Digital Tools
Your calendar knows more than you think
Your calendar is a map of your organizing relationships. A guide to shared group calendars, scheduling tools, and the privacy trade-offs that come with each.
Digital Tools
Tools, platforms, and technologies for digital organizers. Covers AI and chatbots, communication apps, campaign platforms, and other digital resources that help communities coordinate, communicate, and build power.
Digital Tools
Who's listening to your meetings?
The platform you meet on is part of your infrastructure. A guide to video conferencing tools for organizers, from routine chapter calls to sensitive strategy sessions.
Digital Organizing
Platform risk and the fediverse: building the infrastructure you can't be locked out of
In December 2025, Meta restricted a Tanzanian activist's Instagram at government order. No hack, no drama -- just a legal process and a compliant platform. The fediverse exists because centralized platforms have owners. Here's what the alternative looks like.
Digital Organizing
From supporter to organizer: building the commitment pipeline
Most organizing groups have supporters. Many have activists. Far fewer have developed the organizer layer that makes a movement self-sustaining. Here's how to build the pipeline — and the digital tools that support each transition.
Digital Tools
The infrastructure you own
Most digital organizing infrastructure is built on rented land. Here's what that means, why it matters more now than it ever has, and what to build before the landlord changes the locks.
Digital Tools
The activist's digital toolkit: functions first, tools second
The pressure to adopt more digital tools is constant. The better question is what you actually need to accomplish. This article builds a function-first framework for thinking about your digital organizing infrastructure — from a single activist to a coalition of millions.
Digital Tools
AI and chatbots in organizing: Using the tools we have to fight for the future we need
🔄Editor’s Update — March 7, 2026 Since this article was published, a significant confrontation erupted between the Trump administration and Anthropic. At issue: Anthropic refused to allow Claude to be used for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems. Defense Secretary Hegseth demanded unfettered Pentagon access, threatening to cancel Anthropic’