These are a collection of links to newsletters, organizations and individuals I (Wes Fryer) consider to be "trusted voices" in our present moment of polarization and rising fascism.
The Mastodon channel "Federated Reader" is embedded below, which includes email newsletter links I (Wes Fryer) subscribe to on various platforms. This automated feed updates hourly.
More information about how I created / "vibe coded" this information feed is available on my GitHub.
I have created a group chat in Signal for “Resist and Heal.” The group’s purpose is to share news links related to anti-fascism and understanding our current political moment, from a “progressive” lens or viewpoint.
Because of "AI personas" I am re-thinking how I will manage and moderate membership. If you know me at this point and want an invite code, please contact me.
Additional links to organizations, videos and resources are included below.
We’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.
Learn more on indivisible.org/about.
Get involved with your local (or closest) chapter of Indivisible. For me that's IndivisibleCLT.
We live in a polluted, fractured, and confusing information environment today in 2025. We live in an "attention economy" in which technology platforms and tools seek to command our attention and direct our thoughts. While advances in technology have been empowering and positive in many ways, they also continue to enable mass surveillance by central authorities.
Learn more in the upcoming July 7, 2025, free webinar "Privacy, Power, and Platforms" for the MediaEd Club of the Media Education Lab.
One of the important ways we can "do the work" of resisting techno-facism is by sharing the TRUSTED VOICES we read, watch, and listen to. Here are a few suggestions.
Conservatism: America's Personality Disorder by Christopher Armitage
American Fascism: How the GOP Is Subverting Democracy by Brynn Tannehill
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow
How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America by Heather Cox Richardson
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum
Find more trusted voices and resources in "The Menu of Resistance," a Notion AI-powered database collaboratively curated by members of the ThriveEDU community. (This link has been updated, I need to get the new link...)
last updated 18 Sept 2025