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  1. quirkyblackgirls:

    Trigger Warning: talk of rape, transphobic violence, possible murder

    Pay It No Mind - The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson - 

    This feature-length documentary focuses on revolutionary trans-activist, Marsha “Pay it No Mind” Johnson who was a Stonewall instigator, Andy Warhol model, drag queen, sex worker, starving actress, and Saint. With her final interview from 1992, “Pay It” captures the legendary gay/human rights activist as she recounts her life at the forefront of The Stonewall Riots in the 1960s, the creation of S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) with Sylvia Rivera in the ’70s, and a New York City activist throughout the ’80s and early ’90s. Through her own words, as well as in-depth interviews with gay activist Randy Wicker, former Cockettes performer Agosto Machado, Author Michael Musto, Hot Peaches founder/performer, Jimmy Camicia, and Stonewall Activists Bob Kohler, Danny Garvin, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, and Martin Boyce, Marsha’s tale lives on.

    This documentary screened at the IFC theater in New York, and the British Film Institute in London in 2012. You should see it.


    This is incredible and heart wrenching. I wish there had been more Black voices in this. 


     
     
  2. tooyoungforthelivingdead: Psychiatrist, Pan-Africanist, writer and revolutionary Frantz Fanon passed away on this day 51 years ago. He was born in Martinique in 1925. In 1952 he published Black Skin, White Masks, which exposed the negative effects of colonization on the mental state of subjugated peoples. As a psychiatrist in Algeria, he joined the FLN (National Liberation Front), which waged a war of independence against France. In 1961, Fanon published Wretched of the Earth, a book on decolonization that has remained a classic and influenced revolutionaries the world over, including Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, Che Guevara, and the South African Steve Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness movement. Fanon died in Maryland, where he had sought treatment for leukemia, and was buried in Algeria.

    tooyoungforthelivingdead:

    Psychiatrist, Pan-Africanist, writer and revolutionary Frantz Fanon passed away on this day 51 years ago.

    He was born in Martinique in 1925. In 1952 he published Black Skin, White Masks, which exposed the negative effects of colonization on the mental state of subjugated peoples. As a psychiatrist in Algeria, he joined the FLN (National Liberation Front), which waged a war of independence against France.

    In 1961, Fanon published Wretched of the Earth, a book on decolonization that has remained a classic and influenced revolutionaries the world over, including Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, Che Guevara, and the South African Steve Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness movement. Fanon died in Maryland, where he had sought treatment for leukemia, and was buried in Algeria.

     
     

  3. Response to a Response on the “Not Hispanic, Not Latino” Movement Question.

     kararikue said: Although I agree a lot with decolonization efforts in our community, there is an inherent danger in simply identifying as indigenous especially when not raised under a particular indigenous culture: Often ladin@s end up speak over indigenous folx.


    reply:  Oh, Hands down, I agree with you on the privilege aspect of reclaiming our indigenous identity.  We have access to institutions that indigenous folk do not, we may have light skin privilege, class privilege, and are socialized hardcore under the gaze of eurocentricity.  When considering that, we are automatically more important under capitalism, therefore have more access to to the world overall. 


    However, claiming to be of indigenous descent is a pure act of defiance and rebellion from our colonization.  It is a rejection of a sham history and a rejection of the branding of a certain calibre of human - one of mixed race while placing more emphasis on European.  I do find it problematic to say “yes, I am indigenous,” which is why I say “I am of indigenous descent,” or “I am a neo-indigenista”.  I use it from the gaze of afrocentricity/afrocentrism, black nationalism, indigenous nationalism, indigenism/o. My identity with of indigenous descent or neo-indigenista deals primarily with the self-determination and agency of people originally from Anahuac (Central/Latin@ America) and Cemanahuac (Western Hemisphere); while including those of mixed race who are categorized as Latino, into exercising them also.  Part of decolonizing has a lot to do with knowing the power dynamics and privilege we poses as people who have navigated the world as mixed race and assimilated while gaining solidarity with and building with indigenous folk.

    Original post:  http://radicalqueerbrownboy.tumblr.com/post/36581183302/what-do-you-think-of-the-not-hispanic-not-latino

     
     
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  5. Dialectical Revolution: Anarchist People of Colour (APOC) NEEDS YOUR HELP!! PLEASE REBLOG

    mytongueisforked:

    Hey Folks! Lovely Anarchist People of Colour in New York and Montréal need your help! We organized a trip down to New Orleans for the Anarchist People of Colour convergence in July. In order to make this trip accessible to all People of Colour regardless of their…

    Peace Folks, Come thru and support this group I’m a part of.  Party’s gonna be off the hook.

