This workshop guide is all about recognizing oppressive language and what activists can do to combat it. Practical, easy to understand and well explained retorts to oppressive language are used with a variety of racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, elitist, ageist, ablist comments. Based on role plays, the workshop guide covers:

The components of an effective interruption

Skills to cultivate

The importance of anti-oppression

Various examples

Language of Politics: A Free Workshop Series about Words and Struggle

Have you ever thought "do I really know what that word means?"

... Life's demands often lead us to stop defining words once we get "the basic idea." But political words, and the concepts to which they refer, are rooted in long histories of struggle. When we investigate these words, we find opportunities to strengthen our understanding of the world, better explain our current situation, and strategize in the face of injustice.