If nonviolence required tyrants to grow a heart, we'd be finished—violence is what they're begging for. History shows we beat them by withdrawing pillars of support until they're forced to concede.
#Nonviolence #Resist #ICE #Trump #Minnesota #PillarsofSupport #Strategy #Organize #MLK #TimHjersted
Power doesn’t flow down.
It flows up. Every authoritarian regime stands on pillars—and those pillars are made of us. The legal system. Education. Business. Faith communities. Labor. You’re not powerless. Where will you say “no more”?
#CollectiveNoncooperation #PillarsOfSupport #CourageIsContagious
Image of The Pillars of Power, aka Pillars of Support, as presented by The Commons Library (based in Australia). In this image we see a simple image reminiscent of Greek architecture: a triangular roof labeled “Regime/Status Quo” sits atop six institutional pillars. The pillars are labeled: 1) Military, 2) Schools, 3) Government, 4) Business, 5) Religion, 6) Media. Weakening one, or more, of the pillars weakens the foundation of the regime-if enough pillars crack the regime falls. Ppl know other ppl who are part of each institution within each pillar. By talking with, withholding support from, or boycotting (among other things) institutional support can be influenced & pillars can be weakened.
The image of #PillarsOfSupport (aka #PillarsOfPower) below comes from The Commons Library, which is an excellent resource for #Activists & #Activism (incl. quiet activism). Details on how this model works are in ALT text.
#Resist, #NoKings, #FightFascism, #1A
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#PillarsOfSupport is a concept everyone needs to be aware of & understand. I’ll add that the pillars apply to forces we want to apply pressure to & forces we want to strengthen in our society. This video does great job explaining the concept in <4 mins.
#Resist, #FightFascism
youtu.be/H6JsPFdtS-k
Ahem: autocrats rely on #PillarsofSupport i.e., a broad social base to maintain minority power. These pillars are made of actual individuals, so when enough of us are persuaded to “defect” by withdrawing our support from the authoritarian regime—NO dictator can keep falsely claiming legitimacy!
I asked AI, “What would Gene Sharp do about our current political situation, if he were alive in 2025?”
See below for the answer (thread): #genesharp #198methods #pillarsofsupport
Let's talk general strike!
Generalstrikeus.com
#generalstrike
#pillarsofsupport
#nokings
#PillarsOfSupport
#PillarLabor
#OneMillionRising
@indivisible-oregon.bsky.social
@coin-indivisible.bsky.social
Hey chant masters, poets, wordsmiths, lyricists, message wonks—what are you bringing to #NoKings?
Drop your best chants
Bonus: which #OneMillionRising #PillarsOfSupport they hit (Civil Service, Business, Media/Free Press, Education, FAITH, Labor, Military/Police/ICE).
Let’s build the setlist!
New blog post after some time away: real ways to effect changes in authoritarian regimes: aircraftblue.substack.com/p/you-say-yo... #pillarsofsupport #trump #charliekirk #rightwing #resistance #act #indivisible #ICE
This is how non-cooperation works! Keep it up LA!
In case you missed this story @anatosaurus.bsky.social
@ashdashlee.bsky.social @mariajstephan.bsky.social
@chenoweth.bsky.social Authoritarians use a tired playbook...here's who we outplay them! #PillarsofSupport #OneMillionRising #FreeAmerica
Authoritarians have one tired playbook they follow. But when people come together in non-violent opposition to strategically target their #PillarsofSupport (industry, the military, bureaucracy, etc.) using 1) protests 2) non-cooperation & 3) alternative building—we win!
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#FreeAmerica
Thank you @ChooseDemocracy for explaining how the #pillarsofsupport work!
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ONE MILLION RISING NONCOOPERATION & TARGETING PILLARS OF SUPPORT THESE ARE THE PILLARS HOLDING UP THE SYSTEM. INSTITUTIONS EVERY REGIME DEPENDS ON THE SUPPORT OF MEDIA, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, CIVIL SERVANTS, FAITH, LABOR, AND MORE. BUSINESS LABOR AUTHORITARIAN REGIME FAITH EDUCATION CIVIL SERVICE MILITARY/POLICE ENOUGH NONCOOPERATION WILL CAUSE A PILLAR TO BE UNRELIABLE OR COMPLETELY DEFECT.
#1millionrising #resistance #noncooperation #pillarsofsupport
We're doing a special @teslatakedown.com to celebrate #CrappyBirthdayElon this Saturday at St. Elmo! 9a!
#teslatakedown #resisttrump #pillarsofsupport
aircraftblue.substack.com/p/targetting...
How to disrupt folks like Noem, Bondi, Vance, et al. #bondi #ice #detention #patel #pambondi #trump #pillarsofsupport #teslatakedown #50501movement #nokings #etc #signalboost
The notion that power is derived from the obedience and cooperation of the “ruled” highlights 💥the strategic importance of pulling key elements of that population
— “pillars of support”
— away from an autocratic system and towards a democratic one.
#PillarsOfSupport are organizations and […]
