Join the resistance

Have you ever thought of being a spy?

That's one form of resistance that is best done alone, or in a small cell.

And if you have never said anything against Trump or have been associated with others who have, you may prefer to protect yourself and your family by keeping your head down, but I doubt if that applies to anyone who reads this.

Otherwise, you have a lot to gain from joining with fellow resisters:

• for mutual support in times of stress

• to resist in ways that cannot be done alone (e.g. the women's march)

• to brainstorm or learn the best ways to resist

• to form teams with complementary skills

• to be better informed

I'll be writing about some of the ways to resist in another article, but meanwhile here's a list of organisations you might want to join or follow.

It's a list of sites that I have heard recommended on the Thom Hartmann show - by Thom, by guests or by callers. Please note - this is not a list of sites recommended by Thom (though many have been) or by me (as I am not in the US I don't know many of them myself), but are ones I think you may want to look into. Some sites could have gone into more than one category. Some of them you can directly participate in, others may tell you what's going on.

Also read your local newspaper and listen to your local radio to hear about what's going on in your neighbourhood. Read and write letters to the editor, call in to shows.

Please let me know in comments of any sites you think I have missed, and any which do not belong here.

Communities, action

Site: Bluesky
Site: Democratic Underground
Site: Living Liberally (Drinking Liberally, Laughing Liberally, Eating Liberally, and more)
Site: Indivisible
Site: Mobilize
Site: MoveOn.org
Site: Roots Action
Site: Working America (AFL-CIO)

Single issue and single demographic sites

Site: 350.org
Site: Beyond Nuclear
Site: Black Box Voting
Site: Black Lives Matter
Site: BradBlog
Site: Center for Common Ground (Voting Rights & Mobilizing Communities of Color)
Site: Color of Change
Site: Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)
Site: CREDO Action
Site: Election Protection (866-our-vote)
Site: FairVote
Site: Fight for the Future (digital rights)
Site: Food and Water Watch
Site: Freepress (media)
Site: Friends of the Earth
Site: Green Party US
Site: Greenpeace USA
Site: I Will Vote
Site: League of Women Voters
Site: Move to Amend
Site: Muslims For Progressive Values
Site: National Popular Vote
Site: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting
Site: Our Revolution
Site: Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP)
Site: Planned Parenthood
Site: Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)
Site: Progressive Democrats of America
Site: Riverkeeper
Site: Sierra Club
Site: Social Security Works
Site: Vote.org
Site: Vote Save America

Also consider joining a union, if you have not already.

News and opinion sites

Site: Alternet
Site: BuzzFlash
Site: Common Dreams
Site: Crooks and Liars
Site: Daily Banter
Site: Daily Kos
Site: Democracy Now!
Site: District Sentinel
Site: Huffington Post
Site: Jacobin
Site: LA Progressive
Site: Lever News
Site: Mediaite
Site: Media Matters for America
Site: Mother Jones
Site: Raw Story
Site: Naked Capitalism
Site: The National Memo
Site: The Nation Magazine
Site: NewsHounds
Site: OpEdNews
Site: Politico
Site: PoliticusUSA
Site: ProPublica
Site: Raw Story
Site: Republic Report
Site: Salon
Site: The Intercept
Site: The Nation
Site: The New Republic
Site: TPM (Talking Points Memo)
Site: Truthdig
Site: TruthOut

Blogs, posts

Substack: Abortion, Every Day - Jessica Valenti
BlueSky: Alex Lawson
BlueSky: Amee Vanderpool
BlueSky: David Pepper
BlueSky: Dean Obeidallah
Site: Greg Palast
Substack: HEALTH CARE un-covered - Wendell Potter
BlueSky: Heidi Cuda
Substack: Letters from an American - Heather Cox Richardson
Substack: Lucid - Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Site: Medium
Site: PressRun.media - Eric Boehlert
Substack: Robert Reich
Substack: SHERO newsletter - Amee Vanderpool
BlueSky: Social Security Works
Substack: Substack
Substack: The Dean's Report - Dean Obeidallah
Substack: The Good in Us - Mary L. Trump
Substack: The Hartmann Report
Substack: Thinking about... - Timothy Snyder
BlueSky: Thom Hartmann

Shows & Podcasts

Site: Ali Velshi
Site: All In with Chris Hayes
Site: Lawrence O'Donnell
Site: Rachel Maddow Show
Site: Randi Rhodes
Site: Ring of Fire Radio
Site: Stephanie Miller Show
Site: The ReidOut
Site: The Thom Hartmann Program
Site: The Young Turks

Government

Site: Directory of Representatives (By State and District / By Last Name)
Site: CallCongress.org
Site: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)
Site: Democratic National Committee
Site: GovTrack
Site: Progressive Caucus

Think tanks, watchdogs and advocacy

There are far more right wing think tanks than left wing ones! Here's a list.

Site: Campaign for America's Future
Site: Center for American Progress
Site: Center for Constitutional Rights
Site: Center for Economic and Policy Research
Site: Center for Media and Democracy (PRWatch)
Site: Common Cause
Site: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
Site: Natural Resources Defense Council
Site: People For the American Way (PFAW)
Site: PRWatch - Center for Media and Democracy
Site: Public Citizen

Media

Site: Direct TV
Site: DISH Network
Site: Free Speech TV
Site: In These Times
Site: Pacifica Radio
Site: Sirius XM - Progress
Site: XRAY.FM

Other

Site: DemocracyLab
Site: PolitiFact
Site: Snopes
Site: Source Watch
Site: Southern Poverty Law Center
Site: The Righting