Folks,

We launched the new Indivisible Guide last night: [ [link removed] ]Indivisible: A
Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink.

We had 50k people who picked themselves off the floor after an election
that ripped our hearts out and registered for the launch call last night
with me, Leah, and Sen. Warren. It was awesome. You can [ [link removed] ]watch the
recording here if you missed it. 

The bottom line is this: Trump wants us to believe he’s all-powerful. He’s
not. The original Indivisible Guide focused entirely on Congress. That’s
only part of the fight against Trump 2.0. The new guide aims to be as
practical as the original, but we widen the scope to include what you can
do in cities and states where you have leverage. If we all play our part,
we can harness backlash to the horror that’s coming. We can limit harm and
break the back of MAGA in the elections to come. We can survive to fight
another day.

In a recent interview, the historian of authoritarianism and author of On
Tyranny, Timothy Snyder, noted about the moment we’re in: “They want you
to be alone. Nobody is going to fix this alone. That’s not how this
works.” There’s a role for all of us -- some will play defense, some play
offense -- but it all comes down to getting organized in our local groups.
Individually, we’re alone and powerless; together, we have power.

So I’m going to ask you to do 3 things:

 1. [ [link removed] ]Read it. 
 2. Share it.
 3. For those already in a local group, [ [link removed] ]let us know you want new
members. For those not in a group, [ [link removed] ]let us know, and we’ll help you
find one near you or start one.

That’s it. This guide is not everything we need to do. It doesn’t answer
all the questions. But it’s a start.

So here’s what’s coming next:

* [ [link removed] ]Leah and I will host a live Q&A chat on the guide this coming
Thursday at 3pm ET/12pm PT. Sign up and submit questions. We’ll answer
pre-submitted and live questions on the call.
* If you need help starting a new group, we have two onboarding
sessions: [ [link removed] ]Wednesday, 11/20, at 7pm ET/4pm PT, and [ [link removed] ]Monday, 11/25,
at 4pm ET/1pm PT. We’re here to help.

And if you want to get in touch, we need to start investing in
communications systems not owned by the state (e.g. Twitter). Leah and I
have found a welcoming pro-democracy community on Bluesky, which functions
basically identically to Twitter, but without the bots, nazis, and
vitriol. Find me there at [ [link removed] ]@ezralevin, Leah at [ [link removed] ]@leahgreenberg, and
the Indivisible team at [ [link removed] ]@indivisibleguide. Again, this won’t be
enough, but it’s a step in the right direction.

In solidarity,
Ezra

Ezra Levin

[12]Indivisible Co-Executive Director

Pronouns: He/him

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