Analysis on Politics & Race Archive
On Whiteness
“white” is a social construct. it is not an absolute category that is fundamental to the universe. whiteness is something created in the minds of humans. you are white if you are considered white by society. you are white if you receive the benefits of white privilege.
white is not a skin color. white is not [...]
You Can’t Have Capitalism Without Racism: Looking Back at Malcolm X
February 21 marked the 40th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination. Only 39 years old at the time of his murder, Malcolm X would have turned 80 on May 19 of this year.
Today, while the mass mobilizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s did away with legally-codified racism, in the 40 years since Malcolm’s [...]
Alternative Challengers to Globalization
By Kristian Hackett
All across the world, people are partaking in counter-culture communes in which they seize old abandoned buildings not only for housing needs, but also to actively protest the over-arching societal pressures created by capitalism, patriarchy, exploitation and racism.
This act of reclaiming free housing from existing vacant structures, called “squatting,” has become a globalized [...]
Beyond Blockades: Thinking Through RNC 08 Tactics
A Strategy for Failure?
“You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.” Leon Trotsky
While we do not want to cause any division in the anarchist movement in the USA, honesty in evaluating direct action is important when anarchists in the United States seem like we might have a chance at [...]
Starvation Politics: From Ancient Egypt to the Present
By George Caffentzis
‘Food riots’ in response to huge food price hikes have hit numerous countries around the world this year. George Caffentzis explores the current food crisis, its causes and implications.
Food prices are rising so much and so fast that millions are now on the verge of starvation. Between May 2007 and May 2008, corn [...]
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