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In reply to the discussion: The GOP coup in North Carolina previews what were going to see everywhere [View all]mahina
(20,702 posts)37. People might not know what to do. We don't have a hive mind. Check out Glenn Sharp's The Anti-coup
And the 198 Methods of Nonviolent Resistance. Free on the Albert Einstein Institution page. He was a peace studies prof here at UH Manoa and wrote some very useful and practical instructions for this kind of situation.
http://www.aeinstein.org
The Albert Einstein Institution works to advance the worldwide study and strategic use of nonviolent action. Our work on this topic has been translated into dozens of languages. Visit our online library to access all currently available digital resources.
http://www.aeinstein.org/free-resources/free-publications/english/
The Anti-Coup: http://www.aeinstein.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/TAC-1.pdf
I can't copy the text because it's a pdf but this is a valuable resource. Good luck to all of us.
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The GOP coup in North Carolina previews what were going to see everywhere [View all]
DonViejo
Dec 2016
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Dem party needs to make this their battleground in 2017, just as GOP put on the pressure in Mass
blm
Dec 2016
#5
Sooner or later, Dems are going to have to reconsider their response to this sort of thing...
First Speaker
Dec 2016
#7
Republicans have a super majority in the North Carolina legislature. That means that the majority
Trust Buster
Dec 2016
#8
Not really true - they gerrymandered their way into it. Cooper got 300,000 more votes than they did
blm
Dec 2016
#11
Not only gerrymandered, they shredded voter registrations for over 450,000 voters earlier this year
Ford_Prefect
Dec 2016
#23
I don't know where you came up with your 300,000 Cooper margin of victory number. My point is
Trust Buster
Dec 2016
#33
Don't the individual state constitutions prevent things like this from happening?
George II
Dec 2016
#19
People might not know what to do. We don't have a hive mind. Check out Glenn Sharp's The Anti-coup
mahina
Dec 2016
#37
North Carolina has been a testing ground for all kinds of pernicious and nefarious GOP schemes.
Ford_Prefect
Dec 2016
#24
Starve the beast. Absolutely refuse to do business with any North Carolina based businesses. If the
WestSeattle2
Dec 2016
#25
All I can say is that the economic boycott of NC, small as it was, definitely affected
WestSeattle2
Dec 2016
#30