Author: SpencerMann
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“Yes that’s right, punk is dead … Punk became a fashion just like hippy used to be and it ain’t got a thing to do with you or me.”– lyrics by Crass, The Feeding of the Five Thousand (1978). Ever … Continue reading
Beyond Nationalism But Not Without It
[A similar article appeared in Anarchist Panther, 10/99, vol. 1 iss. 1. This version was published in ONWARD (Spring, 2002).] “What motivates me more than anything else about anarchism and its relevance to Black revolution is that it has offered … Continue reading
Our Own Traditions: anti-authoritarianism in our histories of struggle
This essay appears in Post Colonial Anarchism: Essays on race, repression and culture in communities of color 1999-2004. Access the complete book here Although many non-white anti-authoritarian traditions never self-identified as anarchist (many were in existence before the word was … Continue reading
Post Colonial Anarchism: Essays on race, repression and culture in communities of color 1999-2004
Full text available here Introduction It’s not immediately clear that anarchists of color (APOC), as a group, have any basic philosophical or strategic differences with our white allies and fellow travelers in the ‘movement.’ We don’t exist as a formal, … Continue reading
Slavery and the Genocide Treaty
[This was originally published as an Opinion article in the April 12, 2001 issue of The Pioneer (CSU Hayward)] In addition to my academic research and teaching during the past 27 years at Cal State Hayward, I have researched, lobbied … Continue reading
Looking to the Light of Freedom: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement and Thoughts on Anarchist Organizing
When thinking about organizing, about the possibilities for movement building, about the potential of challenging injustice and fundamentally altering the relationships of power in this society – my mind turns to the Civil Rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s. … Continue reading
Reflections on Feinberg
Leslie Feinberg is well known in the U.S. and around the world as a transgender activist who works to help forge a strong bond between the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, and one who has contributed deep personal reflections … Continue reading
Is Gay Marriage Anti-Black?
I was in Atlanta on business when I saw the Sunday, Feb. 29th edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution that featured as its cover story the issue of gay marriage. Georgia is one of the states prepared to add some … Continue reading
Sexual Domination in Uniform: An American Value
The Abu Ghraib portraits of sexual humiliation and submission have exposed the unbelievably tangled strands of racism, misogyny, homophobia, national arrogance and hyper-masculinity that characterize the U.S. military. Militarized sexual domination is neither “contrary to American values” nor simply the … Continue reading
Untying the Knots: Marriage Equality and the Struggle for Civil Rights
While conservatives are coordinated in their assault on queers, people of color, women, low-income people, and immigrants, many of us under attack are divided, in part because we have learned and internalized the prejudice, mistrust, and hatred that the rightwing … Continue reading
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