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Nonviolent Activists Laid the Groundwork to Oppose a Coup. They May Have Saved the Republic

Activists prepared for months, expecting Trump to steal the election. They were right, and he failed. ....

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Despite flagrant assault on the Capitol, the pillars of democracy are holding

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Despite flagrant assault on the Capitol, the pillars of democracy are holding
A coup needs legitimacy to be successful. If the goal of seizing the Capitol was to gain legitimacy, the action backfired spectacularly.
On Wednesday, we witnessed an attempted coup in the United States as a rally of pro-Trump militants breached the Capitol building and temporarily stopped a joint session of Congress from counting the presidential votes.
Donald Trump called for the protest, spoke at it and told his supporters to march to the Capitol. Fueled by weeks of his false claims of election fraud, they broke windows, scaled walls and looted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. Amid the chaos, two pipe bombs and a cooler of molotov cocktails were found, along with other weapons. One protester was shot and killed by Capitol police, and three others died, reportedly of medical conditions. Meanwhile, 14 police officers were injured by the rioters. ....

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Choose Democracy's whirlwind effort to prevent a coup is a crash course in good organizing

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Choose Democracyâs whirlwind effort to prevent a coup is a crash course in good organizing
Being part of the team that trained 10,000 people to defend the election taught me five principles I want to practice going forward.
Choose Democracy â the whirlwind start-up that trained 10,000 people to prevent an election-related power grab â started with just three folks. Two had full-time jobs and small children. The other was 82 years old. Over the summer of 2020, Daniel Hunter, Jenny Marienau and George Lakey observed alarming signs that Donald Trump might not go quietly if defeated at the polls. As experienced trainers and organizers, they knew that preparation helped people to act powerfully. So they decided to prepare people to resist a potential coup based on nonviolent strategies that have worked in other countries. ....

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