Resources
The resource library is a project of A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times. It gathers tools, guides, data, and creative work from organizations responding to censorship, surveillance, and the targeting of communities and fields of study. Each listing offers an overview of the resource, who it serves, and where to begin, from know-your-rights materials and public data on immigration enforcement to peer support for scholars and artist-led projects reimagining public memory. Resources are selected by the project team and link to the organizations’ own sites.
Conoce tus derechos / Know Your Rights
Know-your-rights recordings and guides in more than a dozen Indigenous languages and language varieties of Mexico, Guatemala, and South America, gathered by the University of Oregon’s Language Revitalization Lab and community partners.
Deportation Data Project
A UC Berkeley and UCLA project that obtains U.S. immigration enforcement records through public records litigation and publishes them as free, documented datasets and interactive tools.
Faculty First Responders
A peer-support project, partnered with the American Association of University Professors, that helps academic workers facing politically motivated harassment, doxxing, or retaliation.
Fall of Freedom
An artist-led national call to action that has brought hundreds of galleries, museums, theaters, libraries, and other venues together for exhibitions, performances, and public events in defiance of authoritarianism.
Firewall for Freedom: Campus Resolution Toolkit
A toolkit from Amnesty International USA and the ACLU for students seeking campus resolutions that ask their institutions to protect free expression, peaceful protest, and inclusive learning.
MESA Academic Freedom Initiative
The Middle East Studies Association’s initiative tracking threats to academic freedom on North American campuses since October 7, 2023, with downloadable datasets, analysis, and practical guides.
Respond Crisis Translation
A nonprofit network of language workers providing free, trauma-informed translation and interpretation to migrants, refugees, and others for whom language is a barrier to safety.
The Immigration Toolbox
A free monthly email from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center that collects plain-language explainers, partner tools, and news on immigration law and policy for educators and advocates.
UNDOXX: Artists Untangle Censorship
A podcast miniseries by artists, for artists, about censorship in the United States and around the world, made with Fall of Freedom and released on Hope Mohr’s podcast, the body is the brain.
Words Are Monuments
A public history and socially engaged art project from The Natural History Museum that supports community efforts to restore or reimagine the names of historic and sacred places.
