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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The Antiauthoritarian Manifesto of the Situationist Avant Garde (1961)
The Situationist International was an international organization that consisted of social revolutionaries who were also avant-garde theorists, artists, and scholars. Strongly inspired by communism, class consciousness, a…
Preface to The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon (1961)
This book discusses the dehumanizaing effect of colonialism and the implications of a social movement for decolonization, especially focusing on the role of violence.
Women’s Liberation Aims to Free Men Too (Gloria Steinem, 1970)
There is a common misconception that the struggle for women’s rights is solely beneficial for women. This narrative is oftentimes pushed by institutions and key actors that know if the everyday man is vehemently opposed…
Women’s Day Off – Executive Committee for Women’s Day Off (1975)
On October 24, 1975, ignited by the activism of the Red Stockings radical women’s group, 90% of Iceland’s women went on strike to protest the exploitation of women’s unpaid labor at home and their underpaid, undervalued…
Young Lords Community Education
Education Lieutenant Carlos Aponte discusses the colonization of Puerto Rican education. The Young Lords refuted this erasure of history by setting up their own educational programs to aid younger generations in learning…
Naming the System by Paul Potter (1965)
On April 17,1965, the president of the Students for a Democratic Society, Paul Potter, gave a speech at the March on Washington, the first major anti-Vietnam War march held in Washington D.C.
You Don’t Need a Weatherman To Know Which Way the Wind Blows by the Weather Underground (1969)
This position paper was distributed at an SDS convention in Chicago on June 18, 1969.
Women! Join Our Celebration of Independence – Bread and Roses (n.d.)
This document is a call to action, urging women to join a movement led by Bread and Roses, a socialist women’s liberation group, on International Women’s Day in Boston, Massachusetts. The flyer presents a declaration of…
Lesbians in Revolt (1972)
In 1972, author Charlotte Bunch articulated lesbianism was a political choice that fundamentally threatened male supremacy by challenging the idea that men were crucial to the existence of women. In her essay “Lesbians i…
Statement on the Ceasefire in Gaza – NYC Labor for Palestine (2025)
This source presents a statement from NYC Labor for Palestine following a ceasefire in Gaza, which they view as a significant victory for Palestinian resistance over the Zionist entity and U.S. Empire. The group exp…
The Grand Coolie Damn (1969)
Marge Piercy was an American novelist and activist who wrote this 1969 expose in order to expose the inherent sexism of the American left at the time. Following the chronological order of events and the general accelerat…
The Vagina on Trial (1971)
Kathleen Barry’s essay unpacks both the physical consequences that a woman faces when she endures rape, and the psychological effects that are the result of every woman’s knowledge of the threat of rape. She includes an…
29 Ways to Say No! – John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (1989)
The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, founded in 1978, was an anti-racist organization within the United States that took direct actions against the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations in addition to pub…
Communique 1 From The Weather Underground (1970)
This communication from the Weather Underground was published on May 21,1970 and declares war on the United States of America.
Ursula Le Guin – NBA Speech (2014)
“We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art…
A Recipe for Nocturnal Direct Actions! – MTL Counter-Info (2017)
Step-by-Step guide for covering your tracks including scouting, prep, CCTV evasion, DNA Forensics, and arrest.
Women, the Unions and Work, or… What is Not to Be Done – Selma James (1972)
This 1972 pamphlet, written by Selma James—an American writer, feminist, and social activist who co-founded the International Wages for Housework Campaign—critiques the shortcomings of traditional left-wing and trade…
Hawon Jung’s Flowers of Fire (2023)
Women in South Korea unite in protest against the violence they have faced under long-standing patriarchal values. They break from the norm of silence and redefine women as outspoken rather than passive.
Documents on Unlock Apartheid’s Jails Campaign (1987)
The Unlock Apartheid’s Jails Campaign, initiated by The Africa Fund, fought for the release of detainees and political prisoners in South Africa. This compilation of documents included a letter from Dumisani S. Kumalo,…