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Stories about Resisting Authoritarianism

19 November 2025
GenZ vs the far-right: roots and reactions

It’s no surprise that youth around the world are at the forefront of protests challenging broken and corrupt systems of governance. What is more alarming is the emerging divide in youth responses...

by Tracy Frauzel

The One Piece Jolly Roger with a straw hat has become a symbol of Gen Z protests across the Global Majority, here seen at a protest in Manila, the Philippines. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Genius Taker
28 October 2025
Building Community Through Fandoms

Organising and community go hand in hand. But in a world where spontaneous community is rare, the real challenge for organisers is finding creative ways to welcome newcomers and build bridges that spa

by Jon Cornejo

Members of Get Free’s Project Fulcrum outside Nexstar’s corporate offices, along with members of the Writers Guild of America-East and of 50501 NY.
20 July 2025
Putting wellbeing at the heart of movement building

Choosing care, rest, and collective wellbeing right now is not indulgent, it is resistance. Protecting our capacity to care and feel deeply is a radical political act.

by Tracy Frauzel

Close-up of the mural
17 June 2025
Trans resistance in an oppressive world

Pride is a protest. It is rooted in the long history of grassroots activism from our elders who refused to stay hidden and resisted merely by being their authentic selves.

by Jon Cornejo

This pride month, activists around the world will fight for better rights for trans people. Here activists in Argentina protest for better workplace protections for trans people. photo: Gisela Curoni
31 March 2025
Dispatch: This is what democracy looks like…

Non-violent people power is perhaps our most powerful tool to resist oppressive regimes and want-to-be dictators.

by Tracy Frauzel

Protest is essential to democracy and hundreds of thousands of people defied the protest ban in Türkiye following the arrest of the newly elected opposition leader. (photo: AuronSavant CC4.0)
19 March 2025
Dispatch: Feminist Movements Are Tackling the Far Right

Feminist movements around the world have been ringing the alarm bell for many years - at the heart of the modern far right lies a strong gender ideology and a convincing push for “traditional

by Ani Hao

A still photo from the film 'Seeds: Black Women in Power' set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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