The following bloggers (organized alphabetically by title) frequently feature useful suggestions on how to resist authoritarianism. I don't necessarily agree with everything they write or their overall political orientation, but I share broad agreement with their opposition to anti-democratic political tendencies:
- The American Pamphleteer - ladylibertie.substack.com
- The Antiauthoritarian Playbook - antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com
- Assembly Notes (Stacey Abrams) - staceyabrams.substack.com
- The Big Picture - thinkbigpicture.substack.com
- Carl’s LeftLinks - carldavidson.substack.com
- Chop Wood, Carry Water (Jess Craven) - chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com (Jess Craven publishes daily lists of actions individuals can take to oppose Trump and MAGA).
- Civil Liberties Defense Center - cldc.org
- Convergence - convergencemag.com
- Democracy Without Exceptions - democracywithoutexception.substack.com
- The Dworkin Report (Scott Dworkin) - dworkinsubstack.com (Scott Dworkin publishes a daily summary of resistance to Trump and Trump administration failures, showing the scope of resistance, which is considerable).
- Endless Urgency (Mike Nellis) - endlessurgency.com
- The Fascist Heckler (A mocking a day keeps the fascism away) - fascistheckler.substack.com
- The Female Body Politic - thefemalebodypolitic.substack.com
- The Frame Lab (Gil Duran) - theframelab.org
- Heather Marsh: Rethinking the Moats and the Mountains - georgiebc.wordpress.com
- How to Resist - howtoresist.substack.com
- Invisible Threads (Kate Woodsome) - katewoodsome.substack.com
- Labor Politics (Eric Blanc) - laborpolitics.com
- LA Taco - lataco.com
- Lower Frequencies (Luiz Fritz Leon) - lowerfrequencies.substack.com
- Metaphors Are Lies (Kevin Vellum) - kevinvellum.com
- Michael Moore - michaelmoore.com
- Our Moral Moment (William Barber, et. al.) - ourmoralmoment.substack.com
- People Power United - newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org
- Progress Report (Jordan Zakarin) - progressreport.news
- Progressive Strategy Now | Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhD - paultshattuck.substack.com (this blogger focuses on building personal resilience; an essential resource for those feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or jaded due to the authoritarian onslaught).
- Public Notice (Aaron Rupar, et al) - publicnotice.co
- The Resisters' Report - theresistersreport.substack.com
- Robert Hubbell - roberthubbell.substack.com
- Thinking About (Timothy Snyder) - snyder.substack.com
- Waging Nonviolence - wagingnonviolence.org
- We the People Dissent (K Starling) - thepeopledissent.substack.com
Note: This is work in progress. links to additional relevant bloggers will be added when I encounter them. If you have suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me (link, below, in the footer).
Last Updated - January 3, 2026