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Tag Archives: tendency-building
“How to Overthrow the Illuminati” Pamphlet
This summer, I collaborated with comrades in New York City to produce a pamphlet criticizing conspiracy theories. We also set up a website to discuss and distribute the pamphlet. For some reason, I forgot to link it here on the … Continue reading
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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Teacher organizing, unions, and lessons from the Decolonize/ Occupy Port Shutdown
A few weeks ago, I wrote a document called “In the wake of the testing boycott: a 10-point proposal for teacher self-organization” for the Creativity Not Control blog. Creativity Not Control is an embryonic organizing project that I’m helping build … Continue reading
Struggles on the Waterfront
There are major struggles heating up around US ports – on the West Coast, the Gulf Coast and the East Coast. Here we will summarize and analyze the key struggles. Then we will summarize some of the current debates among … Continue reading
A response to “Unifying Revolutionary Forces” document
My close friends in Black Orchid Collective, Advance the Struggle and NYC have collaborated on a discussion document entitled “Unifying Revolutionary Forces in the Coming Year.” I have mixed feelings about this document and hope that these thoughts here will … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Labor, Organizational Practice, Race, Strategy and Tactics, Theory, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Class struggle, gender, Labor, Seattle, tendency-building
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Between the Leninists and the Clowns: Avoiding recklessness and professionalism in revolutionary struggle
This piece reflects on the current strengths and weaknesses of the revolutionary networks that have emerged out of the Decolonize/ Occupy movement in Seattle. In particular, I critique some of the problems that arise because of lack of organization, and … Continue reading
Longview, Occupy, and Beyond: Rank and File and the 89% Unite!
This piece is written by the Black Orchid Collective in Seattle, with contributions from members of Advance the Struggle in the Bay area, members of Hella 503 in Portland, as well as friends in various cities. We have all been … Continue reading
Posted in Group Statements, Labor, Strategy and Tactics, Theory, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Austerity, Budget cuts, Capitalism, Class struggle, Hip Hop Occupies, Hiphop, Labor, Marx, Occupy Seattle, Organization, people of color, race, recognize and record, Seattle, tendency-building, Union, Youth
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Articles on Decolonize/Occupy Seattle in Insurgent Notes and the Hella Occupy ‘zine
Hi folks, just a heads up that Black Orchid Collective published an article in the most recent issue of Insurgent Notes, outlining the development of Occupy Seattle and it’s radicalization over the past few months. A condensed version of this … Continue reading
Posted in Group Statements, Media, Organizational Practice, Strategy and Tactics, What's up in Seattle
Tagged Class struggle, gender, Hip Hop Occupies, independent media, Indigenous struggle, Labor, Occupy Seattle, Organization, people of color, police brutality, race, recognize and record, Revolution, Seattle, tendency-building
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