The Colours of Resistance Archive is a collection of analysis and tools for liberatory organizing and movement-building.

Author: SpencerMann

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Grounding Power: An Interview with Nrinder Nindy Kaur Nann

Nrinder Nindy Kaur Nann is fiercely dedicated to equality in her personal life, in her community based organizing and through her work in Ottawa, Ontario, as the National Representative on Youth Issues for the Canadian Labour Congress, the national umbrella … Continue reading

Men in the Movement

Just got back from National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR) in DC. It was good, there were around a thousand people…and there were some really righteous discussions. One particularly thought provoking session was an Anti-Sexist Organizing workshop led by 2 … Continue reading

Going To Places That Scare Me: Personal Reflections On Challenging Male Supremacy

Part I: “How can I be sexist? I’m an anarchist!” “What do you mean I’m sexist?” I was shocked. I wasn’t a jock, I didn’t hate women, I wasn’t an evil person. “But how can I be a sexist, I’m … Continue reading

Intersections: Organizing All the Oppressed To End All Our Oppressions

What I hope to do in this presentation is to underscore a number of points that have already been made, to elaborate a bit on them, and to add a few new ones. The several points I wish to discuss … Continue reading

the healing journey as a site of resistance

“Addressing our individual and collective suffering, we will find ways to heal and recover that can be sustained, that can endure from generation to generation” (hooks, 1995, 145). I am real. I am a woman who, as a child, was … Continue reading

Beyond Welfare Queens: developing a race, class and gender analysis of Welfare and Welfare Reform

In 1996 the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act became law and dismantled the 61 year old program of federally guaranteed Aid to Families with Dependent Children or what is common referred to as welfare. The debate surrounding welfare reform … Continue reading

Confronting the Democratic National Convention and Working to Build a People’s Movement for Justice

Going to Los Angles for the Democratic Nation Convention was an amazing experience. The actions and events themselves were generally speaking, very powerful. More than the actions themselves, the questions about organizing, tactics, strategy, anti-racist practice and movement building have … Continue reading

Racism, sexism and Canadian immigration

Melca Salvador may be deported any day now. Her crime: giving birth to a son five years ago on Canadian soil. Her punishment: the impossible choice between an impoverished life for him in the Philippines, or leaving him with strangers … Continue reading

People Get Ready! A Survival Handbook for Reality

[Authors’ Note: This is a work in progress. These are just some ideas we have been talking about and working on. They are not to be seen as a new paradigm or ideology, but are meant to spark some new … Continue reading

Playing With Children’s Lives A Tried and Tested Tactic for Australian Government

“I regard this as one of the most disturbing practices I’ve come across”, Australia’s Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Philip Ruddock told media at the time. He was referring to an incident last 7 October which never … Continue reading

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