Table of Contents
Foreword: King's Truth: Revolution and America's Crossroads Cornel West xv
Resisting Racism and War: An Introduction; or, What Will It Take to Move Forward? Matt Meyer Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez Mandy Carter 1
How the Moon Became a Stranger Chrystos 11
By Any Means Necessary: Two Images Carrie Mae Weems 14
I Connections, Contexts, and Challenges
Helping Hands Karl Bissinger 19
Wild Poppies Marilyn Buck 20
Are Pacifists Willing to Be Negroes? A 1950s Dialogue on Fighting Racism and Militarism, Using Nonviolence and Armed Struggle Dave Dellinger Robert Franklin Williams Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day 21
Revolutionary Democracy: A Speech Against the Vietnam War Bayard Rustin 34
Southern Peace Walk: Two Issues or One? Barbara Deming 38
Nonviolence and Radical Social Change Barbara Deming 48
On Revolution and Equilibrium (Excerpt) Barbara Deming 50
Responsible Pacifism and the Puerto Rican Conflict Ruth M. Reynolds 52
Where Was the Color in Seattle? Looking for Reasons Why the Great Battle Was So White Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez 55
Looking for Color in the Anti-War Movement Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez 61
Combating Oppression Inside and Outside Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez 74
II (Re) Defining Racism and Militarism: What Qualifies? Who Decides?
Continental Walk, 1976-Washington, D.C. Janet Charles 81
river of a different truth Liz Roberts 82
Nonviolent Change of Revolutionary Depth: A Conversation Vincent Harding 84
Regaining a Moral Compass: The Ongoing Truth of King's Vision Elizabeth McAlister 92
Four Vignettes on the Road of the Broken Rifle: Reflections on War and Resistance Ibrahim Abdil-Mu'id Ramey 93
Questioning Our Reality Alejandra Cecilia Tobar Alatriz 97
Finding the Other America Anne Braden 99
On Being a Good Anti-Racist Ally Ted Glick 102
The Culture of White Privilege is to Remain Silent Liz Walz 104
Towards a Radical White Identity Susan B. Goldberg Cameron Levin 110
Weaving Narratives: The Construction of Whiteness Dean Johnson 119
The Pan-Africanization of Black Power: True History, Coalition-Building, and the All-African People's Revolutionary Party: An Interview with Bob Brown, Organizer for the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (GC) Matt Meyer Dan Berger 137
Rescuing Civil Rights from Black Power: Collective Memory and Saving the State in Twenty-First-Century Prosecutions of 1960s-Era Cases Dan Berger 148
The Unacceptability of Truth: Of National Lies and Racial America Tim Wise 165
Race, History, and "A Nation of Cowards" Bill Fletcher Jr. 167
III Chickens and Eggs: War, Race, and Class
Amache: Japanese-American Relocation Center, 1942-1945-Post Office Mary Jane Sullivan 171
Amache Mary Jane Sullivan 172
The Antiwar Campaign: More on Force without Violence Dave Dellinger 175
Let's Talk about Green Beans: An Interview with Dorothy Cotton Matt Meyer Iris Marie Bloom 182
I Beg to Differ Ellen Barfield 186
Militarism and Racism: A Connection? David McReynolds 188
Looking at the White Working Class Historically David Gilbert 191
Chinweizu, War, and Reparations Dr. Conrad W. Worrill 211
On Being White and Other Lies: A History of Racism in the United States Mab Segrest 214
Race, Prisons, and War: Scenes from the History of U.S. Violence Ruth Wilson Gilmore 226
IV The Roots and Routes of War: Patriarchy and Heterosexism
Dean of Students Ann Marie Penzkover and Her Niece Mariah, Wisconsin Andrea Modica 241
Genocide: remembering Bengal, 1971 Sarah Husein 242
Why We Need Women's Actions and Feminist Voices for Peace Starhawk 244
