Do we have a communication problem on the left? Is the right-wing winning the culture war? Why and how is creativity and art that disturbs the status quo a necessary tool under authoritarianism?
Fascism isn’t merely a political ideology, it is also a mode of thinking rooted in rigidity and adherence to archaic, hierarchical worldviews. Thus, liberatory creative processes can help us free masses of people. And since oligarchs prefer a public that is allergic to abstract thought and curiosity in general, when we strengthen our creative communications tactics, we can better resist the prevalence of despair and inaction under authoritarianism.
This workshop will provide three key frameworks for using the artistic process to support your organizing processes. Participants will walk away with a better understanding of the new media landscape and tactics for navigating it with bravery and radical imagination.

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Maddy Clifford, MFA, is an Oakland-based writer, artist, and organizer. She spent eight years as a teaching artist at the San Francisco Juvenile Detention Center and later released a solo album, downCHANTS, as well as a musical score for the aerial dance piece Apparatus of Repair with Flyaway Productions. Maddy is Creative Media Strategist with the Debt Collective; her work has been featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, More Perfect Union, and in outlets like Prism Reports, Truthout, and Teen Vogue.