Chris Crass is a longtime organizer working to build powerful working class-based, feminist, multiracial movements for collective liberation. He has been an organizer with Food Not Bombs, an economic justice anti-poverty group, and with the Catalyst Project, which combines political education and organizing to develop and support anti-racist politics, leadership, and organization. He has written and spoken widely about anti-racist organizing, lessons from women of color feminism, strategies to build visionary movements, and leadership for liberation. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has been involved in movements against the Vietnam War and imperialism, and union organizing, and was one of the founders of the Women's Liberation Movement in the late 1960s. She has worked with Indigenous communities for sovereignty and land rights and is also a historian, writer, and professor emeritus in Native American Studies at California State University. She is author of books and articles, including Blood on the Border, Outlaw Woman, and Roots of Resistance. She lives in Oakland, California. Chris Dixon is a longtime anarchist organizer, writer, and educator with a PhD from the University of California-Santa Cruz. His writing has appeared in periodicals such as Clamor, Left Turn, Punk Planet, and Social Movement Studies, as well as in book collections such as The Battle of the Story for the Battle of Seattle, Global Uprising, Letters from Young Activists, Toward a New Socialism, and Men Speak Out. He serves on the board of the Institute for Anarchist Studies and the advisory board for the activist journal Upping the Anti. He lives in Sudbury, Ontario.
"In his writing and organizing, Chris Crass has been at the
forefront of building the grassroots, multi-racial, feminist
movements for justice we need. Towards Collective Liberation takes
on questions of leadership, building democratic organizations, and
movement strategy, on a very personal level that invites us all to
experiment and practice the way we live our values while struggling
for systemic change."
--Elizabeth 'Betita' Martinez, founder of the Institute for
Multiracial Justice and author of De Colores Means All of Us:
Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century "Chris Crass goes into the
grassroots to produce a political vision that will catalyze
political change. These are words from the heart, overflowing onto
the streets."
--Vijay Prashad, author of Darker Nations: A People's History of
the Third World "A deeply important, engaged, and learned defense
of anarchism, class politics, and anti-racism. Grounded in study,
organizing, and struggle, Towards Collective Liberation is a
significant contribution to the recent history of the U.S.
left."
--David Roediger, author of Wages of Whiteness "In his activism and
writing, Chris Crass has been able to articulate and practice a
transformative model for social change. Guided by a vision of
collective liberation that centers the experience and leadership of
women of color, Chris has done groundbreaking work to realize the
revolutionary potential of grassroots multiracial alliances."
--Harsha Walia, co-founder of No One Is Illegal and Radical Desis
"Chris Crass offers penetrating analysis and a keen understanding
of the political and cultural dynamics shaping the U.S. We can all
learn from reading this."
--Rev. David Billings, The People's Institute for Survival and
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