February 21, 2025

Civics

Here are some starting points on how to orient and help fight the coup.

"There is a Jewish teaching that says that you are not responsible for completing the work, nor are you allowed to desist from it. We will succeed because millions of people do a couple things well, not because one person does a million things."

"There is a Jewish teaching that says that you are not responsible for completing the work, nor are you allowed to desist from it.  We will succeed because millions of people do a couple things well, not because one person does a million things."

"While we wish we were not compelled to travel down this path of resistance, we are excited to realize the collective beauty we can and will create together."

"We can’t put everything you could do in here — including ways to ground yourself in these times — but here are some starting points on how to orient and help fight the coup." - Choose Democracy

ARTICLE: What Can I do to Fight This Coup?

Civics

A general blueprint for how any cooperative human group can function well

ARTICLE: Generalizing the Commons

Civics

Given libraries’ unique combination of broad accessibility, civic neutrality, and deep public trust, policymakers should embed them intentionally within health and social planning frameworks.

ARTICLE: How Public Libraries Help Build Healthy Communities

Civics

"Socialism has been as impossible to separate from the narrative of the nation’s history as the capitalist economy itself."

ESSAY: A Brief History of American Socialism

Civics

"Just keep moving forward, even if the steps are small.”

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