"Hundreds of East Bay residents descended on Oakland Tech on Sunday, Oct. 5, and by 9:30 a.m., a line stretched halfway down the block . People in sneakers and Dr. Martens and flip flops, in keffiyehs and hoodies and bike helmets and cat t-shirts, were waiting to check in for Bay Get Ready, a day-long session on how to "get trained and organized to fight back.""
"Her training partner, Jane Martin, the organizing director of Bay Resistance, threw up a slide listing the hallmarks of an authoritarian regime and walked the crowd through each one. Direct investigations against critics? Check. Domestic military deployments? Check and check. By the time she got to number six, "The autocrat won't leave" - check - and asked those assembled whether they thought the United States had entered authoritarianism, nearly every hand in the room shot up."
Hundreds of East Bay residents attended a day-long Bay Get Ready training at Oakland Tech to learn organizing and resistance tactics. Attendees filled a 950-seat auditorium and overflow room to receive briefings on authoritarianism and practical strategies. Trainers outlined hallmarks of authoritarian regimes, cited direct investigations, domestic military deployments, and leaders refusing to leave office, and asked participants whether the United States had entered authoritarianism. Training emphasized adapting strategies, turning government overreach into backfire moments, and studying effective resistance from other countries. Sessions have been conducted across California cities to build local capacity for coordinated civil resistance.
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