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Across the country, there are thousands of groups organizing peaceful protests.
If you can't find one nearby, here is a place to start.
is a grassroots movement resisting authoritarianism and defending democracy.
is a coalition opposing authoritarian power and political dynasties.
is a network organizing nationwide protests for democratic accountability.
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What to Know Before You Go
There are hundreds of excellent websites, newsletters, books, reports, and documentaries about the history of protest, how to protest, and why peaceful protest works.
This is just a small selection.
Strategy, Skills,
Safety and Security
The theory and practice of understanding protest and keeping yourself safe and legally protected while doing it.
- Beautiful TroubleProtest tactics, theories, methodologies and principles.
- Heading out to Protest?Here is a checklist to help you get ready.
- Know Your RightsThe First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. This guide details your rights and what to do if they are violated.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, Surveillance Self DefenceAttending a Protest and downloadable Pocket Guide to Protecting Your Data at a Protest
- Freedom TrainersA network of trainers teaching powerful tools of collective noncompliance and mass noncooperation to counter authoritarianism.
Reports and
Newsletters
In-depth analysis and updates on the state of protest rights and democracy.
- US: Protest Law TrackerInternational Center for Non Profit Law. Monitors legislation that criminalizes protest.
- On Thin Ice: Disproportionate Responses to Climate Change Protesters in Democratic CountriesClimate Rights International, 2024
- Dollars vs Democracy: Inside the Fossil Fuel Industry's Playbook to Suppress Protest and Dissent in the United StatesGreenpeace US, 2023
- Protest in Peril: Our Shrinking DemocracyAustralia's Human Rights Law Centre, 2024
- Waging NonviolenceA constant stream of essays and articles on all aspects of nonviolent protest.
- The Anti-Authoritarian PlaybookStrategies, insight, and inspiration for people living and leading in authoritarian times.
Videos
Essential reading and viewing to learn more
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-violent ConflictPeter Ackerman and Jack DuVall, 2000
Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for RevolutionVarious authors, assembled by Andre Boyd, 2012
Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to KnowErica Chenoweth, 2021
Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate ActionDana Fisher, 2024
A Protest History of the United StatesGloria J. Browne-Marshall, 2025
We the Resistance: Documenting a History of Nonviolent Protests in the United Statesed. Michael Long, 2019
From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for LiberationGene Sharp, 2012