Complementary Tactics: Connecting Counter-violence and Militant Nonviolence
Militant nonviolence is not only an instrumental complement of counter-violence, it is also an ethic by which one organizes for egalitarian ends.
Tag: June 2020
Activist Scholarship, #BlackTransLivesMatter, and Consistent Anti-Oppression
We can witness the history of tomorrow while recognizing how the past got us here.
Suspect Science: Today’s Anglo-American Eugenics
Time and time again, the Pioneer Fund subsidized research that advanced eugenic theories about racial difference and actively undermined racial equality.
Just Like Earl: William Luther Pierce and the Hero Complex of Far-Right Masculinity
Pierce fetishized a particularly patriarchal, violent, and primitive form of masculinity and deliberately sought to attack the masculine insecurities of his readers in order to mobilize a violent hero complex.
“Freedom” and “Nation”: Two Convenient Weapons in a Pandemic Context
By using social networks to circulate their messages, they have persuaded a relevant amount of the Spanish people that Spain’s interest is the interest of them: a wealthy minority actively opposed to the daily concerns of regular people.
The Badge and the Skull: Cops, Militants, and a Punisher Fetish
The symbol stands for vigilante justice and punishment, something that we all should find unsettling when worn by those who are supposedly sworn to protect us.
How do We Seek “Justice for George”?
Putting a more compassionate and humane face to a grave inhumanity cannot be justice.
Radicalizing Care: Street Medics and Solidarity
The now is heavy with the past. An anti-fascist future depends upon knowing this past. Medics work towards this future informed by a muddied past.
The Activist History Review 