We want to share the excellent resources compiled by friends at Catalyst Project and Bay Resistance, and add a few others for educators, organizers, artists, and all people who want to take action this weekend and beyond.

“We have re-entered a time period when white supremacist groups are not fringe or powerless, but connected to, and supported by, the White House. They must be delegitimized and confronted with every creative tactic in our toolbox. Everyone who is against racism has a place in this struggle, in the streets, supporting those who take to the streets, and in groups explicitly organizing for racial justice. We need leaders moving racial justice in workplaces, churches and schools. However you can find ways target the institutions and symbols that support white supremacy, do it.” – Rahula Janowski, Catalyst

Bay Area Rallies This Weekend:

White supremacist groups are turning their attention to the Bay Area this coming weekend. If you are local here is some information. Follow Bay Resistance on Facebook for last-minute updates and more actions. Text RESIST to 41411 for day of, rapid response updates. Please see the Bay Resistance site for tips on safety and security.

• Friday night 7-9pm
  • Informational session about the SURJ anti white supremacist rally on 8/27. Location announced soon on the event page here. SURJ leaders will give an overview of Sunday’s action, answer questions, address concerns, and talk about what to bring and how to prepare.

• San Francisco Saturday the 26th

  • Many groups will be gathering at Crissy Field to oppose Patriot Prayer’s rally.  The ILWU will be striking that day and marching at 10 am to Crissy Field from 400 point Street, San Francisco and community members are invited to join them. March Against Hate to Crissy Field 9:30AM 400 North Point St. 11AM Marina Green.

  • Saturday, August 26 in San Francisco: Juanita MORE’s Official Art Event for Equality 12PM – 2PM Harvey Milk Plaza. LGBTQ organizers invite all communities to rally together for equality and democracy. The Women’s March SF’s Rally and March for Equality is meeting up with this event.

• Berkeley Sunday the 27th

  • Catalyst will be supporting this rally led by SURJ. The goal is to provide a clear, mass response to the white nationalist rally while not engaging in physical confrontation with them.

  • Bay Area Rally Against Hate 10:30AM Oxford & Addison St. A coalition of groups is hosting a rally earlier in the day and a few blocks away from the white supremacist action at Civic Center Park.
  • Resist Racist Violence & Hate 11AM – 2PM Ohlone Park at Hearst Ave. & MLK – Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) will march as a large group to Berkeley City Hall, across the street from the white supremacist action

  • For people who, for any reason, do not want to be near the white nationalist march but still want to be in the streets there is this rally at the UC Berkeley campus.

  • Family spaces:

    • Sunday, August 27: Anti-Racist Storytime 3PM – 5PM, 1367 Valencia St., SF. Hosted by Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) in SF
    • Sunday, August 27: Playdate, teach-in, and discussion space 10AM – 12PM, Frog Park 5353 Miles Ave. Oakland. About sanctuary homes and anti-racist action.

RESOURCES

A few resources to understand and fight white supremacy:

• From Charlottesville
• Anti-semitism
• Racism 101
• For white folks
• For teachers – also search for #CharlottesvilleCurriculum
• For parents
• On antifa
• Strategic nonviolence

Understanding the context (both historical and systemic)

• America is Hooked on the Drug White Supremacy. And We’re Paying for that Today. By Carol Anderson, author of White Rage, linking the explicit white supremacy of Charlottesville with the more covert white supremacy of tough on crime policies and stereotypes of the ‘welfare queen’.

• Southern Poverty Law Center report on confederate monuments – amongst many findings, exposing that the construction of confederate monuments peaked not after the civil war but during times of increased white supremacist violence, during jim crow and the civil rights.

• Trump Is Using Old Jim Crow Tactics to Usher in a New Era of Racist Violence – article by Project South. The Trump administration is having a hard time governing by legislation so they are governing by racist suggestion, with dire consequences.

• Charlottesville started with a statue. Will Americans confront their history now? Linking the Unite the Right rally with historical white supremacy.

Antifa 

• Drawing Equivalencies Between Fascists and Anti-Fascists Is Not Just Wrong—It’s Dangerous – exposing the flaws and danger of the ‘both sides’ arguement.

• Antifa: A Look at the Anti-Fascist Movement Confronting White Supremacists in the Streets on Democracy Now, looking at the history and purpose of anti-fascist groups.

Action Steps

• When violent White Supremacists show up to “protest” in your city, what will you do? By Malkia Cyril, 6 things to consider in figuring out how to respond and some tips on digital security to keep yourself safe.

• Don’t feed the trolls – how to combat the Alt-Right by Kazu Haga

• What Black Lives Matter Organizers Are Doing To Fight White Supremacy At Every Level from courageous conversations to pressuring elected officials.

• The Movement for Black Lives + The Majority: Confronting White Supremacy from Charlottesville to the White House – Action and Solidarity Kit – a toolkit to help groups vision, develop shared principles and orient towards long-term organizing.

• The Role of White People in This Time – a brilliant toolkit created by Southerners on New Ground, to help white people reflect, transform and act.

• PRA and ROP report: Up in Arms Up in Arms: A Guide to Oregon’s Patriot Movement is a groundbreaking report and toolkit designed to support local communities responding to armed militias and other Patriot movement groups. (This report focuses on Oregon but the lessons are useful nationally).

• Catalyst pamphlet: A Troublemaker’s Guide: Principles for Racial Justice Activists in the Face of State Repression – people resisting in this moment are being targeted by police and taken to court. Grand juries have regularly been used against people fighting racism and fascism. Here is a tool for all of us to think through how to be prepared for that and other kinds of repression.

Anti-semitism in White Nationalism

• PRA article: Skin in the game: How Anti-Semitism Animates White Nationalism

• Danica Bornstein on Anti-Semitism and white anti-racism after Charlottesville

• Jewish Fear, Love and Solidarity in the Wake of Charlottesville

• Jewish Voice for Peace on Fighting Anti-Semitism and Inaccurate and Misleading Definitions of Antisemitism

Understanding current White Supremacist movements

• Vice news episode on the leaders who called for the Unite the Right rallyand other groups who were there in Charlottesville.

• Audio from Suzanne Pharr’s presentation on The History of the Right Wingat Out South: A Gathering of LGBTQ Southern Leadership.

• Clt-Alt-Delete: The Origins and Ideology of the Alt-Right Report by Political Research Associates