Watch now (43 mins) | On this day after No Kings 3 enjoy this inspiring discussion about the global battle for democracy with a leading warrior in the fight

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	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more   Watch now   Hardy Merriman On The Fight For Democracy And Freedom, Here And Everywhere On this day after No Kings 3 enjoy this inspiring discussion about the global battle for democracy with a leading warrior in the fight Simon Rosenberg Mar 29   READ IN APP   Greetings all. On this day after No Kings 3 I’m sending along a new conversation with someone whom I hope will become a familiar face in our community - Hardy Merriman. Here is how Hardy introduces himself: For over 20 years, I have worked in the field of civil resistance, supporting movements that advance human rights, freedom, and justice around the world. Last year rather than focusing on civil resistance and democratic resilience abroad, as he has done for several decades, Hardy stepped down from his perch and has redirected his energies towards helping our great country get prevail against the unprecedented threat to our own democracy. In this discussion Hardy shares some of what he’s learned in his many battles abroad, and provides wise counsel to our work in building a more muscular pro-democracy movement here in America. This is one of the more important conversations I’ve hosted in recent months, and I encourage folks to find the time to watch or listen in the coming days. As you will hear me say in this discussion I think it is critical that our movement become far more conscious about both learning from those who’ve battled autocracy aboard and in creating deeper networks of cooperation with democratic nations and pro-democracy movements around the world. For together, our ultimate goal is not just to remove MAGA from power here in the US, it is, over the next ten years, to ensure there is a new birth of freedom here and everywhere in the world. I haven’t had time today to add a full, edited transcript but will be doing so this week (I know some of you prefer reading rather than watching or listening). This uplifting conversation is a perfect day-after-No Kings watch or listen, and is the third in a series of conversations about strengthening our pro-democracy movement we’ve had in recent weeks. You can find the first two here: In America The Law Is King - My Conversation With Michael Waldman Of The Brennan Center Simon Rosenberg · Feb 13 Read full story Indivisible's Ezra Levin On No Kings, Letting Go, And Building A Mass Pro-Democracy Movement In America Simon Rosenberg, Ezra Levin, and Indivisible · Mar 26 Read full story And be sure to see the inspiring photos submitted by Hopium community members from across the US and around the world I published this morning: Inspiring Photos From No Kings Three! Simon Rosenberg · 1:45 PM Read full story Thanks again to all of you who worked to make yesterday perhaps the largest day of mass protest in American history, and keep working hard all. We have a country to save and an election to win, together! - Simon Upgrade to paid Learn More About Hardy Merriman (From his website) For over 20 years, I have worked in the field of civil resistance, supporting movements that advance human rights, freedom, and justice around the world. My work involves presenting, research, writing, leading workshops, grantmaking, and developing programs. I served as President of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) from September 2022-April 2025. Prior to this I was ICNC’s President & CEO from January 2015 until June 2021. Concurrent to leading ICNC, I held several other roles. I was a senior technical advisor to USAID’s Powered by the People program from 2023-2025. I was also a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council from 2022-2024, and principal investigator of the Fostering a Fourth Democratic Wave project, focusing on how foreign policy can better support pro-democracy and human rights movements around the world. From 2016-2018, I served as an adjunct lecturer at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University). From 2012-2014 I was ICNC’s vice president and director of content development. During this time I was founding director of the James Lawson Institute, an eight-day intensive program for North American organizers and activists focusing on nonviolent civil resistance, in 2013 and 2014. From 2007-2012, I was a senior advisor to ICNC and I was director of programs and research from 2005-2007. I worked at the Albert Einstein Institution from 2002-2005. My latest publication is Harnessing Our Power to End (HOPE) Political Violence (2024). Additional recent works include Fostering a Fourth Democratic Wave: A Playbook for Countering the Authoritarian Threat (2023); the essay “We Need People Power to Address a World in Peril” (2023); a bibliographic entry on civil resistance for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies (2023); the book Glossary of Civil Resistance: A Resource for Study and Translation of Key Terms (2021); the training manual Hold the Line: A Guide to Defending Democracy (2020); and the report Preventing Mass Atrocities: From a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) to a Right to Assist (RtoA) Campaigns of Civil Resistance (2019). Upgrade to paid Share Leave a comment You're currently a free subscriber to Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. Upgrade to paid   Like Comment Restack   © 2026 Simon Rosenberg 5185 MacArthur Blvd, NW #600, Washington, DC 20016 Unsubscribe