The Democrats will not alienate the corporations and billionaires who keep them in office. They have opted instead for two self-defeating tactics: lies and fear.
“The Self-Liberation strategic planning guide is intended to assist people who wish to plan a grand strategy, or super plan, to achieve their liberation and build a more free and democratic system. It is also meant to be useful to people facing other forms of oppression.
“Careful study of the selected readings is essential: they contain much of the understandings, knowledge and insights that may be useful in the preparation of strategies of liberation.”
It includes the PDF texts of the following of Doctor Sharp’s works, including extracts from his magnum opus, the 900- page, 3-volume THE POLITICS OF NONVIOLENT ACTION:
Self -Liberation
From Dictatorship to Democracy
On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict [by Sharp’s colleague, cohort, and compeer retired US Army Colonel Bob Helvey]
The Anti-Coup
There Are Realistic Alternatives
Self-Liberation Readings: Social Power & Political Freedom (Excerpts)
Self-Liberation Readings: The Politics of Nonviolent Action (Excerpts)
Thanks for all that additional information and context. There are all sorts of tyrannies we need to free ourselves from, from the personal to systemic to the global. Given where things are and are rapidly sliding toward, this issue of liberation will become THE issue we will all be facing. Coming together and finding unity under basic principles while tolerating and respecting differences will be the key.
One of the most significant statements made in this post :
“the Democrats along with the Republicans” made it possible to…”.
As it’s been for over 50 years now: they are the same damn party.
We’ve only that to work with:
Better start building a new frame work:
Whilst we start digging those tech/cyber trenches for WWIII.
(A Clue(????….there’s a path out of this that’s preferable, secure, and of course, purposefully hidden ).
Can you elaborate on the path you see? I'm curious what others who see the same problem are thinking what needs to be done.
Great minds think alike, eh? i was just going to ask the same question... .
Thank You. Mark, for inviting Your readers to check out FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY.
Permit me to invite them to check out where that comes from: the late Gene Sharp’s Albert Einstein Institution at https://www.aeinstein.org/ .
In particular, i invite them to take a look at AEI’s Self-Liberation Toolkit at https://www.aeinstein.org/self-liberation-toolkit , which describes itself as follows:
“The Self-Liberation strategic planning guide is intended to assist people who wish to plan a grand strategy, or super plan, to achieve their liberation and build a more free and democratic system. It is also meant to be useful to people facing other forms of oppression.
“Careful study of the selected readings is essential: they contain much of the understandings, knowledge and insights that may be useful in the preparation of strategies of liberation.”
It includes the PDF texts of the following of Doctor Sharp’s works, including extracts from his magnum opus, the 900- page, 3-volume THE POLITICS OF NONVIOLENT ACTION:
Self -Liberation
From Dictatorship to Democracy
On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict [by Sharp’s colleague, cohort, and compeer retired US Army Colonel Bob Helvey]
The Anti-Coup
There Are Realistic Alternatives
Self-Liberation Readings: Social Power & Political Freedom (Excerpts)
Self-Liberation Readings: The Politics of Nonviolent Action (Excerpts)
Self-Liberation Readings: Waging Nonviolent Struggle (Excerpts)
Thanks for all that additional information and context. There are all sorts of tyrannies we need to free ourselves from, from the personal to systemic to the global. Given where things are and are rapidly sliding toward, this issue of liberation will become THE issue we will all be facing. Coming together and finding unity under basic principles while tolerating and respecting differences will be the key.