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We Rise: Power to the People & No Kings

Freedom is a daily act. Watch highlights from the No Kings rally and learn why people power is essential to resisting authoritarianism.

Freedom is not passive. It is a daily act of advocacy—of speaking out, showing up, and holding leaders accountable to the will of the people. We’re sharing a video from the last NO KINGS rally in DC with a great lineup of speakers who remind us that in a world where billionaires, extremists, and strongmen try to rewrite the rules, Resist Project 2025 exists to remind us of a simple truth: power still belongs to the people—if we use it.

Why Resisting Project 2025 and advocating for Freedom Over Fascism Matters:

  • Authoritarianism feeds on fear, corruption, and silence

  • Accountability is being attacked at home and abroad

  • Freedom survives only when the people defend it.


✊ The Tools That Authoritarianism Can’t Defeat

🌱 Hope

Hope is not naïve—it is strategic. Fascism feeds on despair and fear. Hope fuels imagination, courage, and sustained resistance. It reminds us that a just future is possible—and worth fighting for.

🤝 Respect

Respect dismantles fascism’s core weapon: dehumanization. By choosing dignity and inclusion, we build communities strong enough to resist hate, scapegoating, and division.

🧩 Unity

Authoritarians rule by dividing us. Unity breaks their strategy. When we stand together across differences, we deny fascism the fractures it needs to survive.

🗽The strength of a nation is not its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. - Gene Roddenberry


What You Can Do Today:

  • Click here to Pass the War Powers Resolution to Stop Trump’s Warmongering

  • Click here to Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal War in Venezuela

  • Click here to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock While in Office

  • Click here to Tell Congress: An Oath to the Constitution Requires Saying No to Illegal Orders

  • Click here to Tell Apple & Google CEOs: End your contracts with ICE NOW.


✊ Who We Are—and Why Your Voice Matters

People Power United is a people-powered, grassroots movement built by everyday Americans who believe freedom, dignity, and democracy belong to all of us—not to politicians, billionaires, or extremist ideologues.

We don’t answer to corporate donors. We don’t chase profit or power. We organize for people—because lasting change has never come from the top down. It comes from communities rising together.

Laurie joining others to drop thousands of petitions off to Congress for reforms to the Supreme Court

“We must stand united to protect freedom over fascism… There is no power like that of the people.” Laurie Woodward García, People Power United

🌱 What We’ve Built—Together

Because of this community, People Power United has grown into one of the largest people-powered grassroots movements in the country, combining independent news reporting with real-world action.

Thousands of bold actions taken daily to defend reproductive freedom, civil rights, and democracy

Hundreds of thousands of members across all 50 states—showing up, speaking out, and organizing

Top 100 on Substack in U.S. Politics for both On the Rise and Bestseller

Zero outside funding—powered entirely by people, not special interests

This isn’t just a newsletter. It’s a movement fueled by courage, care, and collective action.

💥 Why You Matter

Every share, every heart, every comment, every call to action, every vote, every subscription strengthens our ability to advocate for progress—and to move forward.

When you’re here, you’re not just staying informed.
You’re helping protect freedom.
You’re defending justice.
You’re standing up for freedom over fascism.

Power grows when people participate. And together, we are proving—day after day—that the future belongs to those who refuse to stay silent.

👉 Subscribe for free to stay informed. Go paid to help us to continue this work to fuel people-powered change. This movement exists because of you—and it wins because we act together.

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