This is by no means a complete list but is a collection of resources contributed by the Edge Fund membership that we hope is useful. If you have further suggested resources then please do send them to us.
This is by no means a complete list but is a collection of resources contributed by the Edge Fund membership that we hope is useful. If you have further suggested resources then please do send them to us.
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Race/ Ethnicity
- White privilege check-list
- Racism isn’t just white people saying the N word
- On white people challenging/discussing racism
- Examples of racial micro-aggressions
- Joy DeGruy - mental health, social justice and culture specific social service model development.
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome lecture (video) - Joy DeGruy-Leary
- 12 Books White People Should Read in Preparation for Becoming a Minority in Britain - Elliott-Cooper & Kumar
- Beyond Whiteness
- When 'Life Hacking' is Really White Privilege - Get Bullish
- Macklemore is a Ho Bag - Hamilton Nolan on Gawker
- What's Next for White Privilege (video) - Colorlines
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack - Peggy McIntosh
- Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity (film)
- White Like Me (film)
- A Handbook For Victims of Racial Harassment - The Monitoring Group
- Media Diversity UK
- Long list of resources on racism - SJ Warrierz Rawr blog
- Racism doesn't go both ways - bell hooks via Gradient Lair
- The "Right" Kind of Brown blog
- Stuff White People Like
- How to Tell People they Sound Racist (video) - Jay Smooth (ill doctrine)
- Moving the Race Conversation Forward (systemic racism) - Jay Smooth
- Unequal Opportunity Race (video) - African American Policy Forum
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI)
- On heteronormativity
- Loads of articles on LGBTQ issues
- Anti-Oppression and The Fight For LGBTQ Equality - Revel and Riot
- 7 LGBT Issues That Matter More Than Marriage
- TransWhat?
- What are Pronouns?
- The Musing of a Congolese Lesbian
- Last of the clean bohemians - Paris Lees
- Class Inequality and Transgender Communities - Davey Shlasko
- Trans 201: Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions - Brynn Tannehill
- There's no such thing as a Sex Change - Fred McConnell
Gender
- Some articles outlining the basics
- On “patriarchy”
- Examples of sexism in political organising
- On Men’s Rights Activists
- Male Privilege checklist - Amptoons
- Social Justice League - blog written by feminists about privilege and oppression
- Without Bureaucracy, Beyond Inclusion: Re-centering Feminism - Andrea Smith
- This simple cartoon shows what victim-blaming really looks like - Jill Bond
- My Male Drinking Privilege - Anon
- Not-All-Man - Please Listen to Me
- Dear White Women: For Whom My Pain is Invisible - Kimberly Foster
- “Meetings are institutionally sexist”; discuss. (White-knighting by #Manchester #climate bloke) - Manchester Climate Monthly
- A Simple Suggestion to Help Phase Out All-Male Panels at Tech Conferences - Rebecca J Rosen (also see follow up)
- Women, Race & Class - Angela Davis
- Everyday Sexism
- Questions (women and race) - Alexandra Dal
- Remembering the femme in feminism - HeathN
- Feminism from this Native Woman’s Perspective - Ruth Hopkins
- An Open Letter to Femen and the Irony of Western 'Feminism'
Transphobia / Cissexism
- A 101 resource
- On “cisgender” (i.e. not transgender)
- On non-binary people
- Videos about transgender issues - Cut
- Non-binary Wiki
- Why pronouns matter for transgender people (video) - Buzzfeed
Class
- The Activist Class Cultures Kit - Class Action
- Seven everyday things poor people worry about that rich people never do - Carmen Rios
- A primer on “class struggle”
- Loads of articles on class
- By cutting welfare lifelines, the State is the abusive parent - A Girl Called Jack
- Cathy's blogs to God - Cathy McCormack
- 9 Mistakes Activists with Class Privilege Make - Adam Roberts
- Why I make terrible decisions, or poverty thoughts - Killer Martinis
- Jonny Void
- Owen Jones
- Class Action
Disability
- On ableist language
- Things to consider when working alongside disabled people
- Other resources on disability
- Everyday Ablism - Twitter
- Able-Bodied Privilege
- What is 'splainin' And Why Should I Care - Disabled Feminists
- Check your able-bodied privilege - Gradient Lair
- Social model of disability - UK Disabled People's Council
- How to Talk to Normal People: A guide for the rest of us - Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
- Neurodiversity Rewires Conventional Thinking about Brains - Steve Silberman
- Disabled People Against Cuts (policy statement)
Fatphobia
General resources about oppression and privilege
- NEON Power and Privilege Intro Guide - New Economics Organisers Network
- How privileged are you? (check list) - Buzzfeed
- Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed
- 4 Ways to Push Back Against Your Privilege - Black Girl Dangerous
- The Problem with Privilege - Andrea Smith
- How to Be an Ally if You Are a Person with Privilege - Frances E Kendall
- Managing Privilege - Robot Hugs
- How to Talk to Someone about Privilege - Everyday Feminism
- 30 Ways to Be a Better Ally in 2014 - Everyday Feminism
- Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person -Gina Crosley-Corcoran
- Days like Crazy Paving blog - Aaminah Khan
- Making Meetings Accessible - Seeds for Change
- Workshops on "Exploring Diversity & Oppression in Grassroots Organising" available from Seeds for Change
- Anti-Oppression Values and Practices - The Otesha Project
- No More Allies - Black Girl Dangerous
- Diversity & Anti-Oppression Training Tools - Training For Change
- Anti-Oppression Resources & Exercises - Organising For Power
- Paul Kivel - social justice educator, activist, and writer
- The First Law of Privilege - Musa Okwonga
- Social Service or Social Change? - Paul Kivel
- Chapters on 'Finding Your Frontline' and 'Aligning Your Frontline' - Organising Cools The Planet
Whorephobia/ Sex work
- Against the “P word”
- Against the “W word”
- Decriminalisation: some case studies
- Sex worker run blogs e.g. Everyday Whorephobia and Tits and Sass.
