Disproving the myth that massive civil movements happen spontaneously, Ami Fields-Meyer reveals the nonviolence training workshops held secretly in Nashville church basements long before the famous lunch counter sit-ins.
Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/ZZ95zPuSufs
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@juliaangwin.com and I interviewed 100+ dissidents on five continents.
What they had in common:
At the moment conventional wisdom would say to retreat into the ease of a smaller, more cautious, more guarded life, people facing authoritarianism made their community bigger.
More here, for the NYT👇
They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
New York City is a very fun place to be this week.
When will they learn that each time they go after someone, they lend them the sheen of a resistance hero? When will they realize that when they dress down a foreign leader in the Oval, he becomes a global icon? When will they see that in the end the autocrats always lose?
Soon. They’ll see it soon.
When will they learn that each time they go after someone, they lend them the sheen of a resistance hero? When will they realize that when they dress down a foreign leader in the Oval, he becomes a global icon? When will they see that in the end the autocrats always lose?
Soon. They’ll see it soon.
Senator Adam Schiff has chosen patriotic duty at great personal cost time and again, confronting abuses of power and defending our democratic institutions. We are deeply honored to share his words about our book: