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Articles and books on people of color, race relations, white supremacy, self-determination, white privilege, globalization, revolutionary struggle, theory, anarchism, history and much more are on this page.
A Starting Place: Anarchism Explained
- How to Catch A Fire
- Anarchism Articulated: Who We Are, What We Want, What We Do
- Beyond Primitivism: Toward a 21st Century Anarchist Theory & Praxis for Science
- Anarchist-Communism and Elections
- Do Anarchists Believe in Freedom?
- Anarchy & Anarchists: Who We Are And What We Want
- The Political Economy of Anarchism, Short and Loose
- Toward an Anarchist Understanding of Class
- Rebels Against Tyranny: An Interview with Howard Zinn on Anarchism
- White Racism, White Supremacy, White Privilege and the Social Construction of Race
- Emergent Complexity Theory and the Anarchist Approach
- Post Colonial Anarchism
- An Anarchist Backgrounder
- Six Reasons Why People of Color Need Anarchism
- On Strategy: Collective Ownership and Self-Defense of Our Communities
- Anarchism’s Promise for Anti-Capitalist Resistance
- An Anarchist Introduction to Critical Race Theory
- Looking to the Light of Freedom: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement and Thoughts on Anarchist Organizing
- Internalized Racism: A Major Breakthrough Has Been Achieved
- Anarchist vs. Marxist-Leninist Thought on the Organization of Society
- Anarchy Can’t Fight Alone
- Non-Western Anarchisms: Rethinking the Global Context
African Anarchism: The History of A Movement
- Foreword and Author Preface
- Chapter One: What Is Anarchism?
- Chapter Two: Anarchism In History
- Chapter Three: Anarchistic Precedents in Africa
- Chapter Four: The Development of Socialism in Africa
- Chapter Five: The Failure of Socialism in Africa
- Chapter Six: Obstacles to the Development of Anarchism in Africa
- Chapter Seven: Anarchism’s Future in Africa
- Bibliography
Anarchist People of Color
- APOCs Build It From Below: NE/NW Reports
- APOC Northeast Gathering
- Build It From Below: A Collective APOC Statement
- Anarchism and Racism
- APOC: Enough is Enough
- APOC Collectives and Contacts
- Building an APOC Org
- An APOC Backgrounder
- Fighting White Rage, Splitting with Anarchism?
- APOC, Appropriation and the Backlash
- Anarchist People of Color: A Brief Summary
- NYPD Attack Benefit for Anarchist Group in Brooklyn
- History: APOC 2005 Conference Postponed
- APOC Email List
- The Activism of Gentrification and the Gentrification of Activism
- Senzala or Quilombo: Reflections on APOC and the fate of Black Anarchism
- Female Species Interview: Ernesto Aguilar
Art
Black/New Afrikan
Cuban Anarchism: The History of A Movement
- Introduction
- Preface
- Chapter One: Colonialism and Separatism (1865-1898)
- Chapter Two: Intervention and the Republic (1899-1933)
- Chapter Three: Constitution and Revolution (1934-1958)
- Chapter Four: Castroism and Confrontation (1959-1961)
- Chapter Five: Exile and Shadows (1961-2001)
- Chapter Six: Reality and Reflection
- Acronyms
- Bibliography
General
- Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle.
- Smack a White Boy, Round Three: This one’s for Sylvia.
- RSS: What It Is and How to Use It
- Prison News Service and Jim Campbell’s Legacy
- A Short History of the ‘Critical’ in Critical Race Theory
- “White Man’s Burden” and the Iraq War
- Komboa 2001 Court Statement
- Reparations for All: That Means Everyone
- Indigenous Perspective on the War on Terrorism
- The Profits of Genocide
- Revolution
Ideas
- Making the World’s Poor Pay: The Economic Crisis and the Global South
- Shallow Graves in Unfamiliar Terrain
- On Strategy: Collective Ownership and Self-Defense of Our Communities
- Mo’ Prisons, Mo’ Problems and the Creation of a Permanent Underclass
- Lies My Colonizer Told Me
- Do Animals Possess Rights We Are Bound To Respect…And Should A Nigga Care?!
