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Category/Subject: Base Building

Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“A collection of sermons and speeches that lay out a groundbreaking vision for intersectional organizing, paired with inspirational and practical essays from activists in today’s Poor People’s Campaign… Grounded in the fundamental biblical theme of poor and oppressed people taking action together, the book suggests ways to effectively build a fusion movement to make America … Continued

The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“In The Third Reconstruction, Rev. Barber tells the story of how he helped lay the groundwork for the Moral Mondays movement and explores the unfulfilled promises of America’s multiethnic democracy… The Third Reconstruction is both a blueprint for activism at the state level and an inspiring call to action from the twenty-first century’s most effective … Continued

Trying to Make the Personal Political: Feminism and Consciousness-Raising

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“There is much to consider about Consciousness-Raising (CR) as a political education strategy. There are questions about why CR mostly appealed to white middle class women. There are questions about whether CR laid a foundation for contemporary concerns about trigger warnings and the politics of identity. In the afterword of this booklet, writer and historian … Continued

We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“By bridging the divides and building relationships with one another, we can dedicate ourselves to strategic, smart investments–meaning resources directed toward our stability and well-being, like healthcare and housing, education and living-wage jobs… We Keep Us Safe is a blueprint of how to hold people accountable while still holding them in community.” – Goodreads

As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“Arguing that Blacks have always been considered non-citizens in the United States, Samudzi and Anderson make the case for a new program of transformative politics for African Americans, one rooted in an anarchist framework… With the passion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, the raw truth of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, … Continued

Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Women’s March, this gorgeously designed full-color book offers an unprecedented, front-row seat to one of the most galvanizing movements in American history, with exclusive interviews with Women’s March organizers, never-before-seen photographs, and essays by feminist activists… An inspirational call to action that reminds us that together, ordinary people … Continued

We Are Called to Be A Movement

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“It’s time to come together and renounce the politics of rejection, division, and greed. It’s time to lift up the common good, move up to higher ground, and revive the heart of democracy. In a single, rousing sermon, the celebrated Reverend William J. Barber II of the Poor People’s Campaign makes an impassioned argument whose … Continued

Abolition Now!: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“For a decade, Critical Resistance has organized to abolish the reliance on imprisonment, policing, and surveillance, seeing the prison industrial complex (PIC) not as a broken system to be fixed, but a well-oiled machine that must be eliminated entirely. Published in honor of Critical Resistance’s tenth anniversary, Abolition Now! reflects the organization’s themes: Dismantle, Change, … Continued

Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“As marches, protests, and boycotts return to the cultural conversation in the United States and everyday people look to take action and make their voices heard, this hands-on, hit-the-ground-running guide delivers lessons on practical tactics for navigating and protecting one’s personal democracy in a gridlocked, heavily surveilled, and politically volatile country. Aimed at people who … Continued

We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America

September 03, 2021 | 1 minutes read

“A compendium of writings that detail the grassroots actions of social and political activists from the civil rights era of the early 1960s to the present day, this book reviews the major points of intersection between white supremacy and the war machine through historic and contemporary articles from a diverse range of scholars and activists… … Continued

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