Indigenous Struggles 2011: Year of Censored & Underreported News
An update to the story posted earlier in the week.
Archive for December, 2011
New Issue(s) of #POC #Occupy Journal, Workin’ On It [Saturday #Culture]
The new edition of Workin’ On It is out, and is downloadable via People Of Color Organize! This collection of writings by people of color on issues of race, politics and more is now in volume three. Workin’ On It, Vol. 3 Workin’ On It, Vol. 2 Previously, Workin’ On It, Vol. 1
NYC Today: Un-Settling Occupation
“Standing as allies with indigenous Americans, we seek to un-settle our consciousness,” write organizers.
A POCO Editor’s Reflection On The Site in 2011
Reflections on 2011 for The People Of Color Organize website.
Leading Canada’s Public Healthcare to the Free-Market Guillotine
Essentially, the Conservative proposal works to strip federal responsibility in crafting sustainable healthcare
Six Right-Wing Owners Who Use Their Sports Teams to Bankroll Reactionary Agendas
Next time you’re watching ball…
“Band-Aid” Resistance in Attiwapiskat
A new article by Johnny Hawke of the northern Ontario based Anishinabek Confederacy to Invoke our Nationhood (ACTION). In this article he examines the indigenous response to the situation in the Cree community of Attiwapiskat that has been in the mainstream Canadian media so much lately and consequently and driving White people into a fury again [...]
A Gleeful Eulogy for #Slutwalk
Any doubt Slutwalk’s ‘fun feminism’ was the stunning political trainwreck of 2011?
Saturday Radical Culture: Logic w/ Shadia Mansour “So Serious”
The official video “So Serious” featuring Shadia Mansour from Logic’s critically acclaimed album Listen.
Why Does the Left Want Prostitution to be ‘a Job Like Any Other’? [#Feminist Friday]
Prostitution exists because of the inextricable link between capitalism and patriarchy. The two, under these circumstances, cannot be separated.
Anti-Harassment Statement by Members of #Occupy Vancouver
Occupy Vancouver should no longer tolerate abusive behaviour from individuals who are the ones actually committing real harm and violence in our movement.
Bull Connor 2.0: The Police Response to #Occupy Wall Street
Looking at the police response to the Occupy Wall Street movement, Bull Connor would be proud.
Feminist Fridays Starts This Week on People Of Color Organize!
Starting this Friday, People Of Color Organize! features a new post series on gender, feminism and much more.
#Occupy Wall Street Stirs Up Radical Ideas in Indian Country
As many Native bloggers and activists have pointed out, Wall Street is already occupied—it was (and is) the territory of the Lenape and other First Nations.
#Occupy and the Tasks of Socialists
The task of socialists is not be vindicated but to aid the uprising in overcoming its stumbling blocks with practical solutions arising from the experiences of Occupy participants.
Seattle WTO Shutdown ’99 to #Occupy: Organizing to Win 12 Years Later
A different activist myth persists, in which Seattle was a spontaneous uprising, not the result of massive organizing, alliance building, and strategy.
