Defining The Enemy

Here you will find documents of disruptive struggles that identify the structural cause(s) of oppression and present systemic solutions to smashing them. While some see a single enemy, many others present multiple.

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Poor White Women (1970)

In this 1970 essay, author Roxanne Dunbar includes an intersectional analysis of the oppression of women, focusing on both gendered and class-based issues. Drawing on her own experience growing up in a poor farming commu…

From the Encampments: Student Reflections on Protests for Palestine (2024)

This document features reflections from students at Columbia Law, City University of New York (CUNY) Law, New York Law, and Yale Law students, offering firsthand accounts and analyses of the motivations, demands, and exp…

Taking Back – Stacy Pettigrew and Skott Kellogg (2003)

Movimiento Sin Tierra (MST), also known as the Landless Workers Movement, began in Brazil and has since spread across the Americans to places like Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia. MST fights for access to land for poor workers…

The Black Power Mixtape (1967-1975)

THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the B…

Occupy Egypt: From Cairo to Wall Street

Jawad Nabulsi tells his personal experience of the Occupy movements in Egypt, taking place in Tahrir Square. He frames himself as well as his brother as people who did not need to partake in the movement, but were capabl…

Bucknell University Protests Recruitment During Vietnam War

During the Vietnam War, Bucknell University began protesting against military recruitment, especially about the U.S. Marines and Navy, during the Vietnam War

Principles of Unity – Women’s Committee Against Genocide (1981)

The Women’s Committee Against Genocide is an anti-imperialist group dedicated to advancing women’s liberation by opposing US-led imperialism and supporting the struggles of oppressed women worldwide. This 1981 draft…

Thomas Sankara Speech Before the General Assembly of the United Nations (1984)

Thomas Sankara served as President of Burkina Faso for four years before being killed in a military coup supported by the United States and France. Beloved by his people for his social programmes, confrontation of the na…

Weatherman edited by Harold Jacobs (1970)

This book details the founding of the Weather Underground, as well as strategies for accomplishing their goals.

Excerpts from a Native Women’s Liberation Front Newsletter (1970)

These excerpts come from a Native Women’s Liberation Front newsletter published in 1970. Four different cases of direct action land struggles waged by various Native American groups are described, including the occupat…

Communique 2 From The Weather Underground (1970)

This communication from the Weather Underground was published on June 9, 1970 and takes responsibility for the bombing of a police headquarters.

Ten-Point Program (1966)

Published in 1966 by the Black Panther Party, written by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, “The Ten Point Program” was a statement of their goals and organization. Intended to be ten points which would guide the everyday…

Street Demonstration Tips – Montreal Counter-Information (2012)

This is a detailed guide published by Montreal Counter-Information, an anarchist and anti-authoritarian news source, on how to conduct a street demonstration.

The Great Berkeley Rent Strike – Berkeley Tenants Union (1969)

The Berkeley Tenants Union was established in 1969 and sought to organize low-income tenants to join in protest against rent increases, eviction, and poor housing conditions. This document is a flyer produced in 1969 by…

Life Without Men: The 4B Movement

Many South Korean women are rejecting traditional patriarchal structures and refusing to engage sexually with men.

How to Sack Your Boss: A Workers’ Guide to Direct Action (n.d.)

This document is an excerpt from a worker’s guide that promotes direct action against employers. It critiques traditional resistance methods like strikes as ineffective, instead advocating for alternative tactics such as…

One Big Union – Industrial Workers of the World (2000)

This document, written in 2000 by the Industrial Workers of the World, outlines the organization of workers and the working class. It includes a brief historical discussion, advantages of one union and organization, unio…

Temporary Autonomous Zone – Hakim Bey (1985)

Anarchist text by Hakim Bey about creating temporary spaces that elude formal structures of control. From Pirate Utopias to Nomadic Bands, Poetic Terrorism to Ontological Anarchy, Hakim Bey draws on history and philosoph…

Congolese Independence Speech by Patrice Lumumba (1966)

Given by Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba shortly after the independence of the Republic of Congo in 1966, the Congolese Independence Speech was most praised for its critique of colonialism and imperialism. Withi…

Communique in Support of Port Workers in Northwest – Occupy Oakland (2011)

This is a communique published by Occupy Oakland in solidarity with Longshore workers in Longview, Washington. Occupy Oakland strongly condemns the actions taken by Export Grain Terminal (EGT), as the company has engaged…

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