out of tempo. Every movement gets off-key from time to time.
> When they forget the lyrics.
> When they need practice. All choirs need to practice.
> When they’ve gone lackluster.
> When they think no one’s listening.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/cnv/2023/03/6-reasons-why-movements-sing-to-the-choir/
#WagingNonViolence #MovementBuilding #TheCause

> One Indigenous land defender named #ManuelTeran, also known as #Tortuguita, was shot and killed by police during a raid of the park. Teran was a trained medic who ran a mutual aid group, was a member of Tallahassee’s Food Not Bombs, and organized disaster relief efforts for low-income families in Florida whose homes had been damaged by hurricanes.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2023/01/support-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement-police-kill-manuel-teran/
#WagingNonViolence #Atlanta #Georgia #Florida #Tallahassee

> ... #protest can be a many-splendored thing, a tool that achieves a multitude of goals...
> Unexpected protests capture attention. #Myanmar held a “silent strike” to oppose the coup, emptying the streets instead of filling them. New Zealanders sent in the clowns to tell the Transport Agency to stop clowning around on climate. Puerto Ricans protected their beaches by holding beach parties against privatization.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/cnv/2023/01/how-creative-protests-stole-the-show-in-2022/
#Protectors #WagingNonViolence #PuertoRico

'Repressive governments across the globe are embracing new technological tools of #censorship, #surveillance and #propaganda to tighten their grip on power, marking a new era of digital #authoritarianism.. early euphoria over “#LiberationTechnology” is firmly in the past.. and online space is far more constrained now than it was even five years ago.. data that was previously obscure is now intelligible to #TheState'

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2022/05/lessons-for-nonviolent-activism-in-an-era-of-digital-authoritarianism/
#WagingNonviolence #SurveillanceCapitalism