PEOPLE’S RESISTANCE RESOURCES

[Attribution:  the image above is part of a series of artist-made graphics for Just Seeds around the COVID19 crisis; check out Just Seeds’ collection for public use graphics for resistance, and to support these artists. This image is from N.O. Bonzo, follow @nobonzo on social.]

THIS PAGE IS A LIVING ARCHIVE / ALWAYS A DRAFT / NEVER PERFORMS COMPLETION

You’ll find on this page LINKS AND RESOURCES (and often already compiled guides of further resources) to assist anyone and everyone dealing with immediate and ongoing resistance work, political, social justice and human rights issues. There are also TOOLS and SYLLABI below. We aim to keep these resources easily accessible, clear, and readily available and shareable. When we find compiled resources we often eliminate others to reduce redundancy and confusion. All links and tools below have been reviewed for accuracy and continued access in the summer of 2022. An updated special topics section on Palestine was expanded in Fall 2023.

This is not an exhaustive list, and there are a number of categories below that we are actively in the process of researching and building resource guides around — as you may know, websites aren’t always maintained and some of our resources have gone dark and been removed.  Please email us at operator@theoperatingsystem.org with links, resources, or any suggestions for this guide, or if you’d like to volunteer to help update and maintain it.

USING THIS PAGE / NAVIGATING THE ACCORDIONS BELOW: Each of the below categories is followed by media types under which you will resources related to that topic area – click on any of the PLUS (+) symbols to expand the resources found there (ie: SYLLABI, READING LISTS, etc). 

PLEASE NOTE: the information available here is largely US based and focused, as the OS is based in Lenapehoking / Brooklyn, though our community extends beyond this country’s imaginary borders. What we’ve gathered here is an attempt to have extensive tools for use without attempting to house “everything” for all global citizens. If there is an area you’d particularly like to see covered that is not included, we welcome your input!

SPECIAL TOPIC SECTION on PALESTINE / ISRAEL - RESOURCES, TOOLS, and ACTION ITEMS

About this Living Archive / The Intentions of this Resource

This reference guide seeks to prioritize DATA over DOGMA. It seeks to be a source of visibility and information, including making available the scale and scope of resistance to misinformation, silence, and obfuscation via mainstream western media as well as to counter the removal and censorship of resistance voices and allies on social media platforms, as well as to stand in opposition to the attacks on the free press within Gaza in October 2023. It considers the vital necessity for the creation of as many living archives as possible while active repression of information and scare tactics for resistance is happening worldwide. It seeks to balance and make more accurate the skewed picture being reported in Western Media and repeated by geopolitical economic players like the US, and those who speak publicly as leaders of those institutions. This project seeks, and prioritizes, life, and liberation for all people. It unequivocally calls for an end to all harm to civilians and to the planet, and stands firmly against genocide, and against the physical killing, abuse and manipulation of humans, language, and land in the service of money and power, full stop.

Resources like this often face criticism around perceived “one-sided”ness, but that is far from the case, and also a deep oversimplification (and invalidation) of the data and record this archive represents. While some of these resources come explicitly from activists aligned with Palestinian resistance (which is often the only place to find information because of media control on dominant culture), these resources rely largely on DATA from third party sources and international human rights organizations. When members of the public have been fed a deeply biased, doctored version of events for many years, anything but that version is going to evoke cognitive dissonance, and the emotions that accompany it.

In working to correct a skewed record, this project’s goals are not to reiterate the information or accounts already being widely shared, but to help a public have access to and see the range of voices, data, and scale of what they have not seen. It is a corrective to the accounts readily available, of voices and data that have been substantiated. The trouble comes when we really consider the extent to which the public is lied to by oppressors, again and again, for the gain of a few.

Many of these resources and actions have been compiled, written, researched, spoken, and led by those of the Jewish faith – the voices and accounts here include Israeli citizens and scholars, Rabbis and historians. It has been prepared with great respect for and acute awareness of the suffering of many of Jewish heritage, and in particular with reverence for the concept of Tikkun Olam, in Hebrew: תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם, which literally translated calls for a ‘repairing of the world.’  

The organization of the materials below seek to help stay the overwhelm so many feel, so that those seeking both immediate and longer term engagement can find support on this page, when time, energy, and capacity is so strained, and need so urgent.

