Collectively, we’ve become very good at saying, ‘I don’t like this, I don’t approve.’ But today I want to explore how we move into ‘I won’t do this. I will not participate, and I withdraw my resources.’ Here are 45 acts of non-compliance to help you resist authoritarianism.

There were two nationwide protests in the last 7 days. Congress might be in recess, but the resistance is keeping up the pressure! Good News from the Resistance is published every Sunday! Subscribe to keep up to date with the latest!

This week, we’re starting off in Scotland, where the beef with Trump is decades deep. Let’s see how the Scots welcome the President! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Today, we’re looking at the ‘Wall of Shame’, an incredible art installation by Phil Beuhler that tells the stories of 1,575 individuals implicated in the Jan 6th attacks on the Capitol, and talking about how public memory can serve as a powerful tool of resistance.

It was a brutal week, but there was still good news to be had!

💌 This week’s good news comes with a message from Fredrick Douglass and the youth protests of Kenya: silence is submission, and we need to use our voices while we still have them. This week’s news round-up offers hope and inspiration from folks who are finding creative ways to save democracy.

💌 Good News from the Resistance: June 15-21, 2025 Things are getting awfully scary, but there is still good news for people who refuse to give up. ⬇️ Good News from the Resistance is published every Sunday on Substack. Subscribe to get the latest!

Now it's time to harness this momentum and turn it into action.

We are getting ready over here at How to Resist HQ to join the mass day of protest on Saturday! There are over 2,100 planned protests for that day-- Where will you be joining from?! app.sosha.ai/s/YXdj5Wsz

Despite what it may look like, L.A. is setting an example of how to keep things peaceful in a tense, militarized situation. What are some tactics we can learn from those in LA and in other nonviolent movements that can help us stay on track so we can get to where we want to go? Let’s take a look!

This week was packed with actions from people just like you, doing whatever they can to slow the machinery of authoritarianism and cruelty. It was a really tough week, but we know what’s important and we aren’t giving up!! ❤️ ✊🏻

If Trump wants a party, then we’ll bring the balloons 🎈 Today, we’re talking about inflatables as tools of resistance, just in time for someone’s big day.

It was one of those weeks that makes me proud to be a part of what’s happening here. Massive wins in the courts and real people—students, veterans, cancer survivors, librarians —showing up for each other and the America we want to live in. 🥺 ❤️ ✊🏻

ICE detention centers CAN be shut down. In Part 1, we examined the blueprint left behind by a successful grassroots campaign. In Part 2, we’re following that blueprint across the country—spotlighting the organizers, communities, and coalitions putting it into action RIGHT NOW.

It’s Sunday morning! Time for some good news. This week, the resistance tried some new tactics: a die-in, banner drop, student walkout, and a nearly 30-mile-long human chain. Sometimes, you don’t need a huge crowd to get attention; you just need to do something different— Keep it up!!

ICE detention centers CAN be shut down. Not by politicians, but by people like me and you. Today, we’re learning how a grassroots movement in Berks County, PA made it happen—and how we can, too.

May 17th (Saturday) TRUMP MUST GO!- This is a nationwide protest. May 25th (Sunday, day before memorial day)-Vet protest June 6th (Friday)- @fiftyfifty.one nationwide protest June 6th -10th General strike June 14th (Saturday)- Trump's bday/ military parade #protest #resist

It’s Sunday morning! Time for Good News from the Resistance! These stories aren’t just headlines—they’re reminders that we’re part of something bigger than ourselves. If you’re looking for hope, this is where you’ll find it. ⬇️

📌 Wheatpasting is a form of protest that’s as accessible as it is subversive. Whether you're amplifying a cause, honoring a movement, or making a statement, it's a way to make your message stick (literally).

📣 This Week in Resistance: May 4–10, 2025 From high schoolers and veterans to faith leaders and mayors, everyday people are rising up to defend democracy. This week’s edition of Good News from the Resistance is packed with powerful stories of protest, legal pushback, and solidarity.

Can die-hard MAGA folks ever change? Yes, they can. And we can help them ⬇️

BREAKING: For the second time in two weeks, clergy and faith leaders have been arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, part of a larger protest against the GOP-led budget.

📌 Profiles in Resistance: Protesting Senior Citizens Today, we are celebrating the strength and determination of the seniors among us who are standing up and speaking out! Here are just a few examples of the actions that seniors have organized and participated in over the past several weeks.

'America First', 'activist judges', 'MS-13', 'radical left', 'gender ideology' What do these things have in common? They are all political dog whistles. Today, we’re looking at dog whistles and realistic ways to respond to them in your political conversations.

It’s Sunday, and that means it’s time for Good News from the Resistance! Big wins in the courts, massive May Day protests, lawyers and judges take a stand, two unexpected victories in Canada and Australia, and a special message etched in the sand outside a Trump golf course in Scotland.

We put together a social toolkit that makes it easy to share the truth about Trump’s failures and most unpopular policies: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...

Protesters (and Pikachu, who must be visiting us from Türkiye!) block rush hour traffic this morning in DC to protest Trump’s first 100 Days.

Protestors in Scotland have etched a massing ‘TIME TO RESIST: Fight the Billionaire Takeover’ message into the sand outside of Trump’s Turnberry golf resort.The piece measured 55m×40m / 180’x131’ ✊🏻❤️ www.aljazeera.com/program/news...

📌 Tools of Resistance: Earthwriting & Skywriting tinyurl.com/bdxbmj3j

In a particularly heartbreaking example of a human banner, Venezuelan detainees spell out S.O.S. as a Reuters drone flies over the Bluebonnet detention center in Anson, Texas. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING! Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia University student and lawful permanent resident has been released from federal detention. Upon his release he remarked, “..to President Trump and his cabinet, I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU.” www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/u...

Growing list of May Day events ⬇️

The resistance is growing, my friends! Mass protests, 11 court rulings against Trump, universities and students fighting back, whistleblowers, sinking poll numbers…HISTORY WILL BE ON OUR SIDE! ‘Good Things’ is published every Sunday. Subscribe to get notified!

BREAKING: ICE backs down after terminating the records of ~4,700 foreign students; announces student visas shall remain active or be reactivated.

Despite a warning from defense officials and school administrators, HUNDREDS OF MILITARY KIDS walk out of school to protest Trump’s anti-diversity policies, which are affecting their access to library books, curriculum, and extracurricular activities. You kids rule 🥹 ❤️ buff.ly/toukBrl

Maine farmers bring their tractors to the march to protest the US Department of Agriculture’s cuts to grants and programs.

BREAKING: Thousands turn out for Earth Day protests across the country. tinyurl.com/y79ee5h7

📌 Action Kit: Bystander intervention Today, we're looking at guidance from Right to Be and the American Psychological Association on how to safely engage in bystander intervention.

📌 Another great example of vigils as a tool of nonviolent resistance.

BREAKING: Over 170 university, college, and community college presidents sign joint statement against “unprecedented government overreach” and “undue government intrusion” buff.ly/ZDjTXlv

AIDS activists deliver 200 coffins to the U.S. Department of State to protest the interruption of crucial HIV treatment programs in developing countries. tinyurl.com/ycvay87x tinyurl.com/24dnf97k

Today, we’re talking about the quiet power of vigils

This week in the resistance… open.substack.com/pub/howtores...

📌 Take Action: 30 Ways to Support People in Need of Shelter Housing Now! National Day of Action is next Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Here are 30 ways you can take action where you are!

📌 Responding to WHATABOUTISM in our political conversations