USA

Selma James speaking at Occupy Oakland – part of the international Occupy movement which was also in front of St Pauls Cathedral in London.

The event was part of Selma’s US spring speaking tour to launch her anthology Sex Race and Class – The Perspective of Winning, and addresses some of the issues we commonly face as organisers.

Watch the video here.

Andaiye & Selma James are coming back in November!

Organizing Now: NOVEMBER 2012 NORTH AMERICA SPEAKING TOUR
Andaiye & Selma James
Contact us for speaking engagements. 

The Spring 2012 tour to launch Selma James’s new anthology was a huge success: 30 talks, 30 days, 10 cities, wide-ranging discussions and extended media interviews including on Democracy Now.

Message to the Protest in Philadelphia against Michael Oren
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"(In)Equality Forum 2012: Pinkwashing and the Palestinian Queer Community"  

Russell Maroon Shoats (#AF-3855), a 68-year-old prisoner held at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) Greene in southwestern Pennsylvania, has been kept in solitary confinement for more than 21 years. He has been unable to hold his children or grandchildren or interact with others in a humane setting during this time, despite not having violated prison rules in two decades.

From Troy Davis to Mumia Abu-Jamal and Bradley Manning, from the Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers to the Georgia Prison Strike and the Formerly Incarcerated Persons (FIPs), anti-capitalist leadership has come from inside the Prisonhouse of nations, and from the families campaigning outside. Many rebellious young people and movement points of reference are locked up in what are in effect concentration camps. We want them back! We need them back!