- Assuming Hostilities: Towards a Pro-Revolutionary Milieu With Teeth
- Qualifying the Commitment to Self-Preservation
- Climate Change and the Fight Against Neoliberalism
- Black Women Segregate Themselves from Likely Allies?
- For Revolutionary Struggle, Not Activism
- The State Vs. Black America
- War Over the Souls of Black Girls
- “Non-whites” vs. “Visible Minorities” vs. “People of Color”
- Toward an Anarcho-Design Practice
- Bring it to the Yard: An Open Reply to White Progressives/Radicals
- Beyond Resistance: Everything
- 10 Commandments to Save the Planet
- There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions
- New Afrikan, Revolutionary Nationalist … and Anarchist
- A Short Missive to Anarchists of Color on Primitivism, Ideology and Options
- Rethinking Crimethinc
- Breaking the Ice: Anarchist Men and Sexism in the Movement
- Hollow-Point Democracy: Five Years After the Battle, on Color and Seattle
- Colonization and Massacres
- Property is Racism
- Theory, Ideology and Historical Materialism
- Is Anti-Capitalism Enough?
- Globalization And Racialization
- Post Colonial Anarchism
- Stop Saying This Is a Nation of Immigrants!
- Beyond Nationalism But Not Without It
- Race, Anarchy and Punk Rock: The Impact of Cultural Boundaries Within the Anarchist Movement
- Anarchy: A Maori Perspective
- Brinks Trial Closing Statement
- Authoritarian Leftists: Kill the Cop in Your Head
- With Allies Like These, You Don’t Need Enemies: Michael Moore and the Racism of the White Left
- Thin Blue Lies: Police and the Art of Propaganda
Anarchism and the Black Revolution
Organizing
- A Critique of the Anti-War Movement in Vancouver, 2003
- The Great Divide: Towards Bridging the Gap Between Anarchist- and Community-Based Organizing
- Workplace Organizing and Community Organizing
- The Anarchist-Communist Mass Line
- Racist Resistance to Prisoner Unity
- Claim No Easy Victories: An Anarchist Analysis of ARA and its Contributions to the Building of a Radical Anti-Racist Movement
- Decision Making in the Shell of the Old Society
- Know the Time: Five Reasons Why People of Color Must Represent at DNC/RNC Protests
- Hope in a Time of Elections: Movement Building at the Summer Conventions
- Summary of Political Communitarianism
- Notes from the Black Left Unity Meeting
- Stating Your Case
- Blocs, Black and Otherwise
- One Organizing Example: FUSE
- Effective Small Group Communication
- The Six Panther Ps
- Anti-Oppression Principles & Practice
- Linking Arms Without Getting Stepped On: An Anarchists in Coalitions Primer
- How to Start A Group
- What Is A Collective?
- No Justice and No Peace: A Critique of Current Social Change Politics
- Denouncing NAFTA
- Dues for Anarchist Orgs
- The Functioning of A Network: A ‘No Bullshit’ Policy Versus The Lethargy of Activism
- The Insurrectionary Act and the Self-Organization of Struggle
- Working Assumptions and Guidelines for Alliance-Building
- Autonomy and Participatory Democracy: An Ongoing Discussion on the Application of Zapatista Autonomy in the United States
- Activists of Color in the New Movement: Lessons From RNC Organizing
- People Get Ready: A Survival Handbook for Reality
- Struggling Forward: Organizing as a Building Block for Resistance
- But We Don’t Have Leaders: Leadership Development and Anti-Authoritarian Organizing
- Organizing Communities
- The Tyranny of Structurelessness
- “Here’s the Movement, Let’s Start Building”: An interview with Barbara Smith
- Bringing It All Back Home: Anti-Globalization Activism Cannot Ignore Colonial Realities
- The View From the Ground: Organizers Speak Out On Race
- Against Half-Assed Race and Class Theory and Practice
- An Education for Freedom: Getting Beyond the Standard(s) Debate
- What is Neoliberalism?
- Let’s “Gang-Up” On Oppression: Youth Organizations And The Struggle For Power In Oppressed Communities (Revised)
- A Playbook of Strategies for Anarchists Addressing Race
Wimmin/Women
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