resisting tyranny / evil / nonBPM

After listening to the following, I have decided I should start collecting a few links on the topic of resisting tyranny / evil / nonBPM:  

"On Tyranny right now (audio)"   https://snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny-right-now-audio   However, making eye contact and small talk is difficult or even impossible for neurodivergent people, and those and similar recommendations need to be adapted to be more inclusive / less ableist.      

Other links are:

"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century", by Timothy  Snyder (pub. Vintage Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-1847924889 [Amazon])   

“Autocracy and Poverty”   https://snyder.substack.com/p/autocracy-and-poverty      

“On Freedom” by Timothy  Snyder (pub. Vintage Digital, 19 September 2024, ISBN 978-1-529-92927-0; website, NPR review, goodreads; Penguin, Kobo, Apple books, Amazon)      

“Timothy Snyder: a Trump victory threatens freedom | Media Confidential”   https://youtu.be/XnYBlel3Z5s   This has excellent commentary on the difference between freedom-the-term and freedom-the-concept, that freedom “isn’t just the government not being in the way, freedom is the government enabling people to become free thinkers”, and “the significance of freedom of speech is that it  allows humans to speak truth to power, and when we   ...   find ourselves ... defending the ... utterances of billionaires and ... heads of state rather than defending the right of actual humans to say things that would  challenge the billionaires and the heads of state” - and that’s just the first few minutes: the rest is also excellent, and worth watching or, if you prefer, listening to the full length podcast. The discussion on truth, value, heroism, collective labour, social media, misinformation & disinformation (and the consequences thereof), and the risks of a second Trump term is of considerable importance.       

“Fascism and Fear”   https://snyder.substack.com/p/fascist-froth   “The Moment, The Media, The Election”   

Anne Applebaum’s “Autocracy, Inc.” (Penguin, 2024, ISBN 978-1-802-06213-7; reviews by NPR, Foreign Affairs magazine, Good Reading; purchase at Penguin, Kobo, Apple Books, Amazon)   Just the introduction, with its description of how authoritarians have created a parallel/shadow international order/economic order to enable mutual support, has been incredibly thought provoking     

“Marvel Defenders of The Status Quo”   https://youtu.be/LpitmEnaYeU   YES!!! (See also the critique of Superman’s actions at https://80000hours.org/career-guide/high-impact-jobs/   )     

“Witches Unite for Palestine Mutual Aid: Raffle, History and Activism Fatigue”   https://youtu.be/2ckXM8QqLaw   This is, as usual, excellent, and has some outstanding advice starting at around 12:20:   “… what I'm bringing to you with the second phase … is literally take things at your pace. Do what you can, recognise the energy that you have, and do not castigate yourself for the things that - oh I can do more   …   I understand how easy it is from the, kind of almost echo chamber that we got in, being activists, because … you’re privileged to live in the Western World, you need to do more and I get that, but   …   you need to take care of yourself   …   [which] means that you retire and make your energy and bring it up enough so that you can do something again, because, again, when we are in a choir if you take a moment and you can take a breather, other people are holding the note for you; if you push and push and push yourself to burn out, then you go lock yourself in your room, you don't want to know anything else and at that point the choir has just lost a voice”      and   “Witchcraft under Capitalism 🏡 Cottagecore, Witchcore, and the Classism of Ethical Consumerism”   https://youtu.be/ort0f2YRwjY      and   “Silence Of Love And Light Community On Palestine 🍉 Problematic Witchcraft Ep.3”   https://youtu.be/f0npsdhWMY8     

and also from that channel:   “Witchcraft and Activism with Briana Pegado author of Make Good Trouble”   https://youtu.be/vSl_tKAUd-o      “Cast Your Vote Like A Spell! 🗳️ Don't Miss Your Chance To Make A Difference”   https://youtu.be/sLxbbdJoe9o      “Activism Struggles and Burnout”   https://youtu.be/5dNmDTNQdOY      “I'm Ashamed 🔮 Witchcraft as a Fat Queer Autistic Person of Colour”   https://youtu.be/4m0iia9LkGU      “Witchcraft IS Activism 🍉 Witches Unite for a Free Palestine”   https://youtu.be/1bB4fEJ2bcI      “7 DEADLY Feminist SINS dissected 🖤 Witches Black Lent”   https://youtu.be/Puij2noEA-Y      “Spiritism & Brazilian Folk Magic's Struggle Against Racism with ‪@asterperpetua‬”   https://youtu.be/t9KnATcaGn8      “Hexing Without Baneful Magic 💣 Karma, Energy, And The Evil Eye In Italian Folk Magic #storytime”   https://youtu.be/8iS1I3-elhI      “Maiden Mother Crone 👩 Breaking Down the Problematic Divine Feminine Goddess Archetype”   https://youtu.be/FAUZngFlYeY      “Why so many Witches are TERFs? - The Transmisogynoir of JK Rowling against Imane Khelif”   https://youtu.be/aniVXrBYnHA      “Why so many witches are TERFs? Part 2 - Starhawk, Maiden Mother Crone, White Feminism and JK Rowling”   https://youtu.be/tKHdon3HSys      “Propaganda All Along 🔮 A REAL Witch reviews Agatha, Marvel and Media Literacy”   https://youtu.be/T6zTRZkBo-8      

and some of my posts: 

from my main blog: 

