A radical study session on narratives of violence, the weaponization of “safety” and lessons for social movements. We will be revisiting chapter 6 of Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba’s 2023 book
Let This Radicalize You in the context of our current moment, considering framings of violence amidst the ongoing genocide in Palestine, escalating border violence around the world and the fierce suppression of social movements in the US and beyond.
Reading of the chapter before the session is ideal BUT NOT REQUIRED!
OPTIONAL further reading!:
READ
“Abolition as a Transnational, Anti-colonial Struggle” - Robyn Maynard, The Forge
WATCH Mohammed El-Kurd in conversation with Marc Lamont Hill (“Perfect Victims, Palestine and the Politics of Resistance,”
from 15:26) and/or READ “Tropes and Drones” - Mohammed El-Kurd, Perfect Victims ch.5
READ
“Concerning Violence” - Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth ch.1
Let This Radicalize You and Perfect Victims are both available from
haymarketbooks.org and the book room at Socialism 2025!
