Tools of Resistance

Post resources and tools that people can use to organize, resist, and advocate for policy and systems change.

Learning Tools

Videos

• Immigration Rights Teach-In and Know Your Rights Presentations: http://www.law.nyu.edu/immigrantrightsclinic/community-resources/videos
• Teach-In on Resisting Muslim Registries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3ZkZQIvDk
• Teach-in on Civil Liberties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFXqUNc6fbk

Podcasts

• The FourFiftyOne: https://www.thefourfiftyone.com/
• Pod Save America: https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323#.2z15xal86
• The Weeds: http://www.vox.com/the-weeds
• The Axe Files: http://politics.uchicago.edu/pages/axefiles
• Interracial Jawn: http://www.lesliemac.com/podcasts/#interracial-jawn
• Can He Do That: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/can-he-do-that-trump-podcast/?tid=sm_tw
• The Q2 Podcast: http://panvisio.org/category/q2-podcast/
• Code Switch: https://www.wbez.org/shows/code-switch/e72cd7a9-c762-4346-a4bc-80eff5131043

For Teachers

Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People's History: https://zinnedproject.org/teaching-materials/

Facing History: Educator Resources: https://www.facinghistory.org/educator-resources

Teaching Tolerance, from the Southern Poverty Law Center: http://www.tolerance.org/

For syllabi generally, see Essential Readings .

For Lawyers

Resources for lawyers filing habeas petitions for the immigration executive order:

• Immigration Law: A Primer [1]
• Federal Courts 2013 (Golove) Outline [2]
• Federal Courts (Long) Outline [3]
• Federal Habeas Corpus Manual for CA State Prisoner [4]

Organizing Tools

Building Websites

• Free - click and drag easy website builder - https://www.weebly.com
• Free - website builder similar to weebly - https://www.wix.com
• Build Visually Appealing Websites - https://www.squarespace.com/
• WordPress, by far the most successful CMS, free and versatile - https://wordpress.com/
• DevProgress, a group of progressives using tech to elect progressive candidates - https://devprogress.us/

Events, Direct Actions, and Protests

• Finding Upcoming Protests - http://fergusonresponse.tumblr.com
• Create and Promote Events - https://splashthat.com/
• Host Gatherings - http://meetup.com
• Methods of Nonviolent Direct Action - http://www.aeinstein.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/198-Methods.pdf
• Protest signs/art: http://theamplifierfoundation.org/wtp_wmw_highresart/
• Digital security tips for protestors: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/11/digital-security-tips-for-protesters
• General strike demands: https://www.reddit.com/r/Political_Revolution/comments/5quo6i/if_a_general_strike_is_called_reporters_will/

Communications

Messaging

• Guide for Talking to White People in the Moment of Trump - http://bit.ly/1O448eq
• How to Respond to Everyday Bigotry, by the Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.splcenter.org/20150126/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry
• Guide to Writing Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor, including specific information for almost 100 specific newspapers across the US

Communications Platforms

• Dust - an app for disappearing text messages and photos that is similar in some ways to Snapchat https://www.usedust.com/
• Wire - Fully encrypted end to end alternative to Skype for every platoform (desktop & mobile)
• Connect and Share Ideas - https://twitter.com/
• Create Responsive Phone/Text Sequences - https://www.twilio.com/
• Group Texting - https://www.whatsapp.com/
• Secure Messaging - https://whispersystems.org/
• Guerrilla Mail - Disposable Temporary E-Mail Address - https://www.guerrillamail.com/
• Mobile Justice CA -An easy way to record and report interactions with law enforcement. All footage and reports submitted through this app will be sent immediately to your local ACLU affiliate. https://www.mobilejusticeca.org/
• Fax: Send & receive faxes from your computer, free with a gmail address: https://www.hellofax.com

Most Secure Ways of Leaking to the Press

• Wikileaks - https://wikileaks.org/
• The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/securedrop/
• The Intercept - https://theintercept.com/securedrop/
• The Guardian - https://securedrop.theguardian.com/
• ProPublica - https://securedrop.propublica.org/
• ProPublica[5] if you notice climate change information removed from the federal government's website
• The Associated Press (AP) - https://securedrop.ap.org/
• The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2016/news-tips/
• https://twitter.com/Publici - The Center for Public Integrity 910 18th St., NW, Ste 700, Washington DC 20006 USA

Social Media Tools

• Create free videos for social media - http://lumen5.com/
• Social media management/scheduling - https://hootsuite.com/

Physical Security

• Umbrella App by Security First is an all-in-one guide to digital and physical security. It has lessons and checklists on everything from how to send a secure email to how to safely attend a protest or deal with arrest. It also has a security feed within information on the latest security threats. It's free, open source and available on Android. You can download it via from Google Play, F-Droid or Amazon App Store or you find out more at https://www.secfirst.org
• Resources 101: Important Info for Immigrants & Allies

