#Suren Moodliar

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Equity Education and Mutual Justice Resources: The Book List

Anti-Racism and Intersectionality How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W.E.B. Du Bois On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care by Victor Ray

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke (Editor) Brené Brown (Editor) Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

So You Want to Talk About Race By Ijeoma Oluo

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Mutual Aid, Direct Action, Organizing, and Community Building

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes

Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law by Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Pyotr Kropotkin

Living at the Edges of Capitalism: Adventures in Exile and Mutual Aid by Andrej Grubačić

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

Practicing Cooperation: Mutual Aid beyond Capitalism by Andrew Zitcer

Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies by Andrea Ritchie

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Colonialism Education

The Poverty of Growth by Olivier De Schutter

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell, Karen Chilton, et al.

The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism by Aaron Vansintjan, Matthias Schmelzer, and Andrea Vetter

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick, et al.

Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism by Elmar Altvater (Author), Eileen C. Crist (Author), Donna J. Haraway (Author), Daniel Hartley (Author), Christian Parenti (Author), Justin McBrien (Author), Jason W. Moore (Editor) (Also available as a PDF online)

Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It by Charles Derber, Suren Moodliar

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder History and Political Science

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition by Cedric J. Robinson

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction by Sumaya Awad (Editor) and Brian Bean (Editor)

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (this technical book also has an organizing guide and study guide)

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

Time's Monster: How History Makes History by Priya Satia

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley

Indigenous Knowledge

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (there is also a version of Braiding Sweetgrass for young adults)

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World by Jack Weatherford

Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources by Kat Anderson

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez Disability Education and Rights Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk

Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai

Pandemic Solidarity: Mutual Aid during the Coronavirus Crisis by Marina Sitrin (Editor), Rebecca Solnit (Editor)

Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire by Alice Wong

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Refusing to Be Made Whole: Disability in Black Women's Writing by Anna Laquawn Hinton

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price (this author also has a guide on the same topic)

Queer Issues

We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation Hardcover by Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg

Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed America by Martin Duberman

Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (graphic novel) Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J Brown

A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook by Ashley Molesso and Chessie Needham

They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson (Author) and David Levithan (Contributor)

Nonbinary For Beginners: Everything you’ve been afraid to ask about gender, pronouns, being an ally, and black & white thinking by Ocean Atlas

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson

Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele (Illustrator)

Resources for Kids and Parents

The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Rachel E. Simon (Author) and Noah Grigni (Illustrator)

This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question & Answer Guide to Everyday Life by Dan Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo This Book Is Feminist: An Intersectional Primer for Next-Gen Changemakers by Jamia Wilson and Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)

Unlearning White Supremacy and Colonialist Culture

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo

Black Rage by William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are by Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell (Author) and Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma by Alex Iantaffi

The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice by Staci Haines

Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority by Tom Burrell

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

Articles and Online Resources (Including Research Articles)

White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun, at dRworks (This is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture that show up in our organizations and workplaces.)

Reflections on Agroecology and Social Justice in Malwa-Nimar by Caroline E. Fazli

Mutual Aid Toolbox by Big Door Brigade Mutual Aid Resources by Mutual Aid Disaster Relief No body is expendable: Medical rationing and disability justice during the COVID-19 pandemic by Andrews, Ayers, Brown, Dunn, & Pilarski (2021)

A Marxist Theory of Extinction by Troy Vettese

Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice: A Theory-Driven Conceptual Framework for Structural Analysis of Transgender Health Inequities by Linda M. Wesp, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, Ayana Elliott, and Tonia Poteat Know Your Rights Guide to Surviving COVID-19 Triage Protocols by NoBody is Disposable

Finally Feeling Comfortable: The Necessity of Trans-Affirming, Trauma-Informed Care by Alex Petkanas (on TransLash Media)

'Are you ready to heal?': Nonbinary activist Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs gender by Jo Yurcaba

Gender-affirming Care Saves Lives by Kareen M. Matouk and Melina Wald

What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill

Note from the curator: Please use your local libraries when possible! Be #ResiliencePunk.

