The revolution starts at home : confronting intimate violence within activist communities / edited by Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani, & Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ; preface by Andrea Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chen, Ching-In, 1978- editor.

Dulani, Jai, editor.

Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi, 1975- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intimate partner violence.

Same-sex partner abuse.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 325 pages ; 23 cm full stop

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chico, CA ; Edinburgh, Scotland : AK Press, [2016]

Summary:

The Revolution Starts at Home is as urgently needed today as when it was first published. This watershed collection breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the "secret" of intimate violence within social justice circles. Just as importantly, it provides practical strategies for dealing with abuse and creating safety without relying on the coercive power of the state. It also offers life-saving alternatives for survivors, while building a movement where no one is left behind. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Safety at the intersections of intimate, community & state violence

Reclaiming Queer & Trans Safety / Morgan Bassichis Bassichis, Morgan 5

Ending Oppression. Building Solidarity. Creating Community Solutions. / Meiver De la Cruz Cruz, Meiver De la, Carol Gomez Matahari: Eye of the Day 25

It Takes Ass to Whip Ass: Understanding & Confronting Violence Against Sex Workers a roundtable discussion with Miss Major, Mariko Passion & Jessica Yee Introduced & Edited / Juliet November November, Juliet 57

I Am Because We Are: Believing Survivors & Facing Down the Barrel of the Gun Alexis Pauline Gumbs (UBUNTU): Interviewed by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 79

Part 2 On survivorship

Homewrecker: Gina de Vries 93

The Secret Joy of Accountability: Self-accountability as a Building Block for Change / Shannon Perez-Darby Perez-Darby, Shannon 101

Seeking Asylum: On Intimate Partner Violence & Disability / Peggy Munson Munson, Peggy 115

There Is Another Way / Ana-Maurine Lara Lara, Ana-Maurine 137

Part 3 (re)claiming body, (re)claiming space

Manifesto / Vanessa Huang Huang, Vanessa 153

Without My Consent / Bran Fenner Fenner, Bran 155

A Sliding Stance / N. 163

When your parents made you / Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi 169

Freedom & Strategy / Trauma & Resistance / Timothy Colm Colm, Timothy 175

Part 4 We are ready now

Beautiful, Difficult, Powerful: Ending Sexual Assault Through Transformative justice The Chrysalis Collective 189

Making Our Stories Matter: The StoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP) / Rachel Herzing Herzing, Rachel, Isaac Ontiveros Ontiveros, Isaac 207

What Does It Feel Like When Change Finally Comes?: Male Supremacy, Accountability & Transformative Justice / Gaurav Jashnani Jashnani, Gaurav, RJ Maccani Maccani, RJ, Alan Greig The Challenging Male Supremacy Project (CMS) 217

Movement Building Starts with Healthy Relationships: Transforming Silence Into Action (TSIA) in Asian Pacific Islander LBQT Communities / Orchid Pusey Pusey, Orchid, gita mehrotra mehrotra, gita 237

Think. Re-think. Accountable Communities / Connie Burk Burk, Connie 265.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781849352628

1849352623

OCLC:

959606851