The Green Scare, PRISM, and the Rise of the Surveillance of Women
17 JunTogether, We Can Get Free: A Review of Towards Collective Liberation, by Chris Crass
9 MayTowards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy, by Chris Crass (PM Press 2013), is a challenging collection of essays and interviews. The concept of collective liberation, gleaned initially from radical scholar bell hooks, connotes a struggle lodged deep in the tradition of liberation movements—black liberation, GLBQTTI liberation, women’s liberation, and so on. CC insists, “we need liberation movements of millions of people, from all backgrounds, from all walks of life, with a wide range of experience, playing many different roles… everyone reading this book is needed in the process of building the powerful and successful movements we need to make the changes crucial for our future.” For liberation movements to connect at crucial strategic and ideological intersections, activists must overcome the problem by which “processes of inclusions and exclusions are reproduced in our organizing.” For collective movement organization to succeed, we need “a commitment to use different strategies and approaches.” The message of Towards Collective Liberation is that love, openness, and patient determination will prevail. It is an imperative lesson for everyone.
Anti-Oppression in the EF! Movement
12 JulSpeech written and recited by Bee at the RRR 2012
In response to the out-reaching participants of the Challenging Male Supremacy Workshop at this year’s Round River Rendezvous, I’m echoing appreciation of well-intended cis-males who stand in solidarity with anti-oppression in the EF! movement.
Despite the best intentions of the group, things got heated and the attempt to end patriarchal silencing ended up doing exactly that Continue reading
Happy Beltane! Merry May Day!
1 MayFrom Oakland to Asia, from Madrid to Moscow people are striking, and celebrating!
Here in South Florida the Earth First! Journalistas are celebrating the completion of the Betane 2012 issue of the Journal! It is out of our hands and will be into yours in the next few weeks.
Here is a sneak preview of two fantastic articles! Keep an eye out for more to come.
We Are The .00018%! Does EF! Carry the Capacity for a Justice Based Approach to Overpopulation?