What the Hell is Going On: An Explainer in these Strange Times [View all]

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https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-the-hell-is-going-on-an-explainer/

Jared Yates Sexton
Nov 25, 2024

Dispatches From A Collapsing State is an independent venture focused on educating and organizing in resistance of rising authoritarianism.

Though I left academia a couple of years ago to write and organize full-time, I’m still a teacher at heart and always will be. In the classroom I learned that effective education is dependent on scaffolding information, meaning you need to build on ideas and expand them, but also take moments to make sure everyone is on the same page. So, with an influx of new readers who are looking for answers and explanations, considering the complicated nature of our present situation, and hoping that maybe you might want to get friends, family members, coworkers, and neighbors up to speed, this is going to hopefully serve as a primer and explainer so that we can meet the moment and begin to create something better.

At the end of this article I will include a host of resources that I have created. The Audio From A Collapsing State podcast is presently going step-by-step in how to prepare one’s self both for the incoming Trump Administration, but, more importantly, in starting to get involved in organizing, coalition and community building, and creating a movement that can fight back and avoid the worst consequences of what I am about to describe.

I hope you find this helpful as you wrap your mind around all of this and will share with like-minded people so that they can get ready and join the fight.

Okay, So, What the Hell is Going On?...

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