Essential and Radical Resources

While the lines on these circles look solid, all of these identities, structures, etc. are mixed together. Everyone's experiences will be different, however the point is to show the many levels at which an individual or community can be marginalized and harmed.

What Is: Intersectionality

Kat Blaque explains the history, meaning, and impacts in social, political, and economic spaces through the lens of intersectionality.

Read More About Intersectionality https://time.com/5786710/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality/

Angela Davis - How Capitalism Affects The Working Class

Angela Davis explains the deep connection between capitalism and the oppression of BIPOC & the poor around the world. She calls capitalism "racial capitalism" because of this inextricable link. Hierachies, the carceral system, and labor exploitation are just a few of the symptoms of the oppressive system of capitalism.

Zillah Eisenstein on " Patriarchy and Capitalism "

Essential listening on the intersections between patriarchy, capitalism, and sexual violence.

More Zillah Eisenstein content here

Vandana Shiva on Int'l Women's Day: "Capitalist Patriarchy Has Aggravated Violence Against Women"

Dr. Shiva discusses the impact on women by what she calls the world's "violent economic order," and the women-led uproar over sexual violence in India triggered by last year's brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi. A world-renowned physicist, Dr. Shiva also addresses the recent U.S. Supreme Court case pitting an Indiana farmer against the agri-giant Monsanto. "The multiple wars against the earth -- through the economy, through greed, through capitalist patriarchal domination -- must end, and we have to recognize we are part of the earth," Dr. Shiva says. "The liberation of earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all of humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it's the next step of peace that we need to create." (Monsanto has since be kicked out of India.)

Decolonization is For Everyone

"“This history is not your fault, but it is absolutely your responsibility.” A history of colonization exists and persists all around us. Nikki discusses what colonization looks like and how it can be addressed through decolonization. An equitable and just future depends on the courage we show today. “Let’s make our grandchildren proud”.

Pedagogy of the Decolonizing

"“Panic is not prayerful”, notes Quetzala Carson, while speaking on the challenging nature of the dialogue surrounding colonial violence; colonial violence is difficult to engage, because it often involves dialogues on questioning narratives that we’ve known to be normal. Quetzala explains the tenets of colonialism, how our normative narratives are built, and also shares some strategies on how to engage and combat colonial violence with compassion. Quetzala Carson is Mestizx from Mana ahuac, Nicaragua. "

"Democratic Womanism" A Poem by Alice Walker

"With less than 40 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, poet and activist Alice Walker reads her new poem, "Democratic Womanism." "You ask me why I smile when you tell me you intend in the coming national elections to hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils," reads Walker. "There are more than two evils out there, is one reason I smile." (People without color - this is not a term you can use to label your feminism)

Learn More about Alice Walker's Womanism Here

The Economy of Incarceration

"A professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s spent decades analyzing the political geography of prisons. Overcrowding and discrimination are bad, she says, but our broken system’s the result of decisions that go way deeper -- to the nature of our economy itself...She was also a founding member of the anti-prison group Critical Resistance."

Affects of Carceral System on Children (and Adults)

Credit: Human Rights Project for Girls

Although this graphic is specfic to girls in the United States, it shows how trauma effects all who are raised in abusive and unstable households. While those who come from white, wealthy communities will often have the privilege to skip over entry into the Juvenile Justice System, the cycle of trauma and abuse will often continue to pass on.

The Opportunity Atlas

Interactive map of the Census and tax returns collected from 20-million Americans over a 30-year time span. It is broken down by class, race, and gender, visualizing where opportunity and oppression has and hasn't been for those living in the United States. You can search through incaeration rates, income level, and graduation rates, to name a few.

People Who Do Harm Are Not Monsters

"Accountability is a familiar buzz-word in contemporary social movements, but what does it mean? How do we work toward it? In this series of four short videos, anti-violence activists Kiyomi Fujikawa and Shannon Perez-Darby ask and explore: What does it look like to be accountable to survivors without exiling or disposing those who do harm."

What is Transformative Justice?

