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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks @rbhubbell.bsky.social for the shoutout about Ember Alerts for Democracy™ precinct-connect.us/ember-alerts in your newsletter. We've added SAVE protection guide precinct-connect.us/2026-save-vo... & Dropbox/Early Vote problem reporting substack.com/inbox/post/2... with more to come ...

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 26/09/2026

1/ Slides for @solidarity.social's presentation today at the AKSC 7ᵗʰ ANNUAL CONFERENCE akscusa.squarespace.com/conf-26 @akscsfba.bsky.social

Solidarity Social

a social network with purpose

Motivation and Status

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 23/09/2026

@solidarity.social is honored to be presenting at the akscusa.squarespace.com/conf-26 Please join us for a wide ranging discussion on building solidarity for collective action. @akscsfba.bsky.social

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 19/09/2026

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 30/08/2026

Here is the video again in case Suckerberg decides to take it down.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 24/08/2026

syndekit.substack.com/p/would-fasc... "So we have to have solidarity"

Interviewer asks Prof. Jason Stanley:

"based on your academic study of this subject, what is the antidote to fascism?"

Response: "So, we have to have solidarity"

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 19/07/2026

"Solidarity, as Madiba proved for 95 years, is not just a value, it is a strategy."

It was only through that solidarity that South Africa could envision a future different than the past. It is only through that solidarity that we can do the same.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 19/07/2026

5/ Lane 3: Expand the Frame (For the Ideologically Out)

Lane 3: Expand the Frame (For the Ideologically Out)

Merriman principle: An effective strategy provides options for everyone (the poor, the wealthy, the young, the old) to do something, small or large, to support the movement. Accommodate varying risk tolerance and capacity.

These folks aren’t wrong that electoral politics alone are insufficient, because one single tactic won’t get us the world that we want. The intervention isn’t to argue them into voting; it’s to offer a broader frame that includes, but isn’t limited to, elections.

“What do you actually care about?” Then show them the power map. Most people who say they don’t believe in voting believe deeply in their kids’ education, their neighborhood safety, and their water being clean. Map the power relationships: who decides, how they got there, and what pressure points exist. Sometimes the answer IS electoral (school board, DA, city council). Sometimes it’s direct action. The point is the map, not the prescription.

Mutual aid as on-ramp to collective power. People who don’t trust the government often trust each other. Buying clubs, childcare cooperatives, community defense, tool libraries: these are structures of interdependence that build the muscle for collective action. Merriman’s concept of “parallel institutions” is exactly this: the creation of alternative structures that demonstrate self-governance and build organizational capacity. The person who organized a neighborhood food share is one conversation away from understanding why the city budget matters.

Governance beyond elections. Community assemblies, participatory budgeting, people’s platforms. On authoritarian terrain, this becomes critically important: when institutions are captured or hollowed out, building and utilizing parallel democratic practice preserves the skills, norms, and expectations of self-governance.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 19/07/2026

4/ Lane 2: Build a Political Home (For the Sick and Tired)

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 19/07/2026

3/ Lane 1: Interrupt the Lockout (For the Structurally Suppressed)

Lane 1: Interrupt the Lockout (For the Structurally Suppressed)

Merriman principle: Diminish the impact of repression through accurate risk assessment and dispersed, irrepressible tactics.

ID access tied to material needs. Frame ID acquisition around what people need IDs for (jobs, housing, banking, healthcare), not around voting. The data shows phantom barriers are as powerful as real ones. A “Do you know what you need to vote in your state?” tool can immediately interrupt confusion. Connect ID drives to existing community infrastructure: churches, barbershops, salons, health fairs, WIC offices.

Logistical sovereignty. The 27% who said they were “too busy” include folks who are working two jobs without affordable childcare. The intervention: rides programs, childcare co-ops on Election Day, employer pressure campaigns for paid time off, and expansion of early/mail voting access. This is mutual aid meeting civic infrastructure in real time, on authoritarian terrain. These tactics, together, can become irrepressible at best, and at least, can set us up to make repression backfire.

Registration defense. Purges are real, ongoing, and accelerating post-Shelby. A “check your registration” push 90 days out, embedded in activities people are already doing, is a dispersed tactic that doesn’t require mass mobilization to execute. One person checking their registration and telling three others is the pot-banging model applied to voter protection.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 19/07/2026

2/ The Intervention: Three Lanes, One Pipeline

The Intervention: Three Lanes, One Pipeline

The intervention is not “get people to vote.” It’s reconnecting people to their own agency through the things they already care about, and letting electoral participation sit inside a broader repertoire of power rather than stand in for the whole toolbox. That reframe matters, because the problem itself isn’t what the standard GOTV playbook assumes. This is an organizing problem. It’s a trust problem. And, critically, it’s a power-building problem, which is a different animal from either. Three populations. One architecture. Different ways in.
The architecture runs on a habit loop: receive CTA → take action → prove it → recruit others → repeat. That loop must accommodate varying risk tolerances, available time, and capacity for sacrifice, exactly as Merriman describes for successful movements under authoritarian conditions.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 18/07/2026

That may be part of it. Depends also where it happens, and what the local police/state governor response to ICE is.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 13/07/2026

The elected regime matters. Repressive regimes are worse for progressive movement than liberal regimes. Search the historical evidence. Second, hyperlocal organizing may start with elections but can evolve to rapid response, mutual aid and a general strike if needed. solidar.app/profile/prec...

