Thus, upholding the racist narrative of the savage brown man with a ravenous appetite for rape, is a double genocide serving to delegitimize the resistance movement, and further cannibalize a people. . . .
Gender
my gender?
pronouns are n o t a part of the definition of my gender Bell defines what gender means to Bell pronouns don’t define my gender starfish, octopi, elephants, ants, bees, blue jays, cattle, mountains, and clouds define my gender fear no longer defines my gender abuela thank you for your endless guidance gender in this capitalist society is a “science” i’ll always lean into your valiance my love for community, collective solidarity, revolution,communalism, define my gender Pan-Africanism is one unified Africa under scientific socialism and it’s a part of my gender Pan-Africanism is our collective destiny and only then we, . . .
Reproductive Justice Means #StopCopCity
The fight for reproductive justice will remain a losing battle so long as we continue to center white supremacist institutions and legitimize the settler colonial state. . . .
The Real Crisis of Black Manhood
The current fight against the feminization of Black men is a fight to sustain an oppressive status quo of female degradation and subjugation, it’s not about preserving Black manhood. First off we need to understand that: Black manhood has never even existed in the USA! We were not men under chattel slavery, we were not even recognized as human. After emancipation and during the Reconstruction era we simply imitated the roles, behaviors, standards, dress, and values of white men, that’s all we had known as Black men in the US for over 200 years. White men were our only reference . . .
The Role of Women in the Revolution
An essay by Josina Machel of FRELIMO, the Mozambique national liberation organization. It was in October 1966, in a meeting of the Central Committee, that FRELIMO decided that the Mozambican woman should take a more active part in the struggle for national liberation, at all levels. It was decided that she should receive political and military training in order to make her more capable of fulfilling whatever tasks the revolution might demand of her. Thus, a few months later, in the beginning of 1967, the first group of women from Cabo Delgado and Niassa began their training. At first this . . .
Revolutionary African Culture for an End to Gender-Based Violence
ur focus must be on ideological and political development of the masses. The enemies of our people are in our midst and only mass, revolutionary African culture and organization can combat this reactionary behavior. We must collectively reconstruct not only the ethical and political foundation for a new African society but also reinvigorate revolutionary and principled people willing to build an ethical and principled society for the future of Africa and all our African communities. . . .
Africana Womanism vs. Black Feminism
Africana Womanism and Black Feminism are two different approaches that attempt to redefine and contextualize the experiences of African/Black women. Though both of these ideologies underscore Black women’s experiences, the principles and methods of these two approaches differ and sometimes conflict. . . .
Why Misogynists Make Great Informants
This piece on gender violence in social justice movements was originally published in make/shift magazine’s Spring/Summer 2010 issue and written by Courtney Desiree Morris. In January 2009, activists in Austin, Texas, learned that one of their own, a white activist named Brandon Darby, had infiltrated groups protesting the Republican National Convention (RNC) as an FBI informant. Darby later admitted to wearing recording devices at planning meetings and during the convention. He testified on behalf of the government in the February 2009 trial of two Texas activists who were arrested at the RNC on charges of making and possessing Molotov cocktails, . . .