A comprehensive guide for people asking what radicalism really means today and where they might fit in the work for liberation. Drawing from movements across history and around the world, it brings together context, concepts, and questions you can use with your own community, whether you've been organizing for years or are just starting to question the world around you.
The history, frameworks, and examples laid out in depth. The substance you can return to and reference with your group.
The same topics explored through conversation. What these ideas feel like in practice and where organizers actually get stuck.
Uncover the philosophical and historical roots of radical thought. From the Enlightenment to today's movements for justice, explore how ideas of freedom, equality, and collective action have evolved, and how radical movements have shaped history.
These episodes explore the same topics through conversation. They're a different way into the material, not a read-aloud of the text.
An in-depth look at the core principles driving anarchist and anti-authoritarian movements, from mutual aid to decentralized governance. How personal, social, and spiritual liberation intersect and how these principles can foster meaningful, enduring change.
These episodes explore the same topics through conversation. They're a different way into the material, not a read-aloud of the text.
How do we fight for liberation without recreating domination inside our own movements? The relationship between tactics and values, including debates about risk, legitimacy, coercion, and direct action.
These episodes explore the same topics through conversation. They're a different way into the material, not a read-aloud of the text.
Technology has opened new possibilities for organizing, but it also brings new challenges. How to navigate surveillance and misinformation while building strong real-world networks that amplify your impact.
What does it look like to organize without traditional hierarchies? Horizontal organizing, consensus decision-making, and distributed leadership, drawing on examples from movements around the world.
A deep dive into the tactical toolkit available to radical movements, from direct action and civil disobedience to building alternative institutions. How to choose tactics that match your values and your moment.
Movements can't succeed without resilience. Learn how activists stay grounded and build collective care into their organizing practices. From trauma-informed strategies to preventing burnout, this section explores how to sustain the emotional and psychological strength needed to keep movements going for the long haul.
How race, gender, class, and other forms of oppression intersect, and how solidarity across these lines strengthens movements. Drawing on the work of Black feminist scholars and activists.
How movements are creating alternative systems today through mutual aid, cooperative economies, and community land trusts, meeting immediate needs while prefiguring a more just future.
Bringing together key insights from the guide and offering a path forward for creating transformative change. Practical steps for building a radically different future, whether organizing locally or globally.
The future is ours to create. Where will you begin?
