https://lucid.substack.com/p/technologies-of-resistance-from-nazi
"This essay is the first in a series about resistance to authoritarianism. I
will cover best practices and principles, the range of actions that may be
considered as resistance (and how non-action can also constitute resistance)
and what we can learn from organized and other forms of resistance in the past
and present.
We know that authoritarian systems of governance are spreading across the
world. A 2022 Freedom House report found that 38 percent of the global
population live in Not Free countries, and about 20 percent live in Free
countries.
We hear much less about the resistance movements that are emerging to contest
this shift. 2019 set a world record for protests, and since then Chile, the US,
Belarus, Iran, China, Poland, Israel, Venezuela, and Serbia have experienced
the biggest demonstrations those countries have had in decades— or ever.
While the reasons for the protests differ in each national case, around the
world, people are refusing to stay silent in the face of forms of governance
that negate the dignity of the individual, control the body, break the spirit,
and plunder the workforce and the planet.
“Dictatorships put people to sleep, and the only ones brave enough to fight it
are youth,” said taxi driver Renato Gomez, a witness to years of Chilean
protests in 1980s Santiago. Young people are often among the first to organize
for action: they know that their futures are at risk due to environmental
plunder, autocratic control of reproduction, state violence, and hate crimes.
Moving from Nazi Germany to Myanmar today, this essay focuses on resistance
actions by young people, who have utilized the media and other technologies at
their disposal in creative and effective ways to call attention to injustices
and build horizontal networks of information exchange and solidarity."
Via
What Could Go Right? Eliminating a Cancer Is Within Reach
https://theprogressnetwork.org/cervical-cancer-elimination-progress/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
