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Why Neurodiversity is Humanity’s Secret Weapon | CC Dispatch #40

Welcome to Dispatch #40! To close out Mental Health Awareness Month, we want to take a moment to celebrate neurodiversity and the ongoing fight to challenge the stigma and social limitations that come…

4d ago·10 min read·1865 words

Why Neurodiversity is Humanity’s Secret Weapon

💡This essay was featured in our Conscious Citizens Dispatch #40. Click here to read the full newsletter! When we look around the world, it’s relatively easy to see the effects of capitalism and colo…

4d ago·4 min read·703 words

How Mad Pride Turned Illness into Solidarity

💡This essay was featured in our Conscious Citizens Dispatch #40. Click here to read the full newsletter! For decades, being called “mad” was an insult, like being called crazy, psycho, or weird. Thi…

4d ago·2 min read·386 words

The Ultimate Guide to Traveling Without Money

A comprehensive guide by Shareable.net for moneyless travelers on how to find transportation, food, and shelter, and the philosophy behind it all— the why—and the core values of moneyless living and c…

6d ago·1 min read·106 words

Sitting Around

A family and community led babysitting co-op portal with local groups across the world, with the most groups in the US, Canada, and Australia. Babysitting cooperatives (or coops) are community-based …

6d ago·2 min read·226 words

Activist Burnout Guide

A guide by the Activist Handbook and the Federation of Young European Greens on how to navigate burnout as an activist and how to prevent it.

6d ago·1 min read·73 words

How Radical Imagination Can Help Us Fall in Love with the Future Again | CC Dispatch #39

Welcome to Dispatch #39! In this Action & Resources issue we’ll be sharing the story of Corita Kent, an artist-activist & nun who used her art to bridge pop culture and politics, three calls-to-action…

May 10·1 min read·98 words

Whisqr: Ethical Investment Screening Tool

A screening tool to learn if your investments are supporting ethical companies and what your money is really going toward.

May 10·1 min read·25 words

How Entertainment Became the Best Propaganda | CC Dispatch #38

Welcome to Dispatch #38! This week we are exploring the ever-changing role of media and entertainment in shaping our worldview and how propaganda is changing and adapting in modern times. Let's talk a…

Apr 26·1 min read·87 words

The Best Propaganda is Entertaining AF | Deep Dive

How the entertainment industry became the government’s best friend

Apr 26·1 min read·18 words

How Independent Media Became Revolutionary Infrastructure During the Arab Spring | Activist History

💡This essay was featured in our Conscious Citizens Dispatch #38. Click here to read the full newsletter! In 2010 and 2011, a wave of uprisings swept across the Arab world in what became known as the…

Apr 26·1 min read·96 words

The Citizen's Handbook

A collection of free, practical online guides to community organizing and civic engagement, offering accessible, no-jargon guidance on everything from running a neighborhood meeting to staging a publi…

Apr 15·1 min read·32 words

Extinction Rebellion

A UK-founded, decentralized global environmental movement active in 88 countries with nearly 1,000 groups worldwide.

Apr 15·1 min read·17 words

Take Action Against Media Monopolies, Palestine Erasure, & AI Surveillance! | CC Dispatch #37

Welcome to Dispatch #37! This is our first “Action & Resources” Dispatch as part of our new alternating format, meant to be a more focused curation of calls-to-action, resources, and content we think …

Apr 13·1 min read·93 words

Anxiety Aid Tools

A collection of free, open-source exercises – like breathing, grounding, visualisation and muscle relaxation – that don’t require special gear and are meant to help calm racing thoughts whenever you f…

Apr 12·1 min read·35 words

Offline Kids

A cute collection of screen-free activity ideas for kids, organized by age, location and messiness level – started by a tired parent who needed simple, low-effort ways to spend time with their kid wit…

Apr 11·1 min read·39 words

Open Culture

A free educational resource library by Open Culture that centralizes and curates thousands of high-quality free educational and cultural resources that are normally scattered across the web and not ea…

Apr 11·1 min read·52 words

Cobbled Goods

A curated directory helping you find quality footwear from small, independent brands, so you can stop funding billionaires & fast fashion.

Apr 11·1 min read·23 words

How it Wears

A really well executed reference library that covers 100+ textile fibres (cotton, polyester, linen, merino and many more) explaining how each one ages, behaves and should be cared for. They also have …

Apr 11·1 min read·52 words

European Tech Map

A handy directory of 1400+ European software companies across 80+ categories, for anyone looking to reduce their dependence on US tech giants.

Apr 11·1 min read·25 words

Libation

Liberate your library with this free, open-source tool (all platforms) for downloading your Audible library and stripping the DRM so your audiobooks are actually yours to keep.

