Strategic Insights from the Ellsworth Collective

We Will Not Be Ruled: A Foreword on Resistance and Democratic Power

Read the powerful foreword to We Will Not Be Ruled, connecting the spirit of civil rights movements to today’s fight for …

When authoritarian forces aim to dismantle democracy, resistance can’t settle for symbolic wins or reactive protests. It must …

When people think of defending democracy, they often imagine massive protests in capital cities or legal battles in the Supreme …

While much attention focuses on converting passive enablers of authoritarian systems, a crucial challenge for democratic movements …

When Václav Havel published his essay "The Power of the Powerless" in 1978, he identified a crucial insight about how …

In the fight against authoritarianism, economic power has emerged as a crucial battlefield where democratic movements can create …

When the Parkland students emerged from the tragedy of the 2018 school shooting to advocate for gun safety legislation, they faced …

Many veteran organizers have observed a common pattern in mass protests: streets fill with demonstrators, media coverage explodes, …

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." — Voltaire When Derek Black, son of the founder of …

"All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force." — George …

Throughout history, massive protest movements have emerged with tremendous energy and moral clarity, capturing public imagination …

Democracy is under threat worldwide. From Hungary to Brazil, Poland to the Philippines—and yes, even in the United States—we've …