Winning the Communications War with the U.S. Oligarchy, & Big Oil & Gas, Requires YOU!

Canada defeating the aggression of the U.S. oligarchy, & their oil & gas-interest friends, will require all of us learning how to communicate more effectively, strategically, & rapidly to counter disinformation. When it comes to disinformation going ‘straight at ’em’ will also require dealing with the extreme inequality that led us to this point, as we covered in last week’s episode: https://www.sierraclub.ca/no-kings-inequality-deregulation/

Resources for this Sovereignty Saturdays sub-series episode:

• Previous episodes: How to Defend Democracy, Sovereignty, & Canada: Resisting U.S. Annexation PART 3 & No Kings Day special: https://www.sierraclub.ca/sovereignty-democracy-canada-annexation/ & https://www.sierraclub.ca/no-kings-inequality-deregulation/
• Anat Shenker-Osorio & Jessica Murray, Communicating on Climate Change in Your Community (tips on framing): https://www.sierraclub.ca/communicating-on-climate-change/
• How to talk with others about climate issues using metaphor: https://www.sierraclub. ca/climate-change-family-talk/
• On Full Spectrum Resistance, Aric McBay & Jessica Murray: https://www.sierraclub.ca/full-spectrum-resistance-podcast/
• Annexation playbook borrows from climate denial tactics: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/20/opinion/strategies-climate-denial-canada-annexation-threats
• "Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims". 
• "These Fossil Fuel Industry Tactics Are Fueling Democratic Backsliding," CAP.
• Trump’s ‘Annexation’ of Canada Has Already Begun (Jan, 2025). How Energy Alternatives Help Smother It: https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/trumps-annexation-of-canada-has-already
• Why oil, gas & LNG development is pointless: https://www.sierraclub.ca/lng-national-interest-canada/
• 65% of Canadians (now up to 67%) Want Renewables INSTEAD of Oil & Gas Development: https://www.sierraclub.ca/canadians-renewables-oil-gas/
• ‘Go Straight at ’Em!’: Mission Command, U.S. Naval Institute.
• Reputation Management, Doorley & Garcia (Book).

Comms plan: Situational analysis, Audience analysis, Objectives, Key messages, Strategies, Tactics, Evaluation.

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