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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Women’s Day Off ( Iceland, 1975)

The Women’s Day Off on October 24, 1975 was a monumental moment in Icelandic (women’s) history. The collective argument was that the women did work. paid and unpaid, but invisible from the infrastructure that held Icel…

David Graeber on Occupy Movement

David Graeber was an American anthropologist, author, and activist who often critiqued capitalism, promoting his anarchist politics. He was actively involved in the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and popularized the “We ar…

The Written Resistance #3 – National Students for Justice In Palestine (2024)

This is the third edition of the newsletter written by a compilation of individual authors and published by the National Students for Justice in Palestine. The importance of discomfort, the global struggle against imperi…

The Radical Women Manifesto – Platform (2001)

The Radical Women Manifesto: Socialist Feminist Theory, Program and Organizational Structure is the manifesto of the Radical Women (RW). RW is an intersectional, multi-issue based organization rooted in intersectional, s…

The Woman Identified Woman

The Radicalesbians identified lesbianism as the result of a woman acting on natural impulses to deviate from society and instead pursue a more liberated form of existence. Lesbianism is the product of rage. Most importan…

“Ain’t I A Woman” (1851)

“Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say,” outside of the fact that we can’t afford to ignore the dual burden of sexism and racism on Black women.

Proclamation to the Great White Father and All His People – Alcatraz Proclamation (1969)

Between November 20, 1969 and June 11, 1971, a group of Indigenous people – led by the group Indians of All Tribes (IAT) – occupied Alcatraz Island. The last of the occupiers were removed by the United States government.…

Communique 4 From The Weather Underground(1970)

This communication from the Weather Underground was published on Sept 15, 1970 and explains how they helped political prisoner Dr. Timothy Leary escape.

Hazel V. Carby’s “On the Threshold of Woman’s Era” (1985)

Black feminist thought arose through Black women’s resistance to racist, sexist, and imperial systems, challenging white supremacy and patriarchal power.

Young Lords: Armense para Defenderse

In this newspaper article, Young Lords member Juan Gonzalez identifies the enemy of the party: privatization and authority. In order to protect themselves and reject their marginalized position, Gonzales influences membe…

First International Conference of Socialist Women (1907) and Second International Conference of Socialist Women (1910)

These manifestos reframed women’s liberation as inseparable from a working-class revolution. By promoting international synergy and a complete restructuring of society, they challenged existing oppressive hierarchies.

The Black Man’s Stake in Vietnam by Eldridge Cleaver (1969)

Eldridge Cleaver, an early leader of the Black Panther Party, wrote this article to the Black men who were being drafted into Vietnam. Cleaver explains the implications of this on a global stage and calls for unity among…

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…

Ned Lud’s Proclamation (1811)

This is a proclamation by Ned Lud, the legendary leader of the Luddites—an early 19th-century movement of English textile workers who protested against the introduction of mechanized looms and knitting frames, fearing…

Angela Davis on Mainstream Feminism/ Bourgeoise Feminism (2017)

In this lecture, Angela Davis addresses her career-long struggle to identify as a feminist, given the current state of the feminist movement. Breaking through the glass ceiling, as Davis notes, is grounded in a hierarchy…

Resistance #5 by ELF

The publication Resistance featured the ELF three times. This third feature continues to tell the story of how the ELF was targeted by the FBI and the US government.

You Don’t Have to Fuck People Over to Survive (1980)

In this book originally published in 1980, graphic artist and author Seth Tobocman attacks the politics of the Reagan Era, which led up to the Tompkins Square Riots and the formation of ACT-UP. Tobocman’s art is bold and…

The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework: A Working-Class Perspective (1981)

In 1981, Angela Davis Published “Women, Race, and Class”. The book analyzes the women’s liberation movement through the lens and intersection of racism and classism. Chapter 13, “The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework…

Bicycling Program (1972)

Two community members in Oakland, California recognized the need for reliable modes of transportation in their community. In the newspaper article, they are introducing a program that would fix bicycles so that the commu…

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