Wadsworth, you’re right that a full-scale halt to productivity would be powerful—but you’re also right that people aren’t ready to make that sacrifice overnight. That’s why we escalate.
Every Time Trump Does Something That Diminishes Legitimacy, We Need People in the Streets to Make thst Perception Stick.
That means mass mobilizations every time he moves to consolidate power—whether through show trials, political persecutions, expanded ICE enforcement, or threats against his opposition. It must be clear that authoritarianism will not be met with silence.
Every Time Trump Escalates Against the States, We Must Flood the Statehouses.
When Trump threatens funding cuts, demands compliance from governors, tries to coerce law enforcement into his control, or pushes new executive orders that override state authority, we need to be at the state capitols demanding immediate, concrete resistance.
Legal protections for targeted communities.
State-level economic countermeasures.
Refusal to cooperate with federal overreach.
And when governors hesitate—as Gavin Newsom has at times, making nice instead of making a stand—we need to make it politically costly for them to back down.
This Fight Doesn’t Just Happen at the Federal or State Level—Cities Must Hold the Line.
Trump’s first line of coercion will be turning cities against themselves. Demands for non-cooperation can start with mayors, city councils, and local agencies that will be the first to feel federal pressure. If your state won’t act, your city still can. But only if people demand it.
From Protest to Power: The Next Step
The Protest Playbook tells us how to escalate. Part II of the Playbook tells us how to make it persist.
The mass actions we demand at the state and city level must be more than performative. Protests must translate into political leverage. And that means connecting locally, forming communities of resistance, and making sure demands made of our cities and states are actionable and achievable.
Trump won’t resign. But your state can refuse him. Your city can defy him. And that is far more winnable than they want us to believe—perhaps than they even realize. This country is ready for a fight—and the one saving grace may be that the Oligarchy? They’re so disconnected from the beating pulse thst they can’t see it—they have absolutely no idea who they’ve picked a fight with.
“ It is time to fight like hell for the survival of democracy. “
How?
I say the Achilles Heel is stopping all productivity. Unfortunately, the masses will not make such a sacrifice. It’s been a slow cook.
Wadsworth, you’re right that a full-scale halt to productivity would be powerful—but you’re also right that people aren’t ready to make that sacrifice overnight. That’s why we escalate.
Every Time Trump Does Something That Diminishes Legitimacy, We Need People in the Streets to Make thst Perception Stick.
That means mass mobilizations every time he moves to consolidate power—whether through show trials, political persecutions, expanded ICE enforcement, or threats against his opposition. It must be clear that authoritarianism will not be met with silence.
Every Time Trump Escalates Against the States, We Must Flood the Statehouses.
When Trump threatens funding cuts, demands compliance from governors, tries to coerce law enforcement into his control, or pushes new executive orders that override state authority, we need to be at the state capitols demanding immediate, concrete resistance.
Legal protections for targeted communities.
State-level economic countermeasures.
Refusal to cooperate with federal overreach.
And when governors hesitate—as Gavin Newsom has at times, making nice instead of making a stand—we need to make it politically costly for them to back down.
This Fight Doesn’t Just Happen at the Federal or State Level—Cities Must Hold the Line.
Trump’s first line of coercion will be turning cities against themselves. Demands for non-cooperation can start with mayors, city councils, and local agencies that will be the first to feel federal pressure. If your state won’t act, your city still can. But only if people demand it.
From Protest to Power: The Next Step
The Protest Playbook tells us how to escalate. Part II of the Playbook tells us how to make it persist.
The mass actions we demand at the state and city level must be more than performative. Protests must translate into political leverage. And that means connecting locally, forming communities of resistance, and making sure demands made of our cities and states are actionable and achievable.
Trump won’t resign. But your state can refuse him. Your city can defy him. And that is far more winnable than they want us to believe—perhaps than they even realize. This country is ready for a fight—and the one saving grace may be that the Oligarchy? They’re so disconnected from the beating pulse thst they can’t see it—they have absolutely no idea who they’ve picked a fight with.