Intersectionality
- On intersectional feminism
- Merging class struggle politics with 'privilege’ ideas
- Merging anarchist politics with 'privilege’ ideas
- Putting it into practice as a black feminist
- Beginners Guide to Intersectionality - The Body Is Not An Apology
- Black Feminists Discuss: Intersectionality (video)
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (re intersectionality)- Reni Eddo Lodge, Black Feminists
- Intersectionality factsheet - Avert Family Violence
- Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color - Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Diversity / power issues within movements and NGOs
- The limits of looking for “diversity” and “inclusion”
- How to address liberal questions and comments about people of colour in the environmental movement - Vancouver Media Co-op
- Diversity in NGOs - On Relating
- Inclusive movement? A call to action - Nishma Doshi
- On Posh White Blokes in NGOs - Guppi Bola
- Talking privilege amongst progressives - Suzanne Dhaliwal
- Diversity in Oxfam GB - Bimla Ojelay-Surtees
- Caste Discrimination in Modern Workplaces: The Case of ActionAid India - Roundtable India
Glossaries of 'left wing' terms
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Anarchism:
- Anarchism: a 101
- many many resources and some quotes and links
- a 201 (more theoretical) -
Capitalism:
- a 101 -
Pacifism / violence:
- on 'diversity of tactics’
- on structural violence -
Policing / ACAB:
- what we need instead of police -
Voting:
- an argument against
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Anarchism:
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- Building Mutual Support and Organising in our Communities (PDF) - London Coalition Against Poverty
- Small Change: Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted - Malcolm Gladwell
- After the Protests - Zeynep Tufekci
- How to be a Radical Transformer - Colorlines
- Rules For Radicals - Saul Alinsky, American Community Organiser and Writer
- Story Based Strategy - Smartmeme
- Mobilising for Change - The Change Agency
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- A Short Guide to Facilitation - Seeds for Change
- A Short Guide to Consensus Decision Making - Seeds for Change
- Rhizome Network
- London Roots Collective
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- 10 Steps to a Hard Hitting Action Media Team - Climate Camp
- Media Manual - Ruckus
- Interview Tips - RAN
- Example Press Release - HACAN
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- The Revolution Will Not be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex - INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
- The NGOization Of Women's Movements And Its Implications For Feminist Organizing - Association for Women's Rights in Development
- Paved with Good Intentions: Canada's development NGOs from idealism to imperialism - Nikolas Barry-Shaw and Dru Oja Jay
- How Corporatism Infiltrates Reality: Arundhati Roy Discussing Funding, Capitalism and NGOs(video) - Arundhati Roy
- NGOization: Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects - Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor
- With Charity for All: Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give - Ken Stern
- The Foundations - Ben Whitaker
- Anarchists in the Boardroom: change how we organise, change the world - Liam Barrington-Bush
- Also see end of the resources page and the traditional philanthropy page.
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- Why We Need to Take Direct Action - Trapeze Collective
- Checklist For Strategic Action Planning - Ruckus
- Know Your Rights - Midnight Special Law Collective
- Stop & Search Guide - Green and Black Cross
- Protesting? Key Legal Advice - Green and Black Cross
- Using the Internet - Campaign Central
- Top 10 Campaigning Tips - Sheila McKechnie Foundation
- A Toolbox for Revolution - Beautiful Trouble