From The Road: Snapshots of Living Resistance – a zine for liberation by Sonja S. and Jennica B.

The advancements of US imperialism got you down? Looking for inspiration to keep your passion burning for building mass based anti-racist, multiracial, feminist, queer and trans liberationist, anti-capitalist movements working for collective liberation? You should read this zine. The editors, who “were feeling disillusioned and uneducated about what amazing work we knew must be out there,” traveled the country for seven months and interviewed people from over 50 organizations working for social change in 20 states in the Southwest, Midwest, Northeast and the South of the US and Northeast Canada.

This zine compiles profiles and descriptions of 22 groups which the editors found to be the most “creative, inspiring, radical, interesting and solid in their commitment to ending ALL forms of oppression.” The profiles include the group’s size, location, the constituencies they work with, racial makeup, area of work, how long they’ve been around and contact info. The descriptions range from stories about how groups came together, how they make decisions, the use of caucuses to challenge white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism and heterosexism and how orgs in both rural and urban communities have developed successful campaigns and projects. Each group gets about 2 pages in this 70 page resource guide.

Learn about the South West Organizing Project’s environmental justice work in New Mexico. Find out how three activists–usan, Nicola and Juliana–started up the Women’s Prison Book Project in Minnesota. Read about Latino/a and Native American led immigrant rights organizing with Derechos Humanos/Human Rights Coalition of Arizona and multiracial, antiracist queer liberation work with SONG (Southerners On New Ground). Check out how groups like Project South, in Atlanta, the Catalyst Center in Toronto, the Freire Center in Minneapolis and the 70 year old legendary Highlander Center in New Market, Tennessee are using popular education to develop leadership and build movement for radical social change. Read about the People’s Institute and how they’ve trained over 35,000 people in undoing racism workshops. The zine is divided into 8 categories: Environmental Justice, Faith Based Work, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Trainings, Anti-Prison Work, Alternative Living, Solidarity Activism, Popular Education and Community Based Organizing.

If you’re looking for orgs to network with, looking for trainings and resources, want to hear how other groups are doing their work, want to read about vibrant and inspiring folks who are organizing from the grassroots to build our movements and win justice–then you should read Jennica and Sonja’s zine.

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