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The Opposition Playbook: What Would an Effective Resistance to Trump Look Like?

2025/2/13
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活跃的房地产投资者和分析师，专注于房地产市场预测和投资策略。
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Ezra Levin
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面临上水汽车贷款，寻求多种解决方案以减轻财务负担。
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Lateefah Simon
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Rebecca Solnit
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Tom Temprano
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Ezra Levin: 自从特朗普当选后，基层民众的行动力大增，这股力量尚未被大众所见。新成立的indivisible团体数量在不断增长，反映了人们对政府行为和反对党领导真空的不满。人们希望看到民主党全力反击，并团结起来反对政府的政策。由于缺乏统一的反对声音，民众希望能够团结起来，推动反对力量的发展。我们正处于一个关键时刻，人们不仅要反击，还要找到自己的社群。Indivisible在很多方面都很传统，真正的力量来自于人们在线下聚集，找到自己的影响力。政治运作基于民选官员希望获得连任的心理，因此组织起来就能产生影响力。2017年的一些抵抗策略是有效的，但现在需要新的策略。反对派策略在2017年发挥了重要作用，例如拯救了《平价医疗法案》。建立对比对于政治至关重要，能够让人们选择加入反对阵营。这种策略促成了历史上最大的中期选举优势，使民主党控制了众议院，从而能够进行监督。共和党人现在在意识形态上更加统一，并有一个详细的计划，即“2025项目”，他们正在迅速推进。我们的对手现在更强大，更团结，更致力于完成目标。仍然需要一个反对党，选民需要在社区中集结力量。我们需要聪明地找到自己的影响力，因为许多共和党人更害怕特朗普和MAGA，而不是他们的选民。如果我们选择建立和运用权力，我们仍然有力量。 Rebecca Solnit: 面对危机，不同的人有不同的应对方式，一部分人专注于自己关注的议题，另一部分人则沉溺于网络信息之中。大量负面信息会让人感到麻木，这正是信息轰炸的目的。我们应该有选择地摄取信息，并保持专注。许多美国人认为自己是观众而非参与者，将政治视为他人的责任。近几十年来的许多事情都在试图让美国人相信他们是消费者而非公民。我使用“公民”一词，不是指法律地位或出生地，而是指作为公民社会成员和民主参与者的自我认知。人们被鼓励只关注个人消费行为对气候的影响，而不是去对抗石油公司等气候变化的主要力量。人们觉得自己无能为力，而当没有权力时，也就没有责任。很多人试图逃避自己拥有的真正力量，因为这让他们摆脱了困境。我们拥有的力量远不止投票和消费选择，当我们团结起来，就能改变世界。我们应该活在公共领域，成为公民，而不是消费者。

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The podcast begins by noting the apparent decrease in resistance to President Trump's administration compared to his first term. It highlights the administration's controversial actions and the questions surrounding the scale and nature of the opposition.
  • Quieter resistance to Trump's second term compared to the first.
  • Controversial actions of the Trump administration on federal funding, immigration, and transgender rights.
  • Question about the scale and nature of the opposition.

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In the midst of President Trump’s rapid fire, sweeping, and arguably illegal actions since inauguration day, resistance and protest against the president and his agenda has seemed quieter than at the beginning of his first term. But as the administration continues to take controversial actions on federal funding immigration, and transgender rights, resistance is ramping up in congress, the courts and on the streets. We’ll talk to Trump opponents about their strategies and what resistance could look like in this Trump term. And we want to hear from you, what is missing from the Democrat’s resistance strategy?

Guests:

**Ezra Levin, **co-founder and co-executive director, The Indivisible Project; co-author, Indivisible Guide; former Congressional staffer

**Rebecca Solnit, **writer, newsletter called "Meditations in an Emergency" about politics, language and possibilities; historian; activist; author, more than twenty books that include "Orwell’s Roses"; "Recollections of My Nonexistence"; "Hope in the Dark"; and "Men Explain Things to Me."

**Lateefah Simon, **U.S. representative, California's 12th congressional district; former board director, Bay Area Rapid Transit; board trustee, California State University system; longtime friend and mentee of Kamala Harris