The Colours of Resistance Archive is a collection of analysis and tools for liberatory organizing and movement-building.

Topic: organizing

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Anti-Oppression Organizing Tools

Principles of Anti-Oppression Power and privilege play out in our group dynamics and we must continually struggle with how we challenge power and privilege in our practice. We can only identify how power and privilege play out when we are … Continue reading

Ten Things to Remember: Anti-Racist Strategies for White Student Radicals

After many years as a white student radical (in high school and then college), I’m reconsidering my experience. I made a lot of mistakes and was blind in many ways, particularly as a white person. What follows are some lessons … Continue reading

25 ways to tokenize or alienate a non-white person around you (or, 25 examples of the racism we witness on a regular basis)

1. walk up to that black girl you barely know in the co-op and say “what do you think of the new (insert hip-hop artist here) album.” 2. ask one of the only arabs in your community to write the … Continue reading

Shinin’ the Lite on White, Part One: White Privilege

Introduction Tonight is the first of three sessions entitled, “Shinin’ the Lite on White.” This one is on white privilege. The second will be on white privilege behavior, and the third will be on white culture, or the culture of … Continue reading

Tools for White Guys who are Working for Social Change and other people socialized in a society based on domination

1. Practice noticing who’s in the room at meetings – how many gender privileged men (biological men), how many women, how many transgendered people, how many white people, how many people of color, is it majority heterosexual, are there out … Continue reading

Challenging patriarchy in political organizing

What is Patriarchy? Patriarchy, a system that gives men privileges, results from a gendered socialization process in all areas of our lives – social, economic, ideological, cultural, political, and spiritual. According to bell hooks, “Patriarchy is political-social system that insists … Continue reading

Reflections and Thoughts on White Anti-Racist Organizing from radicals of color and white anti-racists

1. maria poblet, housing rights organizer in the immigrant latino community white people need to organize white people. most white radicals choose to focus their work on organizing third world communities, educating white activists, or activism with middle class people. … Continue reading

Grounding Power: An Interview with Nrinder Nindy Kaur Nann

Nrinder Nindy Kaur Nann is fiercely dedicated to equality in her personal life, in her community based organizing and through her work in Ottawa, Ontario, as the National Representative on Youth Issues for the Canadian Labour Congress, the national umbrella … Continue reading

Intersections: Organizing All the Oppressed To End All Our Oppressions

What I hope to do in this presentation is to underscore a number of points that have already been made, to elaborate a bit on them, and to add a few new ones. The several points I wish to discuss … Continue reading

Confronting the Democratic National Convention and Working to Build a People’s Movement for Justice

Going to Los Angles for the Democratic Nation Convention was an amazing experience. The actions and events themselves were generally speaking, very powerful. More than the actions themselves, the questions about organizing, tactics, strategy, anti-racist practice and movement building have … Continue reading

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