Useful Resources and Important Causes
Updated: Jan 23, 2021
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
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+
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:
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:
An archive focusing on anarchism, anarchist texts, and texts of interest for anarchists:
Direct Action Resources:
https://www.organizingforpower.org/action-resource/
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
https://abortion-in-poland.carrd.co/
NEURODIVERGENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH
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
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