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ms that we not allow the media people of color white people or others to fall back on stereotypes of poor whites in west virginia as some sort of explanation for what happened and why it is critical that we remind folks that the violence of white supremacy and patriarchy is pervasive in every place while this incident is particularly horrendous did occur in west virginia and by a family with a history of violence the contexts and environment that we live in is such that it could have occurred in missouri chicago or even washington d c just last week someone hung a noose on the university of maryland s campus and indeed it was in our own backyard in maryland and washington d c in public spaces that two black women were set on fire in public yes the torture of megan williams is very different from both of these incidents but there are connections that need to be made when we allow rural poor white culture as a whole to be scapegoated for this brutal violence we let the white supremacist misogynist patriarchal culture in all of our geographic areas off the hook we let the culture of the whole country off the hook when we say it s only those hicks in west virginia who could do something like that those trailer trash people in discussing this violence in counter organizing how can we challenge our own stereotypes to push the conversation forward and in talking about megan s torture also lift up and work against the abuses and violence happening in our own backyards how are other chapters out there talking about speaking out responding to etc the rape and torture of megan williams or discussing it talking about within the organizing you are already doing what kinds of conversations are you having actions responses etc please let us know let us link efforts and have connected conversations lastly wendi o neal suggested reaching out to the social justice organizations in the area where this occurred and asking how can we be of support to you all she will be posting contact info of some of these orgs on our incite d c listserv which we can also post and share here johonna mccants incite d c metro area posted by inciteblog at 9 43 am 1 comment friday june 1 2007 incite retreat details greetings incite organizing body we can t wait to see everyone and build connect dream and plan together folks have been working hard to plan the retreat and itlooks like everything is in place below you ll find request forassistance as well as detailed info about logistics if you have questions please hit reply all so everyone can see your question and the answer also if you have not sent in your fund request form please send it to me by june 4th note if you are receiving this email please forward it to the people attending from your chapter affiliate rebeldia y amor xandra lachicaboom at gmail com agenda the agenda was sent to everyone over e mail but in terms of hours it looks like this friday sunday 8 00 9 00 am morning stretch exercise at creole gardens courtyard led my misia denea from philly optional 8 30 9 30 am breakfast and transport folks to meeting space breakfast comes with cottage stay 9 30 am 1 00 pm retreat 1 00 pm 2 00 pm lunch 2 00 pm 5 00 pm retreat on friday evening we re doing the new orleans book launch at the ashe cultural arts center in new orleans 7 pm to 9 30 pm on saturday evening we re doing a teach in on new orleans and some volunteer work which is optional 5 30 pm 7 30 pm on sunday we ll be meeting for half the day retreat leadership facilitation performance if there are poets or singers out there it would be great to open up each day hearing your work please let alisa know at abierria at yahoo com if you re into doing a piece to open up the event we will also need help with facilitating different components of the retreat please let us know if you ve got some experience facilitating large groups and would like to facilitate some discussions at the retreat in addition we also need folks who can do the following workshops brief workshop with andy former nat l collective member member of ann arbor chapter on media justice and messaging brief workshop with andrea current nat l collective member member of sisterfire nyc chapter on participatory action research retreat center we meet at the new orleans african american museum located in the historic treme community near the clinic organized by incite new orleans 1418 governor nicholls st this reservation is still pending lodging we ll be staying at the creole gardens cottage in the lower garden district of new orleans here is the address and phone number 1415 prytania st 866 569 8700 we will basically be taking over the whole cottage so we will go ahead and assign folks rooms staying with your local people some folks will be sleeping on air mattresses please let us know ifthere s anything we should have a heads up about in terms ofdisability and accessibility also please make sure below that wehave the correct names of the people attending below because this list reflects the hotel check in food the retreat will cover breakfast which is served at creole gardens lunch and snacks with vegetarian options you will be responsiblefor your dinner we are attaching a list of cheap eats if that doesn t work for you please contact alisa at abierria at yahoo com 206 276 9059 so we can work out a different plan transportation we need you to organize your own transportation between the airport and the cottage we ll get you everywhere else while in the city below is more detailed info about the easiest options if your group can t cover the cost please contact alisa at abierria at yahoo com or 206 276 9059 and we ll work out a different option airport shuttle shuttle service is available from the airport to thehotels in the cbd for 13 00 per person one way or 26 00 per person round trip three bags per person call 1 866 596 2699 or 504 522 3500 for more details or to make a reservation advance reservations are required 48 hours prior to travel for all ada accessible transfers please call well enough in advance for the specially equipped shuttle to be reserved for group reservations of10 or more people please dial 1 866 596 2699 ticket booths arelocated on the lower level in the baggage claim area 2 fuelsurcharge added to total fare website http www airportshuttleneworleans com taxicabs a cab ride costs 28 00 from the airport to the central business district cbd for one or two persons and 12 00 per passenger for three or more passengers childcare childcare is provided for the following folks maya and her two babies jessica and her three children and paula and her little one if there are more children coming we need to hear back from you with the names and ages of your children in the next 2 3 days so we can make some plans children will either be hanging out in the child specific room at creole gardens at the playground near the retreat or take fieldtrips to the children s museum folks are coming from the following collectives groups cara seattle sista ii sista nyc latina mami austin creative interventions oakland young women united albuquerque freedom inc madison wi sisterfire nyc incite dc incite ann arbor incite denver incite bay incite philadelphia incite boston incite fort collins incite chicago incite new orleans incite national collective more info coming soon posted by inciteblog at 1 39 pm no comments monday april 23 2007 are the cops in our heads and hearts hi everyone i just read paula rojas s