ACT Activism

Various images and short text pieces about various topics.

The following is an excellent text written by Crimethinc on the dynamics of legitimacy and violence in social movements. While most writings on the subject tend to focus on the historical or strategic necessity for violence and self-defence, this piece takes a slightly different tack, choosing instead to focus on the ways that proponents of Nonviolence position themselves with regards to questions of legitimacy, and how this functions to isolate and expose to State repression more radical, revolutionary, or "proletarian" elements.

a bro is someone who assumes that nay space they enter is meant to cater to augmenting their personal experience. they "don't give a fuck," even at the expense of everyone around them. regardless of the presence of oppressive and problematic behavior, a bro will tirelessly try to appear aloof. a bro cares about doing interesting things only when enough people are watching. interesting things, to a bro, are shocking, ironic, edgy, but vapid activities that are manipulated according to the environment. a bro is too cowardly to express anything sincere.

We begin this issue with interventions from our readers which support, challenge or complete content from past issues. In our interviews section, Kelly Fritsch talks with disability, queer and trans activist, Eli Clare.
Sharmeen Khan and Natalie Kouri-Towe interview leading scholar Sherene Razack about her book, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims from Western Law and Politics.
In our first article, Palestine solidarity activist Ben Saifer analyses the emergence and assesses the implications of Zionist-initiated "dialogue" efforts on Canadian university campuses. Next, Kate Milley examines the organization of anti-native activism in response to the struggles of the Six Nations people on the Haldimand tract, revealing the broader, deeply entrenched racism and colonial logic of Canadian society. Finally, Chris Hurl and Kevin Walby untangle common assumptions about student movement politics in their historical analysis of The Canadian Union of Students from 1965-1969.
Our roundtables section begins with a tenth anniversary reflection on the mass mobilization against the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999. Contributors offer retrospective analyses of this pivotal moment of the anti-globalization movement. The second roundtable discussion addresses anti-Olympic organizing. We hear from activists preparing for the upcoming mobilizations against the Vancouver 2010 games, and from those who organized against the games in Salt Lake City, Turin, and Sydney.
The book reviews section features Sean Benjamin's review of Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism, and Jeff Shantz's review of The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History, Volume 1: Projectiles for the People.

An occupy movement pamphlet discouraging looking for change within the unified systems provided to us (elections, majority rule, "representatives") and instead creating connection between each other, embracing our differences of background to fight for each others rights.

An independent, radical quarterly newspaper based on writer contributions. Winter 2023 issue contains articles on the genocide in Gaza, criticism of Free Little Libraries, fascism, union organizing at non-profits, and tenant unions.

An independent, radical quarterly newspaper based on writer contributions. Winter 2024 issue contains articles on the student intifada, air travel, rape and empire, and stopping cop city San Pablo. All articles available online at https://slingshotcollective.org/issue-141-winter-2024/

This zine gives 3 examples of community policing in Mexico (Zapatatistas and Purepecha) and Syria (Democratic Federation of Northern Syria) and how they relate to policing in the United States.