Counterinsurgency and the Black Artist

Reflecting on the imperial sculpture of John Rhoden and other Black art for empire. Are we able to break the chains?

Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity

We cannot afford to exceptionalize ICE. All police, all prisons, and borders must be dismantled. That is the low bar of justice. May this resource inspire and enliven our efforts.

Peace Police are Police

How Protest Marshals Sabotage Liberation and Protect the State by some abolitionists in L.A. What is Peace Policing? This is a term for individuals … Peace Police are Police We have been in a new phase of resistance for quite some time.

A Killjoy’s Answer

A killjoy’s answer is an answer to these questions: why another book on complaint? Why another trade book? Why another handbook? A Complainer’s … A Killjoy’s Answer Be a killjoy to empire in all its manifestations and infestations.

The Parable of the Three AUC Students

Looking back to move forward, the struggle for Black liberation is now. I offer a parable on political power beyond elections. Rest is not resistance.

Parable of the Rabbit

The stories of my grandmother as ancestral calls to marronage.

Define Women! And Other Patriarchal Instructions

Some definitions. 1 “A woman has a vagina; a man has a penis” (some politicians, with a nod to “gender critical” feminists) 2 “A woman does not have … Define Women! And Other Patriarchal Instructions Each line in this powerful offering by Sara Ahmed is a portal into liberation from patriarchy. Like the cracking of […]

Find Other Killjoys

Sara Ahmed writes fiercely, it is a gift You can killjoy when you don’t laugh at an offensive joke or when you refuse to cover over the injustices with a smile. You can killjoy because of what you do not and will not celebrate; national holidays that mark colonial conquest or the birth of a […]

To the Black Veteran

What is the responsibility of the Black veteran? Meditations on radicalization

On Black Anarchism

This morning, Georgia attorney general Christoper M. Carr filed indictments against 61 people on RICO charges for their participation in the #StopCopCity movement The #StopCopCity movement seeks to end the construction of a military training facility built to suppress Atlanta area’s minoritized communities and end mass protest. The #StopCopCity movement has received international support and […]