Why are we so short on Audre Lorde material? We have no excuses. This is one of her seminal pieces, though we do have to say that we often disagree with the title of it (one of our stock lines for years has been “those who say we can’t use the masters tools to burn down the masters house don’t understand how big the plantation is.” This is not a criticism of Lorde per se, but of naive activists who quote her out of context to excuse hamstringing ourselves). But the title certainly applies here, in this context, and far be it for us to take take in vain the Lorde’s work.
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History Is A Weapon is a left counter-hegemonic education project. This blog serves to highlight updated material and offer sporadic commentary.
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Reading: Open Veins of Latin America, a lot of Greg Grandin and John Dinges
Enjoying: making interactive maps, creating radical media, and looking forward to this summer
Working On: An awesome project on Latin American History. If you're interested you should reach out to us.
