2 Resources on Authoritarianism
Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a moral duty to avoid allowing a government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated to write this essay by his disgust with the U.S. system of enslavement and the illegal land grab commonly referred to in the U.S. as the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), and in Mexico as the Intervención Estadounidense en México (U.S. intervention into Mexico).
Indivisible Sonoma County was established in 2017, along with thousands of other Indivisible chapters, in response to the 2016 electoral selection of Donald Trump. This national, grassroots movement is based on the vision of a real democracy – of, by, and for the people. Indivisible Sonoma County is led by a team of volunteers, some with decades of political experience and others who have skills from various fields that help to support the organization’s efforts.