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rabble's Activist Toolkit: A new resource
Our wiki-style Toolkit, with a wealth of resources, aims to be a space for activist collaboration.
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An activist response to abuse, personal and political
What if you were in a dysfunctional and abusive relationship? How many times would it be effective for you to ask or demand of your partner that s/he stop the abuse? How many times do you put up with situations where you have no choice but to defend yourself as best you can from vicious attacks against you and/or your children? How productive is it to argue or attempt rational discussion with your abuser in the hope s/he'll see there error of her/his ways? How many times should you appeal to family, friends or authorities to exert influence over your abuser's actions?
After the U.S. Social Forum 2010: The potential for a multi-scalar strategy
Is the U.S. Social Forum primarily an arena for movements to propose a diversity of alternatives or is it a political agent of the left that pulls movements together into a counter-hegemonic program?
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After the U.S. Social Forum 2010: The potential for a multi-scalar strategy
In 1933, Mexican artist Diego Rivera completed his Detroit Industry fresco cycle. The abundant, controversial work, considered one the 20th century's outstanding achievements of monumental art, covers the four walls of the Garden Court in the Detroit Institute of Art.
Protest culture: How's it working for us?
I live in Toronto and in any given week (outside of G20 season) I receive no less than 10 (and usually more) call outs for protests, rallies, marches, pickets, vigils or other actions supporting a variety of causes. Like every other activist, I support these causes but find it impossible to actually attend all the actions. I further wonder if there might be other ways of serving their goals.
Support prisoners
There's a huge difference between pitying prisoners and actually supporting them. Charity groups may want to "help" prisoners by implementing programs that they think are needed, pitying them and blaming them for their situation.
A true ally sees prisoners as partners in change, as peers who should be listen to and as those who are held captive by the state. It's not a coincidence that prisons populations are for the most part indigenous folks and people of colour. It's systemic oppression. Non-prisoners can address this by being a support for prisoners in several different ways.
Writing letters
Starting a newsletter
One of the best ways to keep all members of your campaign in the loop the old fashioned way is through a newsletter. While blogs are great for getting the word out on events, newsletters have made a comeback during protests that last more than a day. The same principle can be applied to online newsletters that supporters can subscribe to through your campaign's website.
This guide includes how to:
Form a committee
Figure out a name
Get all the details right
Create content
Print or subscribe
Committee
Organizing a really really free market
Really really free markets are spaces where people give away goods, services, discussion, skills, talents and other community ressources. It's a movement of resistence towards corporatization, greed, commericialism and waste which redistributes resources.
This guide will cover:
How a really really free market works
Where to host it
How to get people to come
Aftermath
How it works
Introducing rabble's Activist Toolkit
Greater consciousness and sense of community is emerging via the Internet, as we know.
As technology changes the way we collaborate, organize, and socialize, it is affording like-minded individuals opportunities to connect, share resources, and trade tips.
Through digital means, activists can unite and launch social change movements in a free and global space. Around the world, progressive activists are taking advantage of this to organize online and offline. On the streets of Cairo and Minsk, in municipalities across Europe and North America, the civic actions of activist bloggers and Internet revolutionaries lead social change movements, influence government policy-making, and shape current events.
