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

Category: Anti-racist Organizing

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A 4-part series on Canada’s Relationship with Native North America

This series of the Long Term Memory Radio Project is for non-profit use only and is distributed through CKUT or available on the world wide web at www.radio4all.net. Read through the summary for the different episodes below and click here … Continue reading

The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender and Freedom

Rutgers University Press. 1998. 218 Pages. “While the Right is united by their racism, sexism, and homophobia in their goal to dominate all of us, we are divided by our own racism, sexism, and homophobia” – Suzanna Pharr “It is … Continue reading

We Can Do This: Direct Action against Global Capitalism and US Imperialism: An interview with Ingrid Chapman

Ingrid Chapman has been involved in direct action organizing for the past 4 years. At 23, she has helped pull off successful mass actions, worked with thousands of activists around the country and bases her work in the question, “How … Continue reading

Stateless and Deported: An Interview with the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees

For over a year, the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees has been working in Montreal to stop deportations against these members of an already stateless and oppressed community.  The coalition’s political campaign and case work has afforded some … Continue reading

Towards Social Justice: Elizabeth ‘Betita’ Martinez and the Institute for MultiRacial Justice

“Elizabeth ‘Betita’ Martinez is a national and international treasure. Her life and work provide a model of internationalism and solidarity, as well as local organizing. ‘Think globally, act locally’ was her practice long before the slogan was created. From work … Continue reading

Towards Anti-Racist Politics and Practice: a racial autobiography

part one: “Don’t you know what color you are?” As I walked that picket line, in front of the administration office, I could feel the anxiety and tension growing. I knew that it would be unpopular to protest for Chicano … Continue reading

Post Colonial Anarchism: Essays on race, repression and culture in communities of color 1999-2004

Full text available here Introduction It’s not immediately clear that anarchists of color (APOC), as a group, have any basic philosophical or strategic differences with our white allies and fellow travelers in the ‘movement.’ We don’t exist as a formal, … Continue reading

Slavery and the Genocide Treaty

[This was originally published as an Opinion article in the April 12, 2001 issue of The Pioneer (CSU Hayward)] In addition to my academic research and teaching during the past 27 years at Cal State Hayward, I have researched, lobbied … Continue reading

Looking to the Light of Freedom: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement and Thoughts on Anarchist Organizing

When thinking about organizing, about the possibilities for movement building, about the potential of challenging injustice and fundamentally altering the relationships of power in this society – my mind turns to the Civil Rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s. … Continue reading

Is Gay Marriage Anti-Black?

I was in Atlanta on business when I saw the Sunday, Feb. 29th edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution that featured as its cover story the issue of gay marriage. Georgia is one of the states prepared to add some … Continue reading

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