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Zine version of Reading For Revolution
Reading for Revolution is a three-part series of short articles that I wrote on collective learning and the struggle for a new society. The first article, “Steal the the Ability to Read this Book,” makes a case for seizing the reading skills … Continue reading
Some healthcare organizing resources
Some folks in NYC are organizing around with healthcare workers around hospital closures and mergers. See their fliers and updates here A few years ago, some of us in were doing work in nursing homes and organizing around staffing ratios … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Immigration, Labor, Race, Study Group, Theory
Tagged Capitalism, Class struggle, Domestic, feminism, Healthcare, Labor, reproductive labor, Union, women
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Reading for Revolution (Parts 1 and 2)
This is a three- part series of short articles on collective learning and the struggle for a new society. The first two parts are included in this post, and the third will be published later. The first article is called … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Education struggles, Gender, Labor, Organizational Practice, Race, Study Group, Theory, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Black liberation, Capitalism, Class struggle, Emancipation, gender, History, Labor, Occupy Seattle, Organization, race, recognize and record, reproductive labor, Revolution, Seattle, slavery, tendency-building, Youth
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Healing Not Control: Confronting Rape Culture in the Classroom
I just wrote this post for the Creativity Not Control blog, attempting to link emerging struggles against standardized testing with emerging struggles against sexual assault. This builds off of previous conversations that Kloncke and I had here on the Black Orchid … Continue reading
Posted in Education struggles, Gender, Labor, Youth
Tagged Class struggle, Education, feminism, gender, Labor, rape culture, reproductive labor, women, Youth
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Seattle teachers resist standardized testing
Teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School have recently chosen to resist administering a standardized test used for student and teacher evaluation. Ballard High School teachers followed soon after, declaring that they also would resist the test. This is making big waves locally … Continue reading
Posted in Education struggles, Labor, Race, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Black liberation, Class struggle, Labor, people of color, race, reproductive labor, Seattle, Youth
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The Chicago Teachers’ Strike and Beyond: deepening struggles in the schools
“This aint about money! That’s far from the truth, they want better work conditions to teach the youth. Politicians, I don’t trust em, its all in the name the president, the mayor all want political gain. Theyd rather put the … Continue reading
Posted in Education struggles, Organizational Practice, Race, Strategy and Tactics, Youth
Tagged Austerity, Black liberation, Budget cuts, Class struggle, feminism, gender, Labor, people of color, race, reproductive labor, Union, women, Youth
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May 1st flyering
This is the flyer that some of us in Black Orchid Collective have worked on and been distributing. We have been flyering consistently with friends in the South End. If you are interested in joining us, please email us at … Continue reading
Posted in Colonialism, Gender, Group Statements, Labor, Race, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Austerity, Black liberation, Budget cuts, Capitalism, Class struggle, gender, Labor, Occupy Seattle, people of color, reproductive labor, Seattle, Youth
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Occupy Patriarchy and Class Struggle: Speech at International Womyn’s Day
Some awesome folks from Gender Equality Caucus of Decolonize/Occupy Seattle put together a International Womyn’s Day event yesterday. They invited me to share some thoughts around gender and labor. Here is the speech: International womyn’s day is about unity. But … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Labor, Race, What's up in Seattle
Tagged Capitalism, Class struggle, gender, Labor, Occupy Seattle, race, reproductive labor, Transgender, women
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