Archives for August, 2007

Anti-Oppression Principles & Practice


Principles of Anti-Oppression

Power and privilege play out in our group dynamics and we must continually struggle with how we challenge power and privilege in our practice.
We can only identify how power and privilege play out when we are conscious and committed to understanding how racism, sexism, homophobia, and all other forms of oppression [...]

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Stating Your Case


Principles here could be applied to street activism and more…
Introduction
The anti-war movement is a loose organization of people dedicated to spreading the anti-war message. We do this is by honestly and rationally attacking pro-war arguments in order to show that the war is unjustifiable. The end goal is to convince people to change their world [...]

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The Politics of Solidarity: Six Nations, Leadership, and the Settler Left


By Tom Keefer
This article will address some issues which have arisen in the context of non-native activists doing solidarity work with the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) people of the Grand River Territory who recently reclaimed land near Caledonia, Ontario.1 I will begin by discussing the problems with how many non-native activists have used the concept of [...]

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Defining Terms in the Age of Imperialism: Challenging Alleged “Strategic Solidarity”


Background
MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization based in the United States, recently released commentary about what solidarity should look like for U.S. progressives committed to the Palestinian struggle http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0711-02.htm. “Palestine in the Age of Hamas: The Challenge of Progressive Solidarity,” is not a proactive call for solidarity. On the contrary, this call [...]

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