– Elæ Moss, October 2023

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE for IMMEDIATE ACTION STEPS / EVENTS to JOIN

  • 1) Current Actions from Jewish Voice for Peace: (includes call scripts, petitions, letters for the NYT, etc)

    2) Calendar of Resistance for Palestine! Global Events and Actions Calendar Aggregated by Samidoun / The Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network) – email at samidoun@samidoun.net or tag on social media for inclusion

    3) 5Calls.org App / Website (includes Call for De-Escalation and Ceasefire as well as other current topics on which to call your reps, provides contact info and call scripts for each rep)

    4) Legal Assistance and Guidance for Censorship / Doxxing – Palestinian Legal (US based)

    5) All Out for Palestine / Palestine Digital Action Toolkit extensiveresource from the Palestinian Feminist Collective (on Action Network) – a printable and digital PDF! – includes countless links and resources as well – [pgs 3-4 are dedicated to actions and links to events, orgs, etc – but harder to use for fast actions. You can also download this directly, here]

    6) Why Social Media Sharing (And Volume) Matters: There has been substantial evidence that those seeking to share information about and support for Palestinian resistance and voices have been censored and sometimes removed entirely from social media platforms, in addition to the bias and misinformation that has already been widely in evidence and reported even by the Advocates and allies report that a continued high volume of posts from those concerned about ongoing genocidal intent and actions in Gaza are being targeted and removed. Keeping up a high volume of posts and encouraging others to do the same and share widely (especially sharing and saving information from those on the ground) has been explicitly requested by those in Gaza and other areas of occupied Palestine, in this immediate case.

BASICS / TIMELINES / MAPS / WHERE TO START

If you’re new to this research and overwhelmed by the massive amount of information, and looking for some excellent and clear explainers / graphics, some recommendations:

OTHER AGGREGATION SITES / RESOURCE LISTS (for educating yourself and locating info)

  1. Palestine Educational Resource Compilation [Compiled by mycologist / educator / writer Dr. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, updated frequently, does not represent an organization; IG @queendom_fungi ] – HIGHLIGHTS:Long and organized list of History / Gen Ed resources, Multimedia (podcasts/documentaries, etc), IG accounts to follow, Jewish Voices on the Conflict, boycott, divestment and sanctions information, Stats from Current Situation, Action Items
  2. Palestine Digital Action Toolkit – see above for more details, added here again because in addition to action items most of this resouce is designed for deeper research / a slower pace of engagement
  3. An Incomplete Learn-In On Palestine from the editors at Mold Magazine – has some really great (and different) resources including a dropbox of materials from a 12-hr Learning Palestine radio program  from Radio Alhara, and “Unprovoked Narratives,” a series of documentary films celebrating Gaza, streaming free from the Palestine Film Institute.

BOOK LISTS / READING LISTS and MATERIALS

  1. COMPREHENSIVE: The inimitable Scott Long (long time Human Rights scholar and activist) has done the public the incredible service of putting his ENTIRE Palestine/Israel library, over 1700 books, on the cloud. It is exhaustive, and includes many voices. These are primarily in English, all in PDF or ePUB. He has encouraged sharing and downloading any and all. Please do.
  2. WHAT’s BEING RECOMMENDED IN THE MEDIA: A quick “Israel / Palestine reading list” search on google will show you that many media outlets have jumped into the fray to suggest particular materials. It’s useful to have these available because you’ll be able (as an exercise in MEDIA LITERACY) to compare what’s being recommended by different publications, booksellers, and publishers, in addition to orgs, activists, scholars, etc. Some to note include those from Foreign Policy Magazine, Slate (includes other media),  the Atlantic, Blackwells (UK), and these collections from FiveBooks.
  3. SOME BOOKLISTS / OFFERINGS FROM THE MOVEMENT / RADICAL PUBLISHERS: Haymarket Books, Verso Books, Pluto Press.
  4. SOME BOOKLISTS for K-12 LEARNERS, broken down by age group / learning level, at Social Justice Books

