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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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…

8 Things You Can Do to Stop ICE – Crimethinc. (2025)

This is an eight-step guide by Crimethinc. detailing actions one can take during interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The goal of the flyer is to educate individuals on their rights, empoweri…

To the Peoples of the World – Zapatistas (2021)

This letter – written on January 1, 2021 – includes a description of what unites the people of the Zapatista movement and agreements to keep the struggle active.

Press Release – Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine (2024)

This is a press release from the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine’s Twitter page. In the document, the organization demands their voices be heard, likens their quest for liberation to that of the Civil Rights…

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…

Occupy Wall Street – Students (2011)

This document declares the occupation of student, university spaces during Occupy Wall Street.

Concerning Violence by Frantz Fanon (1961)

This PDF is an excerpt from The Wretched of the Earth, a 1961 book by the psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, a revolutionary theorist of colonialism and race. This book discusses the dehumanizaing effect of colonialism and the i…

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…

We Want to Riot, Not to Work – The Brixton Uprisings (1982)

A pamphlet giving the day by day account of the 1981 Brixton Uprisings, race tension/solidarity, and theoretical reflections on the rise of the “Impossible Class”

Retreat of the State in the English-Speaking Caribbean: Impacts on Women & Their Responses

Structural adjustment policies in Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago disproportionately harmed women, slashing healthcare, education, and jobs while increasing their unpaid domestic burdens. In response, women mobi…

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

The White Man’s Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States by Winthrop D. Jordan (1974)

Professor Jordan uses anecdotes from a multidue of sources to answer the question of: what were the attitude of white men toward black people during the first two centuries of European and African settlement in what beca…

How to Submit an Anonymous Communiqué and Get Away With It (2024)

A communiqué is a report on direct actions that is typically shared either online or in print publications. This is a guide on how to submit an anonymous communiqué online. Key terms, step-by-step instructions, relevan…

100 Years of Land Struggle – Mike Gouldhawke (2020)

This document is a timeline of Native American resistance in pursuit of land and self-determination between the years of 1921-2020.

Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon (1961)

This PDF is an excerpt from The Wretched of the Earth, a 1961 book by the psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, a revolutionary theorist of colonialism and race. This book discusses the dehumanizaing effect of colonialism and the i…

Interview from “Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls” (1995)

The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of feminist artists and activists who formed in 1985 to combat sexism and racism within the art world. This source is an interview with the Guerilla Girls, taken from their 1995…

Statement from U.S. Political Prisoners to Nelson Mandela (1990)

On June 21, 1990, U.S. political prisoners sent a statement to Nelson Mandela, who, at the time, was the Deputy Vice President of the African National Congress. In the statement, US political prisoners compared the crimi…

Malcolm X Liberation University: Collection of News Articles

In October of 1969, the Malcolm X Liberation Univeristy was founded byHoward Fuller and other prominent Black activists. The creation of the university was inspired by Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism, of which Malco…

The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House (1984)

In 1984, In 1985, feminist, civil rights activist, and librarian Audre Lorde published “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House”. The essay argued for the dismantling of the current system, alluding to…

Call to Action – National Students for Justice in Palestine (2024)

This was a call to action posted on the social media accounts of the National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on April 19, 2024. In the document, the National SJP criticizes the decision of the universities to ch…

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