Apr 11·1 min read·28 words

Delphi Tools

A collection of small, focused browser-based utilities that respect your privacy.

Apr 11·1 min read·13 words

Transition Network

Transition Network is an international grassroots organization that supports local communities in building resilient, sustainable futures.

Apr 9·1 min read·18 words

Project N.O.M.A.D

A free, open source offline server you install on any computer. Download the content you want, and it works without internet. Perfect for emergency preparedness, off-grid living, educators, and tech e…

Mar 31·1 min read·33 words

How Veterans Brought the Iraq War Home | Activist History

💡This essay was featured in The Conscious Citizens Dispatch #36. Click here to read the full newsletter! By the spring of 2007, the United States had been at war in Iraq for four years. The public h…

Mar 29·1 min read·93 words

The Project for the Next American Century | Deep Dive

How the US is using military force, financial control, and foreign intervention to cling onto global power in a world that's moving on.

Mar 29·1 min read·33 words

Unpacking the Project for the Next American Century | CC Dispatch #36

Welcome to Dispatch #36! This week let’s connect the dots and talk about how the recent US interventions around the world are all part of the same project to maintain global control - from Greenland t…

Mar 29·1 min read·105 words

Palestine List

A massive collection of books, films, video, and more educational resources to learn (and unlearn) critical information about Palestine's history and the ongoing occupation by Paul Nabil Matthis.

Mar 29·1 min read·30 words

PrivacyGuides.org

Privacy Guides is an impartial, non-profit organization that is focused on building a strong privacy advocacy community and delivering the best digital privacy and consumer technology rights advice on…

Mar 23·1 min read·47 words

The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin

The foundational work from Murray Bookchin, the social theorist and environmentalist who argued that environmental issues have their root in social issues and human hierarchies.

Mar 16·1 min read·32 words

A Climate Uprising in France, Social Ecology, and a Big Announcement | CC Dispatch #35

Welcome to Dispatch #35! This week we’ll be exploring the story of an awesome radical environmental group in France, Earth Uprisings, historical examples of “false flags”, an architect using his skill…

Mar 15·1 min read·97 words

CC is Growing! Here's What You Need to Know - March 2026

To our amazing Conscious Citizens community — When we started The Conscious Citizens, it was with the belief that people who already care about their world deserve tools that actually meet them where…

Mar 15·1 min read·93 words

Powering Up the Rebellion Against AI | CC Dispatch #34

Welcome to Dispatch #34! We are living in rapidly changing times as digital technology tries to take over more and more of our lives, not only in the online realm but increasingly in the real world wi…

Mar 1·1 min read·97 words

FastAlert

A free Emergency Alert System for public safety & rapid response that allows you to notify friends, neighbors, and family of danger anonymously - no apps or sign-ups required.

Mar 1·1 min read·30 words

MakeItPrivate

A free online service from DemLabs that allows you to send encrypted messages over social media. No app or account needed!

Mar 1·1 min read·22 words

Creative Reuse Center Map

An international map of creative reuse centers created by Stephanie Woodson. These centers serve as secondhand stores for traditional arts and crafts supplies alongside ‘upcycled’ materials that are …

Feb 28·1 min read·82 words

Bookshop

An online book marketplace that financially supports local, independent book shops so they can survive and thrive. Every purchase you make either supports a specific store you choose, or contributes t…

Feb 27·1 min read·58 words

Brave

A free and open-source privacy-focused web browser that prioritizes users' experiences over tech company profit.

Feb 27·1 min read·16 words

How to Transform Pop Culture into a Tool for Resistance | CC Dispatch #33

Welcome to Dispatch #33! We’re back from our break and not a moment too soon. The world around us is getting crazier and more unstable with each passing week thanks to the efforts of the rulings class…

Feb 15·1 min read·103 words

Movement Finance Explainer Series

A series of 6 short videos digging into the evolution of money, how it actually moves, and how it could move differently to build the future we want to see. This is a great series for anyone intereste…

Feb 3·1 min read·61 words

Whistleblowing Guide for Tech & Government Workers

A collection of resources and guides for tech workers to safely and securely reveal compromising information in the public interest.

Feb 3·1 min read·27 words

A Conscious 2025 Year in Review | CC Dispatch #32

2025 has been a BIG year, let's take a moment to reflect on our favorite stories and articles from the year.

Dec 21·1 min read·31 words

A Quick Start Guide for Running for Office in the US

This guide from the non-profit Civitech is a walk through of the basics of a political campaign. You may be a first-time candidate considering running for office or helping someone launch a campaign. …

Nov 22·1 min read·97 words

The Ground-Zero Guide for Building Community

A guide to help you start participating in building more intentional and resilient communities.

Aug 17·1 min read·20 words