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 18/06/2026

@solidarity.social is very proud to join this very select company of news/activism accounts: Others in this news/activism list are @theonion.com @rbreich.bsky.social @moreperfectunion.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social Thanks @ilectrocute.bsky.social !

Others in this news/activism list are

@theonion.com
@rbreich.bsky.social
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
@prisonculture.bsky.social

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 13/06/2026

We have a cert and https for this. Did you see anything different?

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 13/05/2026

Thank you all! 25k ... 75K more to go 😀 We stay trending. Major initiative for Nov 3 turnout outlined in the pinned post. Please share & invite your contacts to follow to get us to 100K+ followers as we launch it. Special welcome to followers of @jim-stewartson.bsky.social and @thelibertypear.com

Reached 25K followers!

Thanks to

@therealardamus.bsky.social
@geekygamergirl.bsky.social
@michaelrabbitt.bsky.social
@devastator510.bsky.social
@cdiaz.bsky.social

@solidarity.social trending on bluesky in the #1, #2 or #3 spots on May 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 with about 1000 followers added each day.

Chart of follower growth showing steady rise from April 17 to May 13 to reach 25K followers.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 12/05/2026

Those not in the US can repost the pinned post above to spread it to those in the US, and like the pinned post to make it stand out.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 06/05/2026

Thank you all! 17K ... 83K to go 😀 We remain in the top trending accounts; #1 on May Day. It's not only about numbers @journeyled1.bsky.social reminds us. Quality is high; please browse. Special welcome to followers of @waytowinus.bsky.social @doctorow.pluralistic.net @eff.org @wtafc.bsky.social.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 01/05/2026

In Solidarity with the May Day actions today, this @solidarity.social hub becomes the top trending account. On this day of action let's show 'em that "All you fascists bound to lose" ✊💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBj5... #maydaystrong #solidarity

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 30/04/2026

@bluefacts.app Your trending computation this evening is off by about 800 for our account. See these data points according to your own data. We added more than 1400 followers in the last 24 hour measurement period and should have been ranked #2 not #6. What caused this mistake?

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 27/04/2026

Thank you all! 9.5K ... 90.5K to go 😀 We were in the top 5 trending accounts last week. Now, a house cleaning breather as invite codes go out this week. Thanks to startup pack creators: @katieghere.bsky.social @robertfields39.bsky.social @campbellelectric.bsky.social @journeyled1.bsky.social

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 23/04/2026

4/ Bluesky PBC is retain your rodthorn.bsky.social handle for you, but your account there will be deactivated. If you try to login to that account on bsky.app you will see a screen like so

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 23/04/2026

The organizing leading up to it will remain after May 1, and will be built upon for subsequent protests, leading up to elections in Nov. See attached chart. In organizing terms, May 1 is a "structure test" If you are interested, I can share a slide deck on what is needed to become strike ready.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 22/04/2026

Thank you all! 5.1K ... 94.9K to go 😀 A breather on Monday but we were cooking yesterday ... and glad to make the company of friends like @bencollins.bsky.social @gilduran.com @theonion.com @mayor.nyc.gov @protectuselections.bsky.social We will be keeping up the pace to stay with our friends.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 20/04/2026

Thanks for adding to the Spring starter pack bsky.app/profile/did:... Fellow members @jim-stewartson.bsky.social @xavierbecerra.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @merriam-webster.com Checkout solidarity.social. We can help you connect with your audience and voters.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 18/04/2026

Thank you all ! 1K ... 99K to go 😀 🎉🎉🥳🎉

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 17/04/2026

Thanks for adding solidarity.social to your recommends. The next big action coming up is May Day. Pledge to participate and spread the word. strikeready.org

Strikes are the MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL for ousting dictators & wannabe dictators.

Let's get STRIKE READY

https://strikeready.org

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 28/03/2026

Even if you can't make to this lightning talk - let's find a few minutes to connect in the hallway track.

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Solidarity Social @solidarity.social · 21/03/2026

Bernie had a chat with Claude on AI and implications of the lack of privacy, and what needs to be done about it. Listen to the whole conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3At...

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