Air Date: 2-3-26 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: <ul> <li> Ch. 1 - Trump's Pillars of Support, and plugging into community building & local support networks </li> <li> Ch. 2 - Case studies in success: Avelo Airlines & Spotify and why they matter </li> <li> Ch. 3 - Pressure campaigns at home and abroad and why they are important </li> <li> Ch. 4 - The new cracks in MAGA, and building up the political opposition party we need </li> <li> SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): The second amendment folks' weird moment after ICE murdered Alex Pretti </li> </ul> FOLLOW US ON: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BestOfTheLeft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">YouTube</a> (This full episode premieres on YouTube on Friday - please subscribe and share!) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bestoftheleft.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bluesky</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bestoftheleft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bestoftheleft@mstdn.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mastadon</a> Nostr public key: npub1tjxxp0x5mcgl2svwhm39qf002st2zdrkz6yxmaxr6r2fh0pv49qq2pem0e REFERENCES DISCUSSED <a href= "https://timhjersted.substack.com/p/why-nonviolent-resistance-doesnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Why Nonviolent Resistance Doesn't Require Your Opponent to Have a Conscience</a> - Tim Hjersted, Films for Action <a href= "https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/chicago-ice-raids-resistance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Think There's Nothing You Can Do to Stop ICE? Think Again.</a> - The Nation <a href= "https://truthout.org/articles/heres-how-we-pressured-an-airline-to-end-its-contract-with-ice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Here's How We Pressured an Airline to End Its Contract With ICE</a> - TruthOut <a href= "https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.</a> - The Nation <a href= "https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-business/ceos-of-major-minnesota-businesses-finally-speak-out-sign-meek-call-for-deescalation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CEOs of major Minnesota businesses finally speak out, sign meek call for 'deescalation'</a> - Bring Me The News <a href= "https://www.commondreams.org/news/gabriel-zucman-trump-tariffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">'Tariff for Oligarchs': Top Economist Urges Europe to Fight Trump by Punishing US Billionaires</a> - Common Dreams <a href= "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/some-conservatives-veer-off-party-line-after-dhs-agents-kill-another-us-citizen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Some Conservatives Veer Off Party Line After DHS Agents Kill Another US Citizen</a> - Mother Jones <a href= "https://newrepublic.com/article/205586/minneapolis-ice-democrats-funding" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Here's Your Damn Playbook, Democrats</a> - The New Republic <a href= "https://newrepublic.com/article/205714/minneapolis-democrats-ice-murder-pretti" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">This Could Be the Moment MAGA Collapses</a> - The New Republic MORE RESOURCES <a href= "https://littlesis.org/news/six-steps-for-researching-the-corporate-enablers-of-ice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Here's How to Find Out Which Corporations Are Collaborating With ICE</a> - Little Sis <a href= "https://www.lawfirm4immigrants.com/weaken-ice-join-the-boycott-ice-vendors-campaigns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How to Weaken ICE: Cut Off the Corporations That Make Deportations Possible: Unified Strategy to Join, Support, or Build Boycott Campaigns Against ICE Vendors and Suppliers</a> - Herman Legal Group <a href= "https://badfaithtimes.com/we-must-establish-the-run-against-authoritarianism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">We Must Establish The Run Against Authoritarianism</a> - Bad Faith Times BACKSTAGE <a href= "https://theintercept.com/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-minneapolis-trump-guns-second-amendment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trump is Making an Enemy of the Gun Lobby</a> - The Intercept EXTRAS: <a href= "https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/16/meta-lays-off-employees-across-multiple-teams/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Meta lays off employees across multiple teams</a> - Tech Crunch (Oct 16, 2024) <a href= "https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/01/10/amazon-e-commerce-company-74-profit-this-instead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">People Think Amazon Is an E-Commerce Company, but 74% of Its Profit Comes From This Instead</a> Best of the Left <a href="https://www.bestoftheleft.com/1769" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#1769 Politics Beyond the Ballot Box: Elections and the Movements that Power Them</a> <a href= "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-peter-doocy-confronts-193248670.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Fox News's Peter Doocy Confronts Kristi Noem: 'Is It the Protocol To Use Deadly Force' if Alex Pretti 'Was Disarmed?'</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_OXjENOoM" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ICE confirms new office in College Park</a> - Atlanta News First <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUB4ry9knYs/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ossoff Inquires about Rumored New ICE Detention Facility</a> - Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) <a href= "https://www.ms.now/opinion/prominent-maga-streamer-compares-ice-to-gestapo-after-pretti-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Prominent MAGA streamer compares ICE to Gestapo after Pretti shooting</a> TAKE ACTION: <a href= "https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1qcfpmw/how_you_can_help_master_list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How to Support Minneapolis Communities</a> <a href="https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/ice" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">In a blue state? Help stop ICE overreach</a> <a href="https://freedcproject.org/allies" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Free DC Project: FOR ALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY</a> <a href="https://www.nokings.org/next" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">No Kings Next Steps</a> <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/803953/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">One Million Rising Trainings</a> <a href="https://5calls.org" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-link-auto="">5calls.org</a> Find your <a href="https://indivisible.org/groups" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Indivisible group</a> - or start one <a href="https://discord.gg/AQzYpQEqPy" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Join our Discord Server</a> Reach us via Signal: <a href= "https://signal.me/#eu/62GSpPKEljyYCb0TuYTEUm3D6Nv8G0xSV_GVP8Q13TkQxVeP04lJ8pGOUEqUdHdn" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bestoftheleft.01</a> Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Produced by: Jay! 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