Useful Resources and Important Causes

This is a compilation of links that were gathered in a Twitter Thread for the purpose of expressing solidarity and partaking in a form of online political activism that does not involve being a part of the increasingly toxic political discourse that is found on Twitter and other social media sites.

Disclaimer: These links were selected on the basis of their usefulness for people who want to donate, signal boost, learn about or otherwise support people in need. In no way are they meant to represent online activism as an alternative to irl political activism, direct action, electoral campaigning or any such activities. Furthermore, an inclusion of a link is not necessarily an endorsement of its author and everything they might have said or done, it is simply an acknowledgement that the link in question might useful to someone. The point is solidarity.

TOOLS FOR PROTESTERS

A Tool for quickly scrubbing metadata from images and selectively blurring faces and identifiable features: https://everestpipkin.github.io/image-scrubber/

SAFETY TIPS DURING PROTEST: an extensive thread:

https://twitter.com/nabrathhhh/status/1266239760248393735

PROTESTERS!! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: a thread:

https://twitter.com/nabrathhhh/status/1266466413994053632

BLM

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

POC writers to follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/halo_scot/status/1270414389947052032?s=20

Short list of Black women and non-binary authors, podcasters, musicians:

https://roommagazine.com/blog/black-women-and-non-binary-artists-read-listen-and-support

Thread of Petitions:

https://twitter.com/chewsbaccas/status/1269748343967813634

Compilation of resources and donation links:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-0KC83vYfVQ-2freQveH43PWxuab2uWDEGolzrNoIks/mobilebasic

http://blackliveswillalwaysmatter.carrd.co

http://blmstanguide.carrd.co

http://saytheirnames.carrd.co

http://blmsites.carrd.co

Video of Kimberly Jones articulating the struggles of Black & Brown Americans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9_qGOa9Go&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=DavidJonesMedia

Thread with information about protests and links to funds and resources:

https://twitter.com/ElleOsiliWood/status/1266346426444812288

Thread of links to free pdfs of radical Black writing

(many seminal works on many topics)

https://twitter.com/nabilas_here/status/1267856733705310211

Another list of petitions

https://emerald-studies.tumblr.com/post/622962632218066944/please-keep-signing-new-petitions-in-bold

List of interesting readings:

https://twitter.com/thebryreed/status/1266071139115241473

Short clip of poet Kyra Lacey breaking down white privilege:

https://twitter.com/wanpoetry/status/1270396703762518017

In-depth analysis of the historical context behind the BLM protests,

and protests in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FbFL4_5Wco&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=RenegadeCut

LGBTQA+

lgbtqpl.carrd.co

trans--rights.carrd.co

https://transrightshumanrights.carrd.co/

Thread for Trans people in the UK:

https://twitter.com/stonewalluk/status/1314234115248488449

An article Debunking claims made by JK Rowling that also explains why these claims are harmful misinformation that endangers trans people:

https://katymontgomerie.medium.com/addressing-the-claims-in-jk-rowlings-justification-for-transphobia-7b6f761e8f8f

Project focused on helping LBTQA+ Youth

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

SOCIALISM & ANTI FASCISM

ANTIFA: frequently asked questions & misconceptions:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MfjtUQC2HZL7P1jv9ygVUQRpaqw5JSzU/view

Video on Rojava and their (Anarchist) system of governance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDnenjIdnnE&t=3s&ab_channel=NeighborDemocracy

Interesting video on how to effectively argue with (American) Conservatives:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ICJ2pfZtU&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=TheSerfTimes

A resource for all people who wish to fight to improve their lives, their communities and their working conditions:

Libcom.org

An archive focusing on anarchism, anarchist texts, and texts of interest for anarchists:

theanarchistlibrary.org

Direct Action Resources:

https://www.organizingforpower.org/action-resource/

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

https://abortion-in-poland.carrd.co/

NEURODIVERGENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14eDk6-WcQosA9uWS7hRAxGb9q_dtfrUTpmQSlWQyjtA/edit#heading=h.odzj9xbp65a

International list of suicide hotlines:

http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

https://www.gofundme.com/f/defend-oodham-land-bail-fund

https://resourcegeneration.org/land-reparations-indigenous-solidarity-action-guide/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/navajorelief

https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/

CLIMATE CRISIS

Important discussion by Novara Media on the destructive influence of Rupert Murdoch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCatjG9AOfo&ab_channel=NovaraMedia

OTHER

standwithhongkong.carrd.co

yemencrisis.carrd.co

http://helppalestine.carrd.co

https://helparmenians.carrd.co/

Donate to the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/donate/

A People's History of the US, free pdf: http://library.uniteddiversity.coop/More_Books_and_Reports/Howard_Zinn-A_peoples_history_of_the_United_States.pdf

Thread of links to free pdfs on class, abolition and other topics:

https://twitter.com/greenteaamami/status/1267701341792514049

An article on Rojava

https://novaramedia.com/2020/07/17/how-a-revolution-really-feels-rojava-8-years-on/

Twitter list for amplifying non-white authors:

https://twitter.com/KarenYin/status/1317589608348196875

Short Documentary on refugees and the injustice of their struggle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHx94dhs8Wg&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=OwenJones

Information about the crisis in Armenia with links and resources:

https://mysharona1987.tumblr.com/post/634409885417734144/ta1k-less-when-i-visited-the-united-states

Free Pdf: Diana Di Prima's Revolutionary Letters:

https://www.docdroid.net/ITdb890/257817899-revolutionary-letters-diane-di-prima-pdf

RECOMMENDED YOUTUBE CHANNELS

Novara Media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOzMAa6IhV6uwYQATYG_2kg

Double Down News:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeRYN0tYBQVrC2cKsxJjdow

Pindex:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDg_EVBPyUmKrR54mp9Wjyw

Thought Slime:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrr7y8rEXb7_RiVniwvzk9w

Shaun:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6o36XL0CpYb6U5dNBiXHQ

Renegade Cut:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9infsKo33_2LUoiqXGgQWg

Three Arrows:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCT8a7d6S6RJUivBgNRsiYg

Innuendo Studios:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fdssPqmmGhkhsJi4VcckA

Hbomberguy:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClt01z1wHHT7c5lKcU8pxRQ

Philosophy Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2PA-AKmVpU6NKCGtZq_rKQ

Contrapoints:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvsIonJdJ5E4EXMa65VYpA

Jordan Theresa:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN3FtxTrTFLni3wjRubbN4Q

Mia Mulder:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_OttpBEWWzSUlZbk5qmhSA

Carlos Maza:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8l1OH0DOYARGUTrqAcWW2w

Rowan Ellis:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w

Akala

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtJ9fObTQzhb01i2s5C_fpQ

Jim Sterling:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWCw2Sd7RlYJ2yuNVHDWNOA

Kat Blaque:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxFWzKZa74SyAqpJyVlG5Ew

Owen Jones:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSYCo8uRGF39qDCxF870K5Q

Afromarxist:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2xX2FI6s4i9xz3t9qjayhg