Digital Security

• Securing Your Digital Life Like a Normal Person - https://medium.com/@mshelton/securing-your-digital-life-like-a-normal-person-a-hasty-and-incomplete-guide-56437f127425#.8mldoefnv
  • Tor Browser - Tor Browser lets you use Tor on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser to protect your anonymity, and is self-contained (portable). - https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
  • DuckduckGo - Anonymous search engine (google without the tracking) http://www.duckduckgo.com
• Tails Operating System - Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity, and helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship. All connections to the Internet are forced to go through the Tor network - https://tails.boum.org/
• EFF Surveillance Self-Defense Guide - https://ssd.eff.org/
• DIY Feminist Cybersecurity - https://hackblossom.org/cybersecurity/
• Internet Archive (WayBack Machine) - http://archive.org/web/

Organizing Guides/Toolkits

• The Citizen's Campaign http://thecitizenscampaign.org/
• Unite Guide http://www.uniteguide.com
• Indivisible https://www.indivisibleguide.com
• What is Security Culture? https://crimethinc.com/2004/11/01/what-is-security-culture
• PRA's Guide on Challenging the Right, and Advancing Social Justice http://www.politicalresearch.org/for-organizers/#sthash.Y1b15YcH.dpbs?platform=hootsuite
• Toolkit to Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests http://www.immdefense.org/raids-toolkit/

Advocacy Tools

Contacting the White House

• White House Comment Line - Just because the White House shut down their comment line doesn't mean you can't contact them.

Contacting Representatives

• A Guide for Advocating to Congress - http://indivisibleguide.com
• Call the Halls: Contacting Your Representative the Smart Way - https://gumroad.com/l/callthehallsguide
• Call US Senators and Representatives - tel:(844)872-0234
• Call US Senators and Representatives via a web interface: http://callgov.us
• Contact State Representatives - https://embed.joincampaignzero.org/plain.html
• Weekly Advocacy Call to Action: http://bit.ly/2fYBUE1
• Free iPhone app "Call Your Reps": https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/call-your-reps/id1182169306
• App for Advocacy Alerts and Help Calling Reps - https://tryvoices.com/
• Town Hall Project - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yq1NT9DZ2z3B8ixhid894e77u9rN5XIgOwWtTW72IYA/edit
• 5 Calls, a step-by-step guide organized by issue including WHO to call and WHAT to say
• FaxZero, a service that allows you to send free faxes to your senator or representative
• Sign up for CallsForChange to get a weekly text and/or email with background on issues, a sample script, and the phone numbers for your members of Congress for one-tap calling from your smartphone.

Tracking Legislation

• Track Congressional Legislation - https://www.govtrack.us/
• Track State Legislation - https://openstates.org/
• Follow Legislators and Issues - https://www.countable.us/
• Track Senators' Votes on Trump's Cabinet - https://cabinet.bjacobel.com/

Advocating to Businesses

• Advocate for corporations to stop advertising on hate/fake news sites - http://adstrike.us/
• Boycott companies selling Trump family products or otherwise financially benefitting Trump: https://grabyourwallet.org/
• Sleeping Giants Twitter - https://twitter.com/slpng_giants (get companies to blacklist Brietbart in their advertising)

Volunteering

• VolunteerMatch: http://www.volunteermatch.org/
• Togetherlist: https://togetherlist.com/

Elections/Campaign Tools

Information on Elections and Candidates

• Information on Upcoming Elections and Candidates - https://ballotpedia.org/Elections
• Information on local elections and ballot measures: https://www.ballotready.org/
• Democratic Governor's Association: https://democraticgovernors.org/
• Find the Congressional District nearest to you that might be able to swing left in 2018: https://swingleft.org/
• League of Women Voters Voter Guide: http://www.vote411.org

Political Campaign Tools

• Online Organizing/Campaign Platform Builder - http://nationbuilder.com/
• Campaign Crowdfunding Platform - https://www.crowdpac.com/
• Getting people to the polls - http://carpoolvote.com/
• Amplifying a message on social media - https://www.thunderclap.it
• Linking people of color with jobs in campaigns and politics - http://inclusv.com/

Training to Run for Office

• Emily's List: https://www.emilyslist.org/pages/entry/run-for-office
• She Should Run: http://www.sheshouldrun.org/incubator
• Emerge America (many state chapters): http://www.emergeamerica.org/
• Run For Something (specializes in progressives younger than 35): https://www.runforsomething.net/
• Only if You Run (Funding for seats in the most gerrymandered states): http://www.onlyifyou.run/
• Run for Office (Find the offices you are eligible to run for): https://www.runforoffice.org/

Non-Candidate Political Training

• Wellstone Action - http://www.wellstone.org/events/list

Data and Analysis Tools

Data Analysis Tools

• Analyze Data - https://www.r-project.org/
• Compile Data - https://www.google.com/sheets/
• Create Visually Appealing Charts and Graphs - http://www.tableau.com/
• Create Infographics - https://piktochart.com/

Data Sources

• Find Data on Racial and Socioeconomic Inequities - http://nationalequityatlas.org/
• Police Violence Database - http://fatalencounters.org/
• Police Violence Data and Analysis- http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/
• Data on Hate Crimes and Activity - https://www.splcenter.org/
• Data on Educational Inequities - http://ocrdata.ed.gov/
• Global Nonviolent Action Database - https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/
• Data for Evaluating Resistance Campaigns - http://www.du.edu/korbel/sie/research/chenow_navco_data.html