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The Horizons Project and Beyond Conflict partnered to create this video on 'The Brain on Authoritarianism' to support broad-based "united front" organizing in response to the rising authoritarian threat in...

*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: December 2016Location: United States, North Dakota (Standing Rock Reservation)Main Actors: Veterans, Veterans Stand for Standing RockTactics - Protest - Non-violent occupation - Assemblies of protest The...

*By Adam FeferTime Period: June 2000Location: VenezuelaMain Actors: Venezuelan Military OfficersTactics - Selective social boycott Venezuela began a long, sad road towards authoritarianism and economic crisis during Hugo Chávez’s presidency...

*By Sivahn SapirsteinTime Period: Summer 2020Location: Portland, Oregon (and then spread across USA)Main Actors: Wall of Vets Facebook GroupTactics - Protective Presence - Nonviolent Interjection Following the police killing of...

*By Sivahn SapirsteinTime Period: January 2021Location: Washington, DCMain Actors: US Joint Chiefs of StaffTactics - Letters of Opposition or Support On January 6th, 2021, the United States faced a direct...

*By Claire TrillingTime Period: December 2002 - December 2004Location: UkraineMain Actors: General Volodymyr Antonets, veterans & officers in the Ukrainian security forcesTactics - Dialogue/engagement  - Fraternization  - Withholding or withdrawal...

*By Claire TrillingTime Period: November 2020 - December 2021Location: Delhi, IndiaMain Actors: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee & other Sikh organizationsTactics - Protest camps, nonviolent occupation - Declarations by organizations...

*By Adam FeferTime Period: 2010-2019Location: Budapest, HungaryMain Actors: Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship (HEF), Pastor Gábor Iványi.Tactics - Declarations by organizations and institutions - Selective social boycott - Protective presence - Signed...

*By Adam FeferTime Period: 2016-2023Location: Poland, especially WarsawMain Actors: Polish Episcopal ConferenceTactics - Declarations by organizations and institutions - Public speeches - Boycotts of social affairs Poland became less free...

*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: Civil Rights Era, 1955-1970sLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); affiliate churches; Civil Rights organizersTactics - Protest–teach-ins to educate and encourage participation -...

*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: 2020-presentLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The Southern Baptist Convention; Russell MooreTactics - Personal Statements - Blogging or Online Article Writing - Newspapers and Journals The Southern Baptist...

*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: 2020-presentLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsTactics - Public Statements In the immediate lead-up to the inauguration of President Biden, the...

*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: 2017-2018Location: United StatesMain Actors: Immigration & constitutional law attorneys; civil rights activists; members of state and national government; business & labor leadersTactics - Civic Engagement -...

*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: PresentLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The American Medical Association (AMA)Tactics - Declarations by Organizations and Institutions In its June 2022 annual meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA)...

*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: 1977-1981Location: BrazilMain Actors: Brazilian Doctor’s UnionTactics - Professional Strike - Slowdown Strike - Marches - Establishing new social patterns In 1964, a military coup overthrew Brazil’s...

*By Adam Fefer Time Period: 2007-09Location: PakistanMain Actors: National Action Committee of Lawyers, Pakistan Bar Association, Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) party, Ifitkhar Muhammad ChaudhryTactics...

*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: 2016-presentLocation: United StatesMain Actors: LawyersTactics - Civic Engagement - Media Outreach - Legal Aid - Petitions - Signed Letters of Support In the aftermath of the...

*By Adam FeferTime Period: 2016-2021Location: Poland, especially Warsaw; Brussels, BelgiumMain Actors: Polish Judges Association Iustitia, Association of Judges Themis, Wolne Sądy lawyers group, Polish Constitutional Tribunal, Polish Supreme CourtTactics -...

*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: Civil Rights Era, 1955-1970sLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Labor unionsTactics - Mass action - Boycotts - Protests/Marches - Protective Presence/Witnessing  Following...

*By Lugha YogarajaTime Period: 2016-2017Location: South Korea, especially SeoulMain Actors: Korean Federation of Trade Unions (KCTU), People’s Action for the Immediate Resignation of President ParkTactics - Vigils - General Strikes...

*By Claire TrillingTime Period: June 2020 - December 2021Location: India (Punjab & Delhi)Main Actors: Farm Unions, organized under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (“United Farmers’ Front”)Tactics - Protest camps, nonviolent occupation,...

*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: 2020Location: United StatesMain Actors: AFL-CIO, AFSCME, SEIU, AFT, UNITE HERE, union membersTactics - Institutional Action  The 2020 election tested the strength of US democracy. Due to...

*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: November 2020Location: United StatesMain Actors: AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFT, UNITE HERE, union membersTactics - Signed public statement - Declarations by organizations or institutions - Demonstrations  - Assemblies...

*By Claire TrillingTime Period: 1999 - 2005Location: UkraineMain Actors: Small- and medium-sized Ukrainian businesses; Anatoliy Kinakh and the League of Industrialists and EntrepreneursTactics - Material support - Institutional action  -...

*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: 2017-PresentLocation: GermanyMain Actors: WVIB, VDMA, Welcome Saxony, Business LeadersTactics - Civic Engagement - Media Outreach - Signed Letters of Support - Social Media Campaign Given their...

*By Claire TrillingTime Period: November 2001 - April 2002Location: Venezuela, CaracasMain Actors: Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Production/Federación de Cámaras y Asociaciones de Comercio y Producción de Venezuela...

*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: 2020Location: United States, MissouriMain Actors: Joplin Area Chamber of CommerceTactics - Establishing new social patterns  In 2020, after the murder of George Floyd and subsequent Black...

*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: 2021-PresentLocation: United States, Online CampaignMain Actors: Check My Ads InstituteTactics Used - Online Boycotts - Social Media Campaigns - Newsletters In 2021, Nandini Jammi and Claire...

*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: 2021-PresentLocation: United States, WisconsinMain Actors: Wisconsin Business Leaders for DemocracyTactics - Civic Engagement - Media Outreach - Petitions - Questionnaires  - Signed Letters of Support -...

*By Becca LevissTime Period: 1920-2023Location: USA, Canada, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, FijiMain Actors: Current and former Department of Justice employees; American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE); National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU); Transportation...

Artistic and cultural processes are uniquely well-suited to address our current challenges of democratic decline and rising authoritarianism because they engage us cognitively, emotionally, sensorily, and, in some cases, spiritually....

*By Adam Fefer.Time Period: 2021Location: United StatesMain Actors: US Conference of Catholic BishopsTactics - Declarations by organizations and institutions - Letters of opposition or support - Signed public statements -...

Within the broad ecosystem of social change in the US, we often find a lack of alignment between racial justice and pro-democracy agendas. At best, there are siloed efforts of...

Horizons has been focusing on how various Pillars of Support, notably faith-based organizations, businesses, unions & professional associations, and veterans/military groups, have contributed to authoritarian systems and how they have...

Building powerful movements for a just and democratic society requires tearing down the walls separating people and welcoming new people into the movement. It takes recognizing that individuals, shaped by...

As we continue the collective work towards a just, inclusive and peaceful democracy, it is important to be able to understand and talk about the shared values and ideas that...

Polarization is generally considered a necessary and healthy aspect of democratic societies. In his writing on social change work, Quaker activist and trainer George Lakey compares polarization to “a blacksmith’s forge,” one...

Unaddressed traumas pose significant challenges to building a healthy democratic society, exacerbating intra-group and inter-group conflicts and making it difficult to find common cause. Healing individual and group traumas is...

What does it mean to challenge injustices and address societal harms in ways that strengthen social bonds and encourage longer-term healing? Restorative Movement Building is at the nexus of social...