PUBLIC HEALTH AND COLLECTIVE CARE

ABORTION RESOURCES

ABOLITION, ANTIRACISM AND EQUITY

SYLLABI

READING LISTS & OTHER MEDIA

ACTION TOOLS, STRATEGIES & RESOURCES

PROJECT MATERIALS & GUIDES / WORKBOOKS

PROTEST and ORGANIZING SAFETY, CONTACTING YOUR REPS, VOTING, ETC. (US FOCUSED)

ACTION TOOLS, STRATEGIES & RESOURCES

TOOLS for BEING IN CONVERSATION with GOVERNMENT & other REPRESENTATIVES

  • You can locate any of your elected officials and their contact information on Common Cause. Here’s their guide to Finding and Learning about your Representatives. 
  • You can find out what bills are being voted on, what your reps voted, all their information, and far far more on the COUNTABLE app, conveniently scaled to mobile device use.
  • Nervous about calling? we’ve got an article for that: How to Call Your Reps When You Have Social Anxiety
  • BRUSH UP ON YOUR US HISTORY / GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE
    Feeling rusty in your basic understanding of how civics / US government works? You are not alone. So many people have sheepishly told me they feel they’re not capable of fully engaging in resistance because they don’t really understand how the government really works. Luckily, there’s lots of resources to help you out with that.

DISABILITY AND ACCESS

READING LISTS & OTHER MEDIA

  • Society of Disabled Oracles (credit: Alice Wong, Aimi Hamraie, and Jen White-Johnson) “This is a website featuring ‘telegrams’ by disabled oracles to the world in the form of text, video, audio, and graphic art. A living chorus and archive of disabled wisdom from the past, present and future.”

ACTION TOOLS, STRATEGIES & RESOURCES

MUTUAL AID AND SOLIDARITY

SYLLABI

  • SYLLABI to SUPPORT SOLIDARITY, (r)EVOLUTION and CHANGE MAKING (at Duke University Press)
    • Navigating the Threat of Pandemic Syllabus Amid the worldwide spread of COVID-19, it’s a challenging time, and our thoughts are with those affected by this disease. In support and solidarity, we are providing free access to the following books and journal articles to help build knowledge and understanding of how we navigate the spread of communicable diseases.
    • Care in Uncertain Times Syllabus As we collectively deal with the implications of social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and a global pandemic, questions of care and self-care have become ever more important. These books, issues, and articles investigate different ways that care can bind together individuals and communities where larger institutions or governments fail to intervene. They show how radical care is essential to enduring precarity and to laying the groundwork for new futures.

CREATIVE TOOLS, TEMPLATES, AND RESOURCES

PEER TO PEER (P2P), HORIZONTAL AND OPEN SOURCE STRATEGIES

READING LISTS & OTHER MEDIA

  • The Hologram: Feminist, Peer-to-Peer Health for a Post-Pandemic Future by Cassie Thornton (may be available at your local library, etc.)

ACTION TOOLS, STRATEGIES & RESOURCES

TECH FOR REVOLUTION

PAST RESOURCE ARCHIVE, TOPIC SPECIFIC

NOTE: this archive includes previous areas of resource collection that are not necessarily evergreen / are no longer actively useful in relationship to past events and crises but may be useful for research and/or to follow up on ongoing practices and efforts following activist work in these locations or around these topics.

STANDING ROCK / #NoDAPL

  • The Standing Rock Syllabus Project (credit: Public Seminar)
  • Standing Rock Two Spirit Nation
  • To voice your opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline, call:
    • North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, at 701-328-2200.
    • The White House, at 202-456-1111.
    • Energy Transfer Partners, the pipeline owner ― Lee Hanse, executive vice president, 210-403-6455; Glenn Emery, vice president, 210-403-6762; Michael (Cliff) Waters, lead analyst, 713-989-2404.
    • Army Corps of Engineers, which issued the permit allowing construction of the pipeline, even though it would cross under the Missouri River within a half-mile of the Sioux reservation boundary, at 202-761-5903.
    • How to Contact the 3 Dozen Banks Still Backing Dakota Access Pipeline Companies  (credit: YES! Magazine)
  • Volunteer remotely with legal or media skills:
    • Email sacredstonecamp@gmail.com, or phone 701-301-2238.

ANTI-TRUMP / “TRUMPISM”

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