Destroying Autocracy, Defending Democracy
Battalion strives to combat and defeat autocrats worldwide and overthrow autocracies with direct action. This goal also includes corporate oligarchies, crony capitalism, monopolies, religious nationalism, racist nationalism, big tech, big media, and any other sort of dickheadedness. Fascists, communists, and anything or anyone allied with them are its foes.
It is an open though absolutely private group of like-minded communities built with open-source software and a dedication to freedom and human rights.
We are fighting WWIII.
You, me, everyone, and every nation on the planet are involved a world war between democracy and autocracy. That’s life. Hybrid nation states are in the middle playing both ends against each other.
And within countries we are in a battle between democrats and autocrats. Political parties in every nation, province, and city fall somewhere between the two.
It’s being fought in the minds of everyone, online, in public life, in the economy, in legislatures, and (sometimes violently) on the ground as well.
Battalion aims to help create, support, and empower communities (of all types) to win battles in the eternal war against autocracy and for freedom.
This project was one that was planned to launch several years in the future during our retirement. It was to be used as a personal political organizer. Unfortunately the world is not improving with time. And because big tech and big money entrench autocracy, weaken democracy, enshittify the economy, and destroy the environment, I have decided to change my approach to the project.
It’s built with opensource technology not corporate surveillance tech. Battalion is fortified with WordPress, BuddyPress, bbPress, and Activity Pub. They are all tried and true technologies that democratize the web and social spaces. And they have done so for a long time.
Reuben Walker
Ringleader, Battalion
Destroying Autocracy
Battalion features a weekly post with the latest news in the battle against autocracy.
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