Alpha1Nine :funkwhale: :sofia:<p>Without <a href="https://aus.social/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> there can be no <a href="https://aus.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a>. </p><p>Communication is what allows isolated <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dissidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissidents</span></a> to join up, understand their situation, and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/plan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plan</span></a> for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>action</span></a> It is what allows a resistance group to break its isolation to become part of a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movement</span></a>, rooted in larger <a href="https://aus.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Resisters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resisters</span></a> need to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/communicate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communicate</span></a> to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/strategize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strategize</span></a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/analyze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analyze</span></a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mobilize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobilize</span></a>, and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/act" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>act</span></a>, especially under <a href="https://aus.social/tags/repressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repressive</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> states. Good communication is a prequisite to successful <a href="https://aus.social/tags/recruiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recruiting</span></a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/fundraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fundraising</span></a>, and movement-building in general. </p><p>And conversely, it is the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/corporatemedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporatemedia</span></a> and other official channels of communication that allow the government to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> the popular <a href="https://aus.social/tags/narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narrative</span></a> and imagination, to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/smear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smear</span></a> or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/deceive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deceive</span></a> resisters, to divide dissidents against each other, even to obscure or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/erase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erase</span></a> struggles for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> from collective memory. So it's no surprise-with so much at stake that effective resisters fight to reach out and communicate. </p><p>Rarely is that as dramatic as the takeover of a TV station in the middle of a parliamentary broadcast. Communication through less fantastic methods (giving <a href="https://aus.social/tags/interviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interviews</span></a>, making <a href="https://aus.social/tags/websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>websites</span></a>, and sharing <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pamphlets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pamphlets</span></a>) is no less important. Effective communication doesn't have to be a spectacle (and the drive to make it a spectacle can be a trap the mass media use to distort movements). </p><p>I’m not going to tell you here how to make a zine or write a press release; those practicalities are handled in more detail elsewhere. I'm going to address bigger questions that are discussed less often: </p><p>How do resistance movements communicate externally to reach <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sympathizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sympathizers</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/supporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supporters</span></a>? </p><p>How do they deal with the power and contradictions of the mass media? </p><p>How do they communicate internally to build a shared culture and organize action? </p><p>And how do they maintain safe communication - especially in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/underground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underground</span></a> groups-when dealing with repressive states and pervasive surveillance? </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AxisOfEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AxisOfEvil</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FullSpectrumResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FullSpectrumResistance</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RESIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RESIST</span></a></p>