The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. The midterms are near. This is not a normal political moment and it calls for more than a normal political response. In this episode, Scot talks with Stacey Abrams, voting rights champion, political leader, and founder of Fair Fight Action, about her ten-point plan to defeat authoritarianism, what it means to defend democratic institutions when those institutions are under coordinated attack, and why voting is an act of resistance.
The 10 Steps campaign is a nationwide mobilization and education effort led by author, voting rights activist, and former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams. Through in-person events, media engagement, and organizational partnerships, we’re giving Americans the framework to understand what’s happening to our democracy—and the tools to fight back. Learn more by visiting 10stepscampaign.org/#campaign.
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook goes deeper on the strategic framework behind this conversation, the pillars of support holding authoritarianism in place, what the research says about how movements reverse democratic backsliding, and what we need to do now. Read it at bit.ly/antiauthoritarianplaybook.