“Post No. 2,908 - Important psychic and spiritual work in the USA”   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2024/10/post-no-2908-important-psychic-and.html      

“Post No. 2,891 - On resisting progressive change”   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2024/10/post-no-2891-on-resisting-progressive.html       

“Post No. 2,877 - #PsychicABetterWorld”   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2024/09/post-no-2877-psychicabetterworld.html      

“Post No. 2,570 - normative social behaviour [Content Warning - workplace abuse, psychopaths]”   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2023/08/post-no-2570-normative-social-behaviour.html       

“Post No. 1,536 – Magickal Battle of the World Meditation - Week No. 2: Determination”   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2020/04/post-no-1536-magickal-battle-of-world.html      

The following accountability,      activism,      backsliding,   Balanced Positive,      BPM,      control,      evil,      group dynamics,      integrity,      justice,      leadership,      moral courage,      morality,      nonBPM,      nonviolence,      persistence,      personal characteristics,      personal sovereignty,      politics,      trauma,      values,      witchcraft activism,     

from my now inactive political blog: 

“On better (or less bad) management, and the need for better world leadership”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/10/on-better-or-less-bad-management-and.html       

“A first reaction to Timothy Snyder’s new book “On Freedom””   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-first-reaction-to-timothy-snyders-new.html       

“On climate change, the US Presidential election/democracy, and the legacy of human rights abuses”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/10/on-climate-change-and-us-presidential.html       

“Some thoughts on Putin [Content Warning - discussion on, and links to, impacts of war related violence. Reader discretion is advised]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/09/some-thoughts-on-putin-content-warning.html      

“Concerning world events [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on oppression/bigotry/hate, violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/08/concerning-world-events-note-content.html       

“Follow up comments on attempted assassination of Trump [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on violence. Reader discretion is advised]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/07/follow-up-to-attempted-assassination-of.html   Note the essential wrongness of political violence!       

“The far right’s undeclared global war on humanity [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-far-rights-undeclared-global-war.html       

“Links for activism”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/07/links-for-activism.html      

“The problem of giving in to evil”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-problem-of-giving-in-to-evil.html      

“Giving up power and anticipatory obedience”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2019/06/giving-up-power-and-anticipatory.html      

“Life cycles (age), the business world and the problem of “anticipatory compliance””   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2019/04/life-cycles-age-business-world-and.html      

“On leadership”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2019/04/on-leadership.html      

It may also be worth noting these pages on that blog :   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/p/activism-examples.html ,      https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html ,      https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/p/human-rights.html ,      https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/p/peace-and-international-politics.html ,      https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/p/learning-from-history.html   

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and from this glossary blog:

[CW] abuse of power  

[CW] activism   

antiwisdom   

attraction to elitism   

Balanced Positive    

[CW] bigots / bigotry   (including privilege, intersectionality, trauma, rebuttals of GFE’s nonsense, etc)    

BPM   

[CW] (aspects of) character   (collection of links for reference)   

[CW] Christian / neochristian  

[CW] christo-fascism   

civility trap   

cynicism   

democracy   

dignity (human)   

the end does NOT justify the means   

Ethics   

evil   

(the evil that is known as) fascism    

FBU - flummoxed by (the) unfamiliar   

FoC - fear of complexity    

gender flat earthers (GFEs)    

groupthink   

hate speech     

human dignity  

human rights   

[CW] neoliberalism - interim partial definition only  

Newtonian (non-physical) worldview   

[CW] “no notoriety” campaign  

(efficacy of) nonviolent protests    

[CW]   PFD - Paranoid Fear of Difference   

patriarchy   

Hope, Peace, Love and Prosperity Ritual    

[CW] psychopath   including sub-clinical   (collection of links for reference)  

[Content Warning]   stochastic t_rr_r_sm           

(the five) stress responses    

(the) aspiration paradox   

[CW] toxic forgiveness    

toxic loyalty  

[CW] toxic masculinity  

[CW] toxic positivity    

transgenocide - which links to https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-transgenocide-is-underway.html    

[CW] trauma   

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) - interim partial definition only   

Virtue signalling   

[CW] white light   

(the evil known as)   white supremacism   

 

    

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