    (Source: woc-resist)

     
     

  6. ::Transformations::

    I’ve been going through a total transformation in the mental, emotional and spiritual sense. Have been embracing every inch of it with the broadest of open arms. Treading the surface of mother earth as a fearless, proud individual with no reservations and taking no flack feels like a liberation of sorts. Nothing has felt better. This person is not a victim, and far from weak; regardless of what society may dictate about men like me.


    If you doubt me: Just ask the armed mugger, the rear window of vehicle harboring racists/homophobes, or the cat-callers. they can tell you.

     
     

  7. Just a personal observation/opinion…

    When race is secondary to tackling social stratification of identities… the movements built always become whitewashed. This is true to gender, class, and sexual orientation. If race were in the core of these movement missions, I feel that would be the right path towards liberation.

     
     
  8. thegang: Portrait of Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002) posing in front of her altar to Marsha P. Johnson (1944-1992), by Valerie Shaff, ca. 2000 In the early 1970’s Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson co-founded S.T.A.R., Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, an organization designed to achieve rights for her community, and provide social services to this largely ignored and stigmatized group. For a short while she and Marsha P. Johnson ran S.T.A.R. House which provided shelter for homeless young street queens. Lack of funds and problems with the certificate of occupancy for S.T.A.R. House, forced the abandonment of the venture at that time, but Rivera never lost the dream of creating a supportive and safe living space for young transgender people. Rivera was greatly disillusioned with the desire of many early gay and lesbian activists to distance the gay movement from transvestites, drag queens, and other gender variant people, in spite of the fact that these people were often the “shock troops” for the entire gay community. The Sylvia Rivera Law Project notes, A veteran of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, Sylvia was a tireless advocate for all those who have been marginalized as the “gay rights” movement has mainstreamed. Sylvia fought hard against the exclusion of transgender people from the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in New York, and was a loud and persistent voice for the rights of people of color and low-income queers and trans people. (via afrodiaspores) Sylvia Rae Rivera has been my hero since i was 15 years old.  I admire her, everything she did and what she stood for.  <3

    thegang:

    Portrait of Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002) posing in front of her altar to Marsha P. Johnson (1944-1992), by Valerie Shaff, ca. 2000

    In the early 1970’s Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson co-founded S.T.A.R., Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, an organization designed to achieve rights for her community, and provide social services to this largely ignored and stigmatized group. For a short while she and Marsha P. Johnson ran S.T.A.R. House which provided shelter for homeless young street queens. Lack of funds and problems with the certificate of occupancy for S.T.A.R. House, forced the abandonment of the venture at that time, but Rivera never lost the dream of creating a supportive and safe living space for young transgender people.

    Rivera was greatly disillusioned with the desire of many early gay and lesbian activists to distance the gay movement from transvestites, drag queens, and other gender variant people, in spite of the fact that these people were often the “shock troops” for the entire gay community.

    The Sylvia Rivera Law Project notes,

    A veteran of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, Sylvia was a tireless advocate for all those who have been marginalized as the “gay rights” movement has mainstreamed. Sylvia fought hard against the exclusion of transgender people from the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in New York, and was a loud and persistent voice for the rights of people of color and low-income queers and trans people.

    (via afrodiaspores)

    Sylvia Rae Rivera has been my hero since i was 15 years old.  I admire her, everything she did and what she stood for.  <3

     
     

  9. lucidstrike:

    lotus-eyes:

    Yuri Kochiyama and Richard Aoki, Japanese members of the Black Panther Party.

    “When I grow up, I wanna be just like Yuri Kochiyama.”

    A bit of information i knew about but finally was provided with all of the facts.  Badass!  Ultimate solidarity!

     
     
  10. foreverpalestine: Anti Israeli - orthodox Jews. by Globalviewfinder on Flickr.

    foreverpalestine:

    Anti Israeli - orthodox Jews. by Globalviewfinder on Flickr.

     
     

  11. The roots of Bain Capital in El Salvador’s civil war

    Romney tapped El Salvador’s wealthy families, including one linked to right-wing death squads from which much of his Bain Capital wealth derived - A significant portion of the seed money that created Mitt Romney’s private equity firm, Bain Capital, was provided by wealthy oligarchs from El Salvador, including members of a family with a relative who allegedly financed rightist groups that used death squads during the country’s bloody civil war in the 1980s. 75,000 murdered.

