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Social Movement Periodicals

Small collection of periodicals produced by anti-imperialist organizations. Arm the Spirit is an information collective focusing on militant and revolutionary struggles with an autonomous perspective. Seize the Time was a Marxist-Leninist organization that grew out of the revolutionary national struggles of Black, Chicano, Asian American and Native American people. The White Panthers were White, leftist, anti-racists who formed the party in support of the Black Panther Party while White Lightning was produced by the White section of the Spirit of Logos organization, based in the Bronx, N.Y., a revolutionary organization dedicated to serving the people.

Subcollections

Arm the Spirit For Revolutionary Resistance
Arm The Spirit was an autonomist/anti-imperialist journal focusing on militant and revolutionary struggles published in Toronto, Canada between 1990 and 2000.
Berkeley Tribe
The Berkeley Tribe was a radical counterculture weekly underground newspaper published in Berkeley, California from 1969 to 1972
Seize The Time
Seize the Time was a Marxist-Leninist organization that grew out of the revolutionary national struggles of Black, Chicano, Asian American and Native American peoples.
Shades of Power
Shades of Power was the newsletter for the Institute for MultiRacial Justice, co-founded the Mission District by Chicana activist Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez in 1997.
Tri-Continental Information Center Bulletin
Published monthly by the Tri-continental Information Center in New York, this newsletter covers international anti-imperialist news.
White Lightning
Founded by ex-addicts, the White section of the Spirit of Logos organization, based in the Bronx, N.Y., a revolutionary organization dedicated to serving the people.
White Panther Party
The White Panthers were White, leftist, anti-racists who formed the party in support of the Black Panther Party.