Lucie Aubrac’s husband was arrested & he was sentenced to death by the Nazis. She led a dozen Resistance fighters in an ambush of the truck in which her husband was being transported & rescued him. She was 6 months pregnant at the time. She survived WW2 & died Mar 14, 2007 at the age of 94. (3/3)
In one mission, Lucie Aubrac & team rescued 5 captured resistance fighters from police custody in Lyon. (Source: Women in the Resistance, Rossiter, p. 166) After WW2, this story was the theme of Issue 49 of True Comics titled “Lucie to the Rescue.” Her cinematic life in the Resistance was made into a feature film starring Carole Bouquet in the title role. A trailer for the movie may be seen here: (2/3)
Lucie Samuel was better known as Lucie Aubrac. She was a history professor during the day & a member of the French Resistance at night. She & her husband published anti-Nazi propaganda, engaged in sabotage, & freed captured partisans from Nazi custody. Her infant son accompanied her to Resistance meetings. (1/3)
#WW2 #Resistance #France #WomensHistoryMonth
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/mar/16/guardianobituaries.france
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For those interested in a more academic presentation by Erica Chenoweth on these topics, please see this link:
https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news/political-defiance-and-regime-changes
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A TED talk by Erica Chenoweth on their research into the success of political protest movements can be watched here:
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Factor 4: Maintain discipline and resilience in the face of oppression.
“Movements tend to succeed when they develop staying power, which means cultivating resilience, maintaining discipline and sustaining mass involvement..."
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Factor 3: Using a wide variety of tactics, not just demonstrations.
“Movements that shift among various tactics are more likely to succeed than movements that rely too much on a single method."
Be creative: boycotts, marches, walk-outs, flash-mob music, etc.
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Factor 2: Shifting loyalties of the regime’s supporters.
Success of democracy movements depends on turning members of the security services & their elite benefactors.
Know a police officer or National Guard soldier? Talk to them now about what defending democracy means.
2/ Factor 1:
“The single most important influence on a campaign’s success is the scale & range of popular participation. The larger & more diverse the campaign’s base of participants, the more likely it is to succeed."
Recruit your friends and family to protest Trump's authoritarianism.
1/ We face an existential risk to American democracy. What can we do to save our Republic?
Erica Chenoweth is a Harvard professor who has studied the question, identifying predictors of success of protest movements. There are 4 critical factors which are summarized here 
https://peterkimdata.com/four-factors-for-social-movements-to-succeed/
@Lazarou@mastodon.socialMost of the Public don't want to be ruled by Oligarchs like Musk, we cannot fight them politically as they are protected, but we can go for their businesses.
It's a war, and they declared it on us, we should fight back
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/tesla-protests-elon-musk
@wdlindsy@toad.socialI shared this statement by Lee Bollinger here previously, but want to highlight it again today as David Kurtz makes it his quote of the day:
"We're in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government."
#Trump #Musk #courts #RuleofLaw #fascism #immigrants #migrants #deportations #resistance
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trumps-open-defiance-of-federal-courts-is-now-at-hand
@wdlindsy@toad.social"Each time we show solidarity with others, or support those who are protecting the rule of law, helping the targeted, or exposing the lies and the corruption, we are standing up for democratic values of justice, accountability, equality, and more. In doing so, we model the behaviors the authoritarian state wants us to abandon."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Musk #courts #RuleofLaw #fascism #immigrants #migrants #deportations #resistance
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-living-through-moral-collapse
@wdlindsy@toad.social"You know who's doing great organizing for us right now? Elon Musk and Donald Trump, that's who. By attacking and alienating more and more swathes of the American public, they're handing us the possibility of a coalition bigger and broader than maybe anything we've ever seen in this country before. A gift, if we take it and do something with it."
~ Rebecca Solnit
#Trump #Musk #courts #RuleofLaw #fascism #immigrants #migrants #deportations #resistance
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https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/stand-your-ground-plant-some-flowers-on-it-too/
Since #ResilienceIsResistance
Here's a good list of things to help you prepare to leave or fight.
Liberals: "Don't do anything that's illegal, it will hurt the message."
Um, what? Coloring within the lines is what got us into this FUBAR situation in the first place.
You don't ask for permission from the aggressor to remove its boot from your neck that's strangling the life out of you; you throw it off as violently as you find to be necessary.
Illegality =/= immorality
Sometimes the illegal choice *is* the moral one. More often than not.
"A Lawless President's Contempt & the crisis facing US is escalating"
How long will the courts & We the People stand for it?"
Where are the consequences?
What are we to do when those in power IGNORE & REFUSE to "faithfully uphold & execute the law?"
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/a-lawless-presidents-contempt?r=x9iw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
#Resistance
The Kids are alright!
Students have joined the #Resistance
1- At Military Bases
https://wapo.st/4hbGpYk
2- FUCK YOU TRUMP & YOUR DEI CRAP
You can not stop these kids thanks to our "Veterans who stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians"
https://youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?si=xsOKSmBKECmE-0_5
#WeWillNotComply
#ImpeachTrump
#DeportMusk
After WW2, Sara Ginaite continued to fight rampant anti-semitism. She became a professor of Political Economics at Vilnius University. She published on the history of the Holocaust in Lithuania, including “Resistance and Survival: The Jewish Community in Kaunas 1941–1944.” Her husband Misha died in 1983 & she subsequently immigrated to Canada to live with her 2 daughters. She died April 2, 2018 at the age of 94. (9/9)