piece from incite s book the revolution will not be funded and it is electric i think we should figure out some ways to discuss it at the retreat in june feel free to discuss the piece here on this blog as well in liberation alisa are the cops in our heads and hearts by paula x rojas like many other activists on the left i have been struggling with the contradictions found in organizing work here in the united states i have worked in community based organizing both within and outside my experiences both in the united states and in latin america have shaped my analysis of the non profit system as well as alternatives to this system in the us i am involved in grassroots organizing work with a multigenerational community of poor and working class women of color in brooklyn sista ii sista and pachamama but what has most pushed my analysis has come from my work and experiences outside of the us specifically in latin america as an adult i have spent a few years in chile my country of origin supporting organizing efforts against the military dictatorship headed by augusto pinochet and the neoliberal democracies of the christian democratic party that followed from chile i had the opportunity to travel to la paz and el alto bolivia in 1994 and meet with local activists in mexico i have worked with women s groups around political and physical self defense in rural and urban areas i also had various opportunities to visit the zapatistas in chiapas mexico first spending 3 weeks in the autonomous territories in 1999 in 2003 i had a few days visiting an encampment and a settlement of the mst landless rural unemployed workers movement in brazil and attended a continental gathering of autonomous movements in argentina held at an occupied factory in 2005 through these experiences and many mostly informal conversations over cheap wine and good music with other compañer s 1 organizers friends and family in both latin america and the united states i have gathered these reflections that i want to share lessons from latin america more than once compas from latin america have asked me why are you getting a permit from the police to protest police brutality why are you being paid to do organizing why are people s movements based in non profit offices behind these kinds of questions are different assumptions about organizing that might challenge activists in the united states to think outside the non profit system contemporary latin america is a helpful location from which we can reconceptualize and reimagine organizing strategies in the united states the relatively recent articulation of powerful new revolutionary movements as well as the economic connections and geographic closeness to the us makes it an important region for us to watch closely and learn from in the past fifteen years we have witnessed the rapid development of mass based movements that have significantly impacted the social political and economic structures in latin america from the perspective of the establishment left the collapse of the soviet union and the sandinista electoral loss in nicaragua in 1989 seemed to signal the death of revolutionary struggle but across latin america people s movements were quietly but steadily building their base for years before making their work public gerardo rénique notes today the specter haunting capitalism journeys through latin america the region s ongoing social and political upheaval threatens the hegemony of global capital and neo liberal ideology in an unprecedented cycle of strikes mass mobilizations and popular insurrections extending from the early 90 s to the present the marginalized exploited and despised subaltern classes have drawn on deeply rooted traditions of struggle to bring down corrupt and authoritarian regimes closely identified with the imf international monetary fund the world bank and washington 2 some countries such as brazil venezuela bolivia and ecuador have produced movements aimed directly at resisting us imperialism as a result of people gaining some control over their governments in other countries like mexico where the government is not in resistant to the u s empire we still see large social movements that are much stronger than current movements in the united states which are able to put significant pressure on their governments on january 1 1994 the day nafta was signed into effect the ezln zapatista national liberation army began an armed uprising by indigenous peasants in chiapas mexico i have vivid memories of the rebellion and its international impact i lived in chile at the time and the uprising made all the mainstream news for days newspapers television and radio it was major news everywhere along the continent except in the us within days smaller rebellions popped up in various countries like the mst which had been growing in brazil since 1978 the zapatistas had been steadily building its base since 1983 before becoming publicly known this was a powerful moment that re ignited hope for movements all across the continent in the possibility of revolutionary transformation from the ground up it was a 12 day war that succeeded in capturing five municipalities that constitute 25 percent of the state of chiapas this defiant action was unprecedented in modern mexican history in the next year 1995 the ezln held the consulta nacional por la paz y la democracia where 1 3 million people participated in making the decision of what the future structure and scope of the ezln would be this hope grew throughout the late 1990s and new visions guiding revolutionary struggles emerged though there are still a number of traditionally marxist leninist based armed and or political party national liberation struggles in latin america there are many other examples of revolutionary visions of transformation that are well worth listening to instead of a unified line broad tendencies are developed through critiques of past struggles organic modes of organization of the most marginalized and are inspired by movements like the ezln these visions embrace principles like autonomia autonomy and horizontalidad horizontalism recognize daily life and the creation of liberated communities as political work support collective non hierarchical decision making and aim above all to build a society grounded in justice and peace for all as raul zibechi a latin american writer and researcher at the popular education center of the multiversidad franciscana de america latina notes it is revealing that latin america has seen a whole set of revolts without leadership without organizational memory or central apparatus power relations within the space of the uprising tend to be based on other forms the mortar which binds and drives those who are in revolt does not correspond to the state form vertical and pyramidal but rather is based on a set of ties that are more horizontal but also more unstable than bureaucratic systems the best known instance of this rejection of representation is the slogan que se vayan todos they all should go all being the politicians which emerges in the course of the december 19 20 2001 events in argentina both in the neighborhood assemblies and among the groups of piqueteros people blocking commercial traffic on major highways and in the occupied factories this general slogan has concrete expressions entre todos todo among everyone everything which is similar to the zapatista entre todos lo sabemos todo among everyone we know everything both statements which express the daily life...