American Democracy is Eroding

I was politically sentient in Russia around 2000, same vibes when Putin was taking over. Same playbook, and same discussions—‘let’s just wait and see.’ This is scary as shit already. I moved to the US in 2011, and now feel like I’m losing the second country in a row.
— Leonid P., Russian expat (read Leonid’s short essay here)

Our democracy is built on a system of checks and balances, created by our founders and enshrined in our constitution, to prevent exactly the thing that is happening today.

We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get federal funding.
— Donald J. Trump¹

Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst

Since every GOP congressperson who voted to impeach during Trump’s first term has lost their seats, it will come as little surprise if today’s congress is of no help in preventing the possible worst case scenarios. Given that the judiciary has no means of enforcing their rulings, what recourse do Americans have if the Trump regime makes good on threats to just ignore court orders?

Then we’ve got to take to the streets in a different way. We’ve got to shut down this country.
— Anthony Romero, ACLU²

Remembering and Learning from History

We’ve spoken to our fellow Americans at protests and in line at the grocery store, in the living rooms of friends and family, in online communities and in the offices of our co-workers; the conversations all have a common theme— many of us are just scared, and we don’t know what to do or what’s going to happen next, and history is littered with cautionary tales. Many of us fear that we’ll wake up one day to find that we no longer live in a free country, that free and fair elections are no longer possible in Trump’s America, any more than they are in Putin’s Russia. Should that sci-fi dystopia become reality, what then?

Strike for Democracy has a Plan.³

History Offers a Solution…
The Final Guardrail is US

When our institutions have ceased to function, it falls on all of us to summon the most powerful political force in history— our collective stubborn refusal to go along with this bullshit.

• We ORGANIZE on Telegram, the platform built for revolution⁴
• We GROW our numbers by spreading the word, with a goal of 14 million
• We VOTE every week in the SdF channel weekly polls
• We STRIKE when we agree that American Democracy has Failed

We Know this can Work

Seriously— if Hamster Kombat can amass a whopping FORTY-TWO MILLION subscribers to their Telegram channel, we should be able to scrape together a measly 12-14 million fed-up Americans to unleash an unstoppable revolution:
We’ll shut down this country and force congress to act.

Fixing America will be hard— but not as hard as COVID was

Give me liberty, or give me death.
— Patrick Henry

We expect a nationwide strike to be painful, and not to be taken lightly. This is why we need to organize now and be ready to act, so that when our voting rights are compromised, dissidents and so-called ’enemies of the state’ are unlawfully jailed, or our soldiers are sent to conquer Canada, Greenland or the Panama Canal⁵— we’ll be standing by, ready to act, in immense numbers.

The Strike for Democracy movement is about a constant state of readiness— preparing ourselves to act quickly, and profoundly, to restore democracy when we see it taken away.

Join the Resistance

Here’s how you can add your voice to the cause:

1. Grab your phone and create your Telegram account
   • Be sure and check/update your privacy settings to avoid spam
2. Subscribe to the Strike for Democracy channel for updates and weekly strike readiness polls
3. Vote every week, even with a “Not yet”, to remain engaged and ready for when it’s clearly time to act— that horrible moment when we all realize that the midterm and 2028 elections have been hopelessly corrupted, and it’s time to vote YES

That’s it— once our engaged subscriber numbers reach the 12-14 million range, just a fraction of the Hamster Kombat players, we’ll be ready to call the strike. We’ll grind everything to a halt and demand that our representatives start representing.

If you’re feeling extra motivated…

Display the Strike for Democracy Lightning ⚡ Strike

We might need to accept the possibility of encountering hatefulness, or even violence, when we show others that we’re part of SfD— but consider for a moment how you will feel when you start seeing that lightning strike; on shirts and jacket sleeves, scrawled in chalk on the sidewalk and brick buildings, or posted in store windows or on company websites. That’s the hopeful feeling you’ll be creating in others.

Now consider how it will feel for the pres, veep and GOP congresspeople riding around in their armored cars, seeing those lightning strikes, and knowing that it means Americans are PISSED OFF and ready to act. Our elected officials need to know that while many Americans voted with the hope of a stronger economy, nobody⁶ voted for an authoritarian dictator presiding over a tanking economy and the destruction of our government.

Finally, as we get close to the strike, we want you all to see, and know, that you are not striking alone.

Encourage others to Join the Cause

Tell your friends and family, and spread the word on social media with the hashtag #StrikeForDemocracy. Provide links to sfd25.org or strikefordemocracy.org, and/or the Telegram channel: t.me/SfD_2025. Start building a circle of support. Together, we can fight this—

We’re in this together⁷.