Members of Modi’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) perpetuate Hindu supremacist beliefs and policies abroad to crack down on anti-fascist dissent and actions. To resist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Islamophobic Citizenship Amendment Act in India, but even abroad, is to also exist in fear. The CAA proposes to revoke millions of Muslims of Indian...
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The Whitney Museum’s Biennial Silence and Its Culture of Oppression
The Whitney Museum chooses silence in an effort to displace, downplay, and negate valid public outrage regarding their policies, ethics and leadership. By Jamara Wakefield May 17th marked the start of the 79th Whitney Biennial. The Biennial is a contemporary art exhibition, featuring typically young and lesser-known artists, at the Whitney Museum of American Art...
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Anti-Fascism: A Comprehensive User’s Guide
Below is a short user’s guide to anti-fascism that we’ve developed, based on our personal experiences in attending and disrupting white supremacist rallies. [This piece includes Anonymous contributors] As anti-racist organizers, we frequently talk with people who wonder why we who oppose fascism, white supremacy, and other forms of organized violence feel compelled to show...
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#SiMeMatan Denounces The Blaming of Femicide Victims In Mexico
Femicide is a pandemic in Mexico. It’s time we addressed it. The #SiMeMatan (#IfTheyMurderMe) hashtag has exploded in an effort to denounce the systemic gender violence in Mexico after a young woman, Lesby Osorio, was murdered Wednesday night on the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico campus in Mexico City — and, once again, Mexican officials and...
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10 Affirmations for Women of Color & Femmes in the Era of Agent Orange
Check out these affirmations, designed to boost our daily lives to help us make it through & survive one of the undoubtedly most violent times we are facing. As women and femmes of color, we all know that things didn’t suddenly become awful with a Trump presidency, but it does feel as though his being...
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What the Trump Resistance Can Learn From Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”
We were outnumbered at the “Battle for Berkeley,” and we can’t afford to let that happen again. The Handmaid’s Tale reveals exactly why. I originally sat down to write about being in the age of Trump and watching the first three episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale, a new series from Hulu that debuts April 26, with a...
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How White Millennials Became Neo-Nazis
Why is the overrepresentation of millennials in the alt-right movement important to note? Because it proves racism is passing to new generations. Southern California. Philadelphia. Oregon. Berkeley. What do these places have common? They are certifiable proof that the “peace” and “healing” that President Donald Trump called for two months ago has not manifested and, in...
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Kendall Jenner and Pepsi are Co-Opting Black Lives Matter to Sell Soda
Pepsi and Kendall Jenner managed to create an ad so offensive and so capitalistic that I can only imagine the company’s executives were trying to troll us. What in the name of tone-deaf living hell was Pepsi thinking when they produced their latest advertisement featuring the whitest member (fight me, but you know I’m right)...
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Lawmakers Compare Protests to Arson and Terrorism
Lawmakers have seen recent protests, and changes are beginning to come. But not in the way protestors have intended. by A. Big Country There’s been quite a bit to protest recently, and we’ve seen huge numbers of people participating in protests to support social justice. These protests have been related to the Black Lives Matter movement, the...
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Why Muslim Women Marched Against Trump
In Muslim countries and across the world, Muslim women have always been at the forefront of protest and social change. After the immensely successful Woman’s March on January 21, several observations regarding the participation of Muslim women made their way into my consciousness. On Twitter, critics of Islam questioned why Muslim women marched in the...