    Interesting how imperialism plays out historically. Fucking turd Romney!

     
     
  12. multiracial: Philippa Schuyler (Black/White) [American] Known as: Child prodigy/genius, pianist &amp; composer, pioneering feminist, journalist, author, war correspondent More about Philippa: Her compositions were performed by numerous American orchestras by the time she was a teen; She accompanied the New York Philharmonic at age 16; Performed piano all around the world; Influence a rise in learning the piano in the American Black community; Early campaigner against female circumcision in Africa; Rated at over 180 IQ More Information: Syracuse University: Philippa Schuyler Papers, Extravagant Crowd - Philippa Duke Schuyler, Philippa Schuyler - genius or genetic experiment?, The Washington Post: So Young, So Gifted, So Sad, Philippa Schuyler’s Wikipedia page If you’d like to suggest someone as a future Daily Multiracial, please let us know! You can also follow us on Twitter and Google+! :) She is badass!

    multiracial:

    Philippa Schuyler

    (Black/White) [American]

    Known as: Child prodigy/genius, pianist & composer, pioneering feminist, journalist, author, war correspondent

    More about Philippa: Her compositions were performed by numerous American orchestras by the time she was a teen; She accompanied the New York Philharmonic at age 16; Performed piano all around the world; Influence a rise in learning the piano in the American Black community; Early campaigner against female circumcision in Africa; Rated at over 180 IQ

    More Information: Syracuse University: Philippa Schuyler Papers, Extravagant Crowd - Philippa Duke Schuyler, Philippa Schuyler - genius or genetic experiment?, The Washington Post: So Young, So Gifted, So Sad, Philippa Schuyler’s Wikipedia page

    If you’d like to suggest someone as a future Daily Multiracial, please let us know!

    You can also follow us on Twitter and Google+! :)

    She is badass!

     
     

  13. mytongueisforked:

    Vikki Law, author of Resistance Behind Bars, explains how the police often protect the interests of the privileged, while failing to protect women of colour and poor women from violence (while also being the source of violence within their communities). She talks about alternative ways in which we can respond to gendered violence and how violence is also racialized as well. 

    (Source: woc-resist)

     
     
  14. moononwaters: solodascavare: A woman blocks the entrance to Congress as riot police stand guard in Guatemala City, Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011. Protesters are demanding that Congress approve the Ley de Vivienda, or Housing Act, which would allow them to attain legal titles to the lands where they built their homes. (Rodrigo Abd) I like how her face is all “No fucks given”

    moononwaters:

    solodascavare:

    A woman blocks the entrance to Congress as riot police stand guard in Guatemala City, Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011. Protesters are demanding that Congress approve the Ley de Vivienda, or Housing Act, which would allow them to attain legal titles to the lands where they built their homes. (Rodrigo Abd)

    I like how her face is all “No fucks given”

     
     
  15. queennubian: deafmuslimpunx: INDIAN VERSION OF “ROSIE THE RIVETER” I have seen various photographic recreations of Rosie the Riveter - all modeled by white women. Yet I’d never seen an Indian version. And I thought to myself, “I’m gonna make one!” One of my family members, who lives in India, helped me with the translation of “We Can Do It!” in Hindi. The model is me, the photographer is me, and I wore a traditional polyester saree with a cotton choli (blouse). I modeled my look after my aunts and other working class Indian women in the home state where both my parents come from - I greatly admire them and their work ethics. I hope you guys enjoy my Indian version of Rosie the Riveter! Please follow me on Twitter and Tumblr! Don’t forget to subscribe to The American Dream is Dead and my youtube channel! epic

    queennubian:

    deafmuslimpunx:

    INDIAN VERSION OF “ROSIE THE RIVETER”

    I have seen various photographic recreations of Rosie the Riveter - all modeled by white women. Yet I’d never seen an Indian version. And I thought to myself, “I’m gonna make one!” One of my family members, who lives in India, helped me with the translation of “We Can Do It!” in Hindi. The model is me, the photographer is me, and I wore a traditional polyester saree with a cotton choli (blouse). I modeled my look after my aunts and other working class Indian women in the home state where both my parents come from - I greatly admire them and their work ethics. I hope you guys enjoy my Indian version of Rosie the Riveter!

    Please follow me on Twitter and Tumblr! Don’t forget to subscribe to The American Dream is Dead and my youtube channel!

    epic