Fighting fascism requires a realistic analysis of power and force. The right-wing shouldn't feel they can reward their killers and motivate others to kill for them without any consequences. I wrote about the importance of unrelenting actions for @prismreports.org.
prismreports.org/2026/02/04/f...
We also discussed gender and democracy as colonial technologies through our reading of María Lugones’ “Coloniality of Gender” and “The Question of the Coloniality of Democracy” by Breny Mendoza.
A reflection on the first session of our Groundings workshop series is up on our Substack! We discuss a wayward reading of Sylvia Wynter’s “Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom” via zuri arman.
open.substack.com/pub/decoloni...
“The last word about revolution was not already written, nor will it be written if we willingly hand ourselves over to forces working to make sure they control what we think.”
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social explains why resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak.
“The mechanisms of anti-Black state violence, criminalization of Black motherhood, systematic denial of land + housing rights, + exploitation of Black women’s reproductive and domestic labor are not unique to Brazil—they are fundamental features of settler colonial capitalism across the Americas.”
What does democracy demand of Black life? Join us on November 23rd and December 7th at 2pm ET, for our final collective study group of 2025, as we map these connections between Brazil and the U.S.
Register: bit.ly/AntiBlackCity
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports. A lack of media coverage & international pressure leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark after el-Fasher was seized by the Rapid Support Forces.
On Aug. 30th, I’m teaching a hybrid workshop linking the spiritual + political for #BlackAugust w/ EndState ATL + @decolonialfc.bsky.social! We will consider what political prisoners can teach us about spiritual discipline and dedication?
Register: bit.ly/WriteforBlac...
"When we say BLACK, we mean EVERYBODY BLACK." The word "EVERYBODY" is highlighted in orange. Below the text is the BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective) logo. At the bottom, there is a diverse group of illustrated Black individuals wearing clothing featuring various national flags, including Brazil, Barbados, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Argentina, Cuba, South Africa, Haiti, Ethiopia, and more — representing the global and intersectional nature of Black identity.
When we say Black, we mean EVERYBODY Black.
Blackness is not one story, one language, or one flag. It spans across continents, cultures, and histories — including the voices, brilliance, and resilience of Black immigrants in the United States.
Widespread contempt defines the USA these days. The most heartbreaking and tragic situations often seem to get less sympathy than they once did. Instead, many responses center on unflinching callousness and despicable scapegoating, pushing the country further into its spiraling downfall.
We’re co-hosting a Black August Writing Workshop series! Fiction writing against cop cities, George Jackson and persuasive writing, and linking the spiritual and political.
Register to join us online or in-person: bit.ly/WriteforBlac...
Pedagogy in Pandemic Times: Trauma-Informed Practice and Disability Justice with griffin epstein AUGUST 18 6:30-8:30 EST ON ZOOM workshops for gaza
UPCOMING WORKSHOP 💕
we forgot to post here 🥲
What does anti-colonial education mean in a "landless" modality that relies on global and local infrastructures of extraction, exploitation and death?
griffin epstein takes us thru this and other Qs in "Pedagogy in Pandemic Times," Aug. 18.
#OtD 12 Aug 1933 a general strike from Cuba's militant workers' movement brought down the authoritarian regime of President Gerardo Machado stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8372...
My latest examining how Lorde’s revolutionary vision of care was transformed into neoliberal “self(ish) care” — and what we can learn from her friendship with Andaiye. open.substack.com/pub/decoloni...
Ghassan Kanafani and the specter of Palestinian statehood with Hazem Jamjoum Friday august 15, 12:30-2:30 EST
Students not soldiers: demilitarizing our schools and communities, led by David Morales, Oren Robinson and Ana Yelí Ruiz workshops for gaza Saturday August 16, 10-11:30 am PST
heartbroken and angry but there are still many people fighting for their lives in Palestine today.
support them by donating and learning about their struggles for Palestinian liberation AND about how ppl in the imperial core are offering youth alternatives to soldiering
join us this fri and sat:
In Gaza, the journalist has become a direct target. Carrying a camera here is like wearing a mark on your forehead that reads, “Kill me.” In a new op-ed, Shaimaa Eid honors Anas, Mohammed, & their 240+ companions of truth, killed by the Israeli military since the most recent genocide in Gaza began.
If you missed my workshop “Confronting Reproductive Imperialism: Criminalization, Cop Cities, + the Transnational Fight for Reproductive Justice” earlier this year, it’s not too late to check it out! There have been so many great ones! $ goes to the sameer project, and you might learn something new!
"We are not powerless. We are indispensable despite all the atrocities of state and corporate policy to the contrary. At minimum, we have the power to stop cooperating with our enemies."
—June Jordan
“Some of the things that some repro groups believe preserve the right to abortion are actually harming and paving the road to hell for people who are experiencing pregnancy criminalization.”
Tonight! There’s still time to register.
New on my substack:
“Spirituality is Not a Substitute for Study: African Spiritual Traditions and the Necessity of Revolutionary Theory”
open.substack.com/pub/decoloni...
Have y’all registered for this upcoming Fund Abortion Not War workshop hosted by @workshops4gaza.bsky.social?! The money raised will go to the Sameer Project providing on the ground support to Palestinians.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/fun...
Just added to YouTube from earlier this year, “Who Cares? Racial Capitalism, Social Reproduction, and Collective Entanglement” for New Economy Coalition’s “Care for the People” series: youtu.be/7Q1d070m2Q0?...
“A Pan-African Movement divorced from statecraft and patriarchal politics. Only then would Africa breathe life into the symbolic date of May 25-African Liberation Day.” — Sylvia Tamale
African Liberation Day 🫡
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“The decolonization agenda and decolonial politics are closely bound up with the Pan-African one. Therefore, if Africa is ever going to realize its liberatory vision, it must consciously revitalize Pan-African nationalism outside state structures and mainstream institutions…” 1/
Are you a journalist/editor/media maker who wants to align your work with liberation movements? Applications for our next Reflective Journalism Project workshop are open now!
🌼 Apply by April 18
🌷 Sliding scale & scholarships available
🌹 More info here ⤵️
prismreports.org/reflective-j...
workshops for Gaza, @workshops4gaza Representations, Erasures, & Impacts: Thinking with Disability and Archives. Gracen Brilmyer April 24, 5:30-7pm EST online
NEW WORKSHOP!!
April 24, "Representations, Erasures, and Impacts: Thinking with Disability and Archives" with Gracen Brilmyer.
To benefit the Sameer Project's Refaat Alareer Camp.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/thi...
There are too many people in the US arguing that they want others abroad to be massacred and destroyed by an administration they feel is “responsible” enough to massacre and destroy.
“…We live in a part of the world, for example, that equates criticism with assault, that equates social responsibility with naive idealism, that defines the unrelenting pursuit of knowledge and wisdom as fanaticism.”
“There are so few truth-speaking traditions in this society in which the myth of "Western civilization" has claimed the allegiance of so many. We have rarely been encouraged and equipped to appreciate the fact that the truth works, that it releases the Spirit, and that it is a joyous thing.”