Community Organizing
Framework of race, class, gender
What is intersectionality?
This German philosopher laid the groundwork for socialist and communist thought in the 1800s.
Who is Karl Marx?
This ideology promotes classless, stateless society.
What is communism?
Founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, it combined Marxist theory with community programs like free breakfast and health clinics.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This 1848 pamphlet co-authored by Marx and Engels called for the working class to overthrow capitalist systems.
What is the Communist Manifesto?
People working together for shared goals
What is collective action and organzing?
This Black Panther leader emphasized community programs and self-determination.
Who is Huey P. Newton?
This ideology mixes socialist and capitalist policies.
What is democratic socialism?
While Nelson Mandela is the most famous figure, the movement included Marxist-aligned groups like the South African Communist Party.
What is the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement?
Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman argue that mass media serves elite interests in this 1988 book.
What is Manufacturing Consent?
A person who attends protests and rallies to document the events for any potential legal encounters
What is a Legal Observer?
This feminist theorist argued that love is a radical political act and wrote All About Love.
Who is bell hooks?
A libertarian socialist concept where people self-govern through mutual support and reciprocity.
What is mutual aid?
The sentiment that spread through the U.S. sparking fear around leftist policies and movements.
What is the Red Scare?
Angela Davis challenges the prison-industrial complex and advocates for abolition in this short but powerful work.
What is Are Prisons Obsolete?
Disrupting status quo to demand change
What is protest or direct action?
This 19th-century Russian prince wrote The Conquest of Bread and advocated mutual aid.
Who is Peter Kropotkin?
This ideology refers to the branch of socialism that rejects the state entirely as a tool for liberation.
What is libertarian socialism?
Founded in 1905, this radical union united anarchists and socialists in labor struggles.
What is the Industrial Workers of the World?
Frantz Fanon explores the psychological effects of colonialism and violent resistance in this book.
What is The Wretched of the Earth?
Accessibility for disabled organizers
What is disability justice?
This Indian revolutionary and thinker advocated for socialism and was executed by the British in 1931.
Who is Bhagat Singh?
Coined by Marx, this concept describes the labor process that estranges individuals from their work.
What is alienation?
In 1994, Indigenous rebels in Chiapas, Mexico, rose up against neoliberal trade policies demanding land rights and autonomy.
What is the Zapatista Uprising?
Arundhati Roy’s debut novel critiques caste, gender, and memory in Kerala, India.
What is The God of Small Things?