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Noam Chomsky: "Rebellion oder Untergang!". Rezension

Noam Chomsky: “Rebellion oder Untergang!”. Rezension

Corona, Corona, Corona – die wegen des Coronavirus ausgerufene Pandemie und damit verbundene Krise überdeckt seit fast einem Jahr im Grunde weltweit jegliche anderen Bedrohungen erheblicherer Natur. Und zwar existenzielle Bedrohungen! Eine davon ist der Klimawandel. Erinnern wir uns noch? Die Demonstrationen der Fridays-for-Future-Aktivisten rüttelten in vielen Ländern der Welt Menschen und…

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Boston Human Rights City Initiative Moves Forward

On September 29, the Boston Human Rights City Initiative held a community meeting at Encuentro5 to discuss goals and strategies for implementing the Boston Human Rights City resolution adopted by the Boston City Council in 2011. The meeting was facilitated by Kostas Koutsioumpas from the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Maggie Schneider and Matt Annunziato, also from the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, provided the group with background on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the Human Rights Cities movement.   Guest speakers at the meeting included:

Charles Yancy, Former City of Boston Councilor

Kevin Murray, Executive Director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, Northeastern University School of Law

Miriam Ortiz, Executive Director, City School

Nicole Friedrichs, Practitioner-in-Residence, Indigenous People’s Rights Clinic, Suffolk University

J. Cedric Woods, Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

Suren Moodliar of Encuentro5 and Diane F. Frey led a discussion on strategies to implement the Boston Human Rights Cities resolution. One of the ideas was to submit a letter to Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, in preparation for his official mission to the United States in December. Sindiso Mnisi Weeks and Matt Annunziato agreed to coordinate the drafting of the letter, which is now posted on the website of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.   Other ideas included (1) seeking funding from the City of Boston to build the Boston Human Rights City Initiative; (2) advocating for a Boston Human Rights Commission with a mandate that covers the full range of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and (3) preparing a human rights score card on the City of Boston to evaluate its implementation of the Boston Human Rights City resolution. The Boston Human Rights City Initiative is a budding network of community-based organizations, academics, students, and other individuals whose aim is to implement the 2011 Boston Human Rights City resolution. To get involved, please email Kostas Koutsioumpas: konstantinos.kout001@umb.edu.

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Students and Faculty Host Boston Human Rights City Workshop

On April 27, students, faculty, and community members gathered at the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development (SGISD) to discuss the Boston Human Rights City resolution that was adopted by the Boston City Council in April 2011. PhD student Kostas Koutsioumpas organized the workshop, with the help of MA students Matthew Annunziato and Maggie Schneider. The three students have been working on a research study with Assistant Professor Gillian MacNaughton to determine whether academics and NGO leaders in Boston believe that international human rights frameworks, strategies, and tools could help them in their work to advance social justice. The workshop brought together many of the study’s participants to examine this issue in more depth. Schneider and Annunziato hosted the event. They introduced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international Human Rights Cities movement, which began in the 1990s and now includes dozens of cities around the world. Following their introduction, there was a panel of speakers, including Noel Didla, who serves on the Steering Committee of the National Human Rights Cities Alliance, and is the cofounder of Cooperation Jackson and the Jackson Human Rights Institute in Mississippi. Didla spoke about the national context for Human Rights Cities and the work of Jackson Human Rights City. Then three panelists talked about the Boston Human Rights City initiative: Diane Dujon, a community activist and former student at the UMass Boston College of Public and Community Service; Suren Moodliar, the founder of Encuentro 5, a collaborative of grassroots, service, and advocacy organizations, and a coordinator of the Color of Water Project; and Dorotea Manuela, of Massachusetts Global Action, who is also a coordinator of the Color of Water Project. Assistant Professor Sindiso Mnisi Weeks from SGISD and Diane F. Frey, Lecturer in Labor Studies at San Francisco State University then led a brainstorming session on taking the Boston Human Rights City movement forward. This session culminated in the formation of a new steering committee that will raise funds and organize events for the Boston Human Rights City initiative. This group includes UMass Boston undergraduate David Barry, Suren Moodliar/Dorotea Manuela (alternates), Kostas Koutsioumpas, Maggie Schneider, Matt Annunziato, Sindiso Mnisi Weeks, and Diane F. Frey.