"How do we prevent and stop violence and harm without creating more violence and harm? How do we transform a society in which harm is endemic to build a culture where violence becomes unthinkable? How can small everyday acts of accountability and relationship building lead to a broad cultural shift away from harm? In this video, practitioners define the scope and potential of transformative justice."

How Shame Can Block Accountability

"How does shame block accountability? Why do we tend towards performative apology when we work from a basis of shame? In this video, people with years of experience facilitating processes between survivors of harm and people who have done harm talk about how coming from a framework of shame can shut us down and get in the way of authentic accountability."

Introduction to Restorative Justice

Comprehensive introduction on Restorative Justice. You can check out the slides and other resources at your own pace or watch and listen to their course above.

Everyday Practices of Transformative Justice - Barnard Center for Research on Women

"Featuring: Shira Hassan, Martina Kartman, Rachel Herzing, Mia Mingus, Priya Rai, Lea Roth, and Sonya Shah." The folks in this video discuss everyday examples of transformative justice including showing up in an emotional and supportive way for people.

Decentering Whiteness in Queer Spaces

"The mainstream queer narrative in the West consistently centers whiteness and excludes the experiences of communities of color. From a failure to recognize and celebrate Indigenous and Native expressions of gender and sexuality to the all-too-common inclusion of the phrase “No Asians, No Blacks” in dating profiles, white supremacy has stifled the voices of folks of color in queer spaces and movements. This panel hopes to excavate how QTBIPOC navigate the predominant whiteness of the mainstream queer community, and they will discuss how QTBIPOC can assert their Blackness and Brownness within these white spaces."

The Importance of Intersectional Accessibility in Activism

"Hayden Kristal is a Deaf, bisexual, transgender, Jewish college senior at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Living his life at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities has led him to a career as a professional public speaker focusing on the intersections of disability, gender, and sexuality, particularly within the spheres of activism and social justice."

What is the Importance of the Abolition Movement?

Kellie Carter Jackson provides a history of the abolitionist movement and its impact today in modern social activist spaces.

Pre-colonial attitudes to sex and gender fluidity

"In the latest episode of On the Rag, Leonie talks to Takatāpuhi activist Elizabeth Kerekere about pre-colonial attitudes to sex and gender fluidity."

European colonizers brought with them strict rules of gender binary and sexuality, thus reducing and in some places completely destroying the queer communities that lived there. The idea of straightness as default is quite recent, and many societies accepted, loved, and worshipped those who were outside the binary. Today, many are trying to reclaim their queer histories and decolonize their beliefs around gender and sexuality.

Huey P. Newton, Ishmael Reed & Jawanza Kunjufu On Racism Against Black Men (1988)

"An episode of KPIX-TV's People Are Talking, examining images and challenging stereotypes of black men in American society, presented by Ann Fraser and Ross McGowan on January 15th 1988. Features discussion with members of the audience and guests Huey P. Newton, Ishmael Reed and Jawanza Kunjufu. This program was aired to honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday."

Essential listening that still rings true decades later. This was about a year before Huey P. Newton was assassinated.

**Interviewers are extremely rude and racist.

Radical in Progress

Don't know where to start? Feel overwhelmed with theory? This wesbite helps break down theories and conecepts that you've probably heard of.

Rape on College Campuses

This article discusses the difference between rape-prone and rape-free campuses. Rape-Prone vs. Rape-Free is a very good article that discusses what sexual ideologies exist in rape-prone and rape-free communities and how we can implement more rape-free ideologies in our own community.

How the Revolution Starts at Home

Free PDF of "How the Revolution Starts at Home"

Why Misogynists Make Great Informants

Medium-length article on why we must remove misogynists from our spaces.

The Abolition of Gender

Article by Maya Gonzalez on the abolition of gender.

"13 Books to Read by Black Feminist Women" is a great place to look for core Black Feminist literature. Essential for folks of all races and genders learning about abolition, American history, feminism, queer liberation, etc. This article includes many extra authors and books outside the 13 the author highlights.

Incite National

"INCITE! is a network of radical feminists of color organizing to end state violence and violence in our homes and communities."

Resource for topics such as abolition feminism, anti-militarism, and tips for organizing. Includes webinars, art, and ways to connect with the INCITE! community.