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Civil Society Undermined by Conflict, Disinformation, and Repression of Protest

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Jorm Sangsorn on istock.com Worldwide, civil society—from NGOs to grassroots activist groups to social movements to unions—is being undermined by global conflict, suppressive governments, the erosion of democratic institutions, and the spread of disinformation. And it’s more difficult than it sounds.”

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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Josiah S on istock.com Founded in March 2009, the Oath Keepers are an anti-government far-right militia group comprising former law enforcement, first responders, and former military who pledge to defend the United States against government tyranny at all costs. Actual law enforcement looked the other way.

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Building Solidarity for Transformative Social Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

And these two experiences—digging into democratic political theory, and spending time learning how to organize, how to get people to a meeting, how to strategize, and how to navigate the media and also the arenas of law-making and policy—all this made me see that solidarity was an important concept. But they work together as part of a whole.