Terror, Torture, and Resistance Andrea Dworkin 248
Race, Sex, and Speech in Amerika Andrea Dworkin 249
Disarmament and Masculinity John Stoltenberg 254
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House Audre Lorde 264
Practical, Common Sense, Day-to-Day Stuff: An Interview with Mandy Carter Matt Meyer 267
The Rise of Eco-Feminism: The Goddess Revived Kitty Mattes 271
Beyond the Color of Fear: An Interview with Victor Lewis (Excerpt) Peggy McIntosh 276
The Politics of Accountability John Cohen 279
Tools for White Guys Who are Working for Social Change Chris Crass 282
Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy: Rethinking Women of Color Organizing Andrea Smith 285
V The Roots and Routes of War: Nationalism, Religion, Ageism
Kafka's Amerika William P. Starr 297
Ten Years in Freedom Dylcia Pagán 298
Fragmented Nationalism: Right-Wing Responses to September 11 in Historical Context Matthew Lyons 301
Whiteness is not Inevitable! Why the Emphasis on White-Skin Privilege is White-Chauvinist and Why the Problematic of "Race" Needs to be Replaced with the Restoration of the National Question(s) Fred Ho 331
The Content of Our Character: An Interview José López Mike Staudenmaier Matt Meyer Dan Berger 338
Truly Human: Spiritual Paths in the Struggle Against Racism, Militarism, and Materialism Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons 347
White Like Me: A Woman Rabbi Gazes into the Mirror of American Racism Rabbi Lynn Gottilied 361
Dark Satanic Mills: William Blake and the Critique of War Joel Kovel 366
Draft Resistance and the Politics of Identity and Status Edward Hasbrouck 379
War Resistance and Root Causes: A Strategic Exchange Jim Haber Matt Meyer 388
VI Where do we go from Here? Organizing Against War and Racism
Perpectual Peace Matchboxes Carrie Mae Weems 397
Before and After: The Struggle Continues Malkia M'Buzi Moore 398
A Reflection on Privilege Chris Knestrick 401
We Have not Been Moved: How the Peace Movement has Resisted Dealing with Racism in Our Ranks Matt Meyer 403
CISPES in the 1980s: Solidarity and Racism in the Belly of the Beast Suzanne Ross 421
To Live is to Resist Greg Payton Matt Meyer 434
Not Showing Up: Blacks, Military Recruitment and the Anti-War Movement Kenyon Farrow 437
A Challenge to Institutional Racism Nada Khader 441
Where's the Color in the Anti-War Movement? Organizers Connect the War Abroad to the War at Home Momo Chang 443
An Open Letter to Anti-Oppression/Diversity Trainers Daniel Hunter 446
New Orleans: A Choice Between Destruction and Reparations David Billings 450
Why Not Freedom for Puerto Rico? Building Solidarity in the United States: An Interview with Jean Zwickel Meg Starr 455
"National Security" and the Violation of Women: Militarized Border Rape at the U.S.-Mexico Border Sylvanna Falcón 461
From Bases to Bars: The Military & Prison Industrial Complexes Go "Boom" Mumia Abu-Jamal 465
Dismantling Peace Movement Myths Frida Berrigan 469
Structural Racism and the Obama Presidency john a. powell 476
Notes on an Orientation to the Obama Presidency Linda Burnham 482
Where was the White in Phoenix? A Ten-Year Movement Update B. Loewe 485
Moving Forward: Ideas for Solidarity and Strategy to Stregthen Multiracial Peace Movements Clare Bayard Francesca Fiorentini 490
An Anti-Racist Gandhi Manifesto Sachio Ko-Yin 512
VII AfterPoems
Why War is Never a Good Idea Alice Walker 517
Reflections after the June 12th March for Disarmament Sonia Sanchez 524
Peace (a poem for Maxine Green) Sonia Sanchez 529
Stop the Violence Matchbox Fishbowl Carrie Mae Weems 532
Acknowledgments 533
Contributors 536
Index 555