Friends and Resources

The below organizations and resources may be a good source of information in your endeavors – and a way to link into the many networks of resistance your colleagues have already established. Note that the Ethical Fed does not specifically endorse any of the below organizations or their actions.

As the man once said: You have friends everywhere.

Fed-Led Organizations

Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy: Membership organization of feds taking action to resist illegal, dangerous orders.

Federal Unionists Network: Membership organization coordinating worker defense and empowerment across federal unions (whether or not legacy union leadership has any interest to fighting).

Allied Organizations

Activist Checklist: Comprehensive documentation on digitally protecting and anonymizing yourself while conducting any activities you want to keep private.

Whistleblower Aid: Nonprofit specializing in assisting and protecting government (and other) whistleblowers.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Nonprofit specializing in assisting and protecting government whistleblowers who reveal evidence of environmental wrongdoing.

National Institute for Military Law (Orders Project): Program assisting military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.

Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild: Collection of educational resources and trainings on military law for active-duty servicemembers, reservists, veterans and their families.

The OSS Simple Sabotage Manual: Excellent discussion of how to quietly and discretely make your employer’s plans go awry. Originally distributed in 1944 to the European anti-Nazi resistance. Everything old is new again.