A bird was lying on his back in the road with his feet in the air. A horse saw him and asked, “What’re you doing?” The sparrow said, “I’m helping hold back the darkness.” The horse sneered and said, “Yeah, right,” and the sparrow said, “One does what one can.” 
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How to Stop a Power Grab
By Andrew Marantz — 2020
As democracy hangs in the balance, activists are drawing lessons from the study of civil resistance.
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