"We must love and support one another" -Assata Shakur
The Personal Is Political
Who We Are
Mission
The Anti-Oppression Collective (AOC) is a collective that grew out of UAW 2865's union organizing efforts. When the union decided to excise anti-oppression from its commitments we continued to develop a set of tools and resources for all organizers interested in understanding the structures of oppression at work in higher education.
Purpose
The purpose of this collective is to center an organizing approach in which economic, social, and racial justice go hand-in-hand; the AOC’s guiding principle is the belief that empowerment of underrepresented groups and empowerment of the collective are mutually constitutive. AOC organizing has contributed to campaign-building for UAW 2865’s contract fight, political education and programming on social justice issues affecting our membership, and training union officers in anti-oppressive meeting facilitation. We are also involved in similar education work well beyond the union, particularly among the wildcat organizers of the #COLA4ALL campaign.
Our Strategy
The goals and strategies of this collective include: undoing oppressive internal dynamics within our organizing spaces, politically educating our co-workers, and organizing in solidarity with students, community groups, and other organizers against various forms of oppression.
What We've Accomplished
AOC member organizing supported securing our last contract’s guarantees for increased benefits for student-parents, instructional opportunities for undocumented student-workers, all-gender restrooms, and much more.
Critical University Studies
Orienting our work is a realization that we are shaped by our workplace, the university, and must keep a critical gaze upon both it and the management which profits off our exploitation.
History Of The University
Critical University Texts
Resources: Race
What is race and how does it intersect with the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on race.
Organizing Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on race.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Resources: Class
What is class and how does it inform the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on class.
Organizer Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on class.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Resources: Gender
What is gender and how does it intersect with the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on gender.
Organizer Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on gender.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Resources: Sexuality
What is sexuality and how does it inform the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on sexuality.
Organizer Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on sexuality.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Steven Seidman, The Social Construction of Sexