[lbo-talk] who?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Oct 25 15:23:20 PDT 2009


In response to Chuck Grimes's question, I said that anti-racist movements were very big among U.S. student activists. (There's a reason that Wise has a campus gig every other day.) A while back, Liza thought of doing a Nation article on them, but never got around to it. Here's one of the epicenters of their activity:

<http://collectiveliberation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=62

>

A taste:


> The Catalyst Project is a center for political education and
> movement building. We prioritize anti-racist work with mostly white
> sections of social justice movements with the goal of deepening anti-
> racist commitment in white communities and building multiracial left
> movements for liberation. We also bring different sectors of the
> left together to develop relevant theory, strategy and practice to
> build the organizational capacity of our movements.
>
> We situate our work as educators and organizers within the context
> of global peoples movements challenging capitalism, white supremacy,
> patriarchy, heterosexism and state power. Our work is guided by the
> visions and goals of these movements to build a free and just world.
>
> While Catalyst Project members are all engaged in various political
> work (from base-building community organizing, counter military
> recruitment work, anti-police brutality work, to anti-war/anti-
> imperialist/global justice work), the organizational work of the
> Catalyst Project focuses on doing movement based political
> education, leadership development, networking, development of
> movement strategy, and theoretical study.
>
> This section of the website is dedicated to outlining the specifics
> of our work. Check out the links on the menu for descriptions of our
> various programs.

I've already mentioned Ludovic Blain and his racial wealth gap work, too.



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