Resources

BOOKS

• Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal

• Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart of American Democracy by Francis S. Barry

• Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

• No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States by Edwin Chemerinksky

• Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow

• Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

• The Pocket Constitution of the United States of America: Us Constitution Book, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence Travel Size

• The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

• The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake

• They Came for the Schools: One Town’s Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America’s Classrooms by Mike Hixenbaugh

• 1984 by George Orwell

NEWSLETTERS & PODCASTS

• Are You F’ing Kidding Me? by JoJo from Jerz

• Chop Wood, Carry Water by Jessica Craven

• Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

• Meditations in an Emergency by Rebecca Solnit

• Robert Reich’s Substack

• The Borowitz Report by Andy Borowitz

• The Contrarian by Jen Rubin & Norm Eisen

• The MeidasTouch Podcast with Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas

• The Next Move by Garry Kasparov

• The Practivist Pod with Jessica Craven & Steve Pierson

• We (The People) Dissent by K. Starling

ORGANIZATIONS

• 50501: A peaceful movement that organizes protests to uphold the Constitution and end Executive overreach (the name stands for 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day).

• American Promise: Dedicated to the Passage of the For Our Freedom constitutional amendment to restore reasonable limits on money in our campaigns and elections.

• Authors Against Book Bans: A coalition of book creators who stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read

• Beautiful Trouble: Providing creative tools for a more just world.

• Blue Wave California: Dedicated to electing Democratic Congress members in California

• Braver Angels: Dedicated to bridging the partisan divide

• Committee for the First Amendment: Revived by Jane Fonda on October 1, 2025 (the original was organized by her dad and other artists like Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and more stood together against McCarthyism), the Committee for the First Amendment is a large collective of artists, storytellers, and cultural leaders standing together to defend free expression against government repression, industry complicity, and intimidation.

• Common Cause: A nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy

• Country 1st: A non-partisan movement dedicated to activating the “Reasonable Majority,” founded by Adam Kinzinger

• Democrashe: Dedicated to inspiring and empowering female-identifying high school students to become future elected leaders

• End Citizens United: The name says it all!

• Indivisible: A grassroots movement with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda

• Leaders We Deserve: A grassroots organization dedicated to electing young progressives to Congress and State Legislatures across the country to help defeat the far-right agenda and advance a progressive vision for the future.

• Mayday Strong: Organizes protests that are pro-labor and anti-billionaire capitalists.

• Move to Amend: A coalition of hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals calling for the #WeThePeopleAmendment to the US Constitution that unequivocally states that inalienable rights belong to human beings only, and that money is not a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment and can be regulated in political campaigns.

• No Kings: Organized, non-violent protests brought to you by a coalition of around 200 organizations, notably Indivisible, American Federation of Teachers, Communications Workers of America, American Civil Liberties Union, MoveOn, and The 50501 Movement.

• RepresentUS: America’s leading nonpartisan grassroots organization fighting for a government accountable to the people.

• Run for Something: Recruiting and supporting young progressives

• Swing Left: Swing Left helps win elections for Democrats by making it as easy as possible for anyone to have maximum impact on the elections that determine the balance of power in our country.

• The Worthy Educator “EDInfluencers”: A safe, nonpartisan place for educators

  to share ideas and support one another

ETC.

• 5 Calls app: Call your congress people every single day—it takes 5 minutes (or less)!

• Resistbot: This chatbot makes it fast and easy to turn your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes. Here Jess Craven describes how it works, and here’s a looooong list of all the things it empowers you to do, from calling Congress to sending letters, signing petitions, finding protests, and preparing you to vote!

• The Resistance Lab: In-depth grassroots training led by Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (represents Washington's 7th Congressional District) and other thought leaders from across the movement

• Goods Unite Us: Search for a brand, see their politics, and fight back with your wallet

• The General Strike: A grassroots network of regular people (like us MFFers) who know our greatest power is our labor and our right to refuse it. Sign your Strike Card today!

• Project 2025 Tracker: Monitor the progress of this draconian playbook in real time