Our Study Guides
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To be an activist fighting for policy change and social justice is to be on a life-long journey of self-education; learning more about systems of oppression, how you carry them with you, and the strategies to push for policies that promote social justice.
Our study guides are for the activist on the go–someone who wants to learn about the theory behind social justice and how to apply that theory in their own community organizing. Just like you, our time and attention span are limited.
These study guides will never authentically capture the full wisdom that comes from reading the original texts. If a study guide interests you, we recommend you purchase the book in question and take your self-education further.
Learn more about the inner workings of the system that encompasses every aspect of our life: capitalism. From what it means to work to how capitalists acquire profit, Thier's book 'A People's Guide to Capitalism' covers it all.
Dive into how one understands race, systemic racism, and how to overcome it in this study guide of Beverly Daniel Tatum's book 'Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?'
Fights for social justice–be it for Black liberation, feminism, or the freedom of Palestine–are all interconnected. Learn about how to organize across movements in this study guide of Angela Davis' 2016 book 'Freedom is a Constant Struggle.'
Every single one of us must be actively antiracist in our lives. Learn more about racism and how to be an antiracist with this study guide of Ibram X. Kendi's 2019 book, 'How to Be an Antiracist.'
Learn about the housing crisis, housing justice, and what can and should be done to address such injustices.
Be introduced to the concept of intersectional environmentalism by the founder of the organization of the same name.
Learn about the history of policing, modern-day police violence, how the policing of communities is racialized, and alternatives and forms of resistance to policing in this study guide of Joe Macaré, Maya Schenwar, and Alana Yu-lan Price's 2016 book 'Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?'
Conversations around feminism should not happen without conversations around misogynoir. Learn more about misogynoir and how it manifests in the 21st century's digital spaces in this study guide of Moya Bailey's 'Misogynoir Transformed.'
Learn more about the life and times of the LGBTQ+ community in the lead-up to the Stonewall uprising through this study guide of the New York Public Library's 'The Stonewall Reader.
Dive into the world of feminism and feminist movements in Radical in Progress' study guide of bell hooks' 2000 book 'Feminism is for Everybody.'
Get to know the basics of Marxism and socialism with this study guide of Paul Le Blanc's 2016 book 'From Marx to Gramsci: A Reader in Revolutionary Marxist Politics.'
So you're on board with socialism, but your next concern is climate change. Learn about what happens when ecology and socialism come together with this study guide of Michael Löwy's 2015 book 'Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe.'
To decolonize antiracism means to recognize that colonialism is an ongoing project and that the fight for Indigenous sovereignty is not second to the fight for Black liberation and racial justice. Learn about what this all means in our study guide of Lawrence and Dua's 2005 academic article 'Decolonizing Antiracism'.
White supremacy is alive, well, and very violent to this day. Learn about what white supremacy is, how it operates on the Internet, and what we as average people can do to stop white supremacists in our study guide of Talia Lavin’s 2020 book ‘Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy.’
Disability justice is a much-needed yet often forgotten aspect of social justice movements. Learn about what disability justice is and how to make it a reality with our study guide of Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s 2018 book ‘Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice.’
Mutual aid is an inherently political form of community care. By caring for one another and changing immediate conditions, communities can help themselves thrive. In this study guide, learn more about what mutual aid is and how to do it from Dean Spade.
You've used the word 'intersectionality,' but have you read the article where Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term? This study guide is of that very 1989 article 'Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory, and antiracist politics.'
Dive into what reproductive justice is and how to attain it in this study guide of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective and The Pro-Choice Public Education Project's ‘The Reproductive Justice Briefing Book: A Primer on Reproductive Justice and Social Change.’
Learn about what prison abolition is, why we need a complete overhaul of society, and how prison abolition deals with harm and violence. Our study guide is based on Mariame Kaba's 2021 book 'We Do This ‘Til We Free Us.'
Explore environmental racism in more depth with our study guide based on Ingrid Waldron’s 2018 book ‘There’s Something in the Water.’ Here, we learn about what environmental racism is, how it disproportionately affects Indigenous and Black communities, and what we can do to come together to combat it.
Learn more about abolition with this fundamental piece from Angela Davis. This is a study guide of Davis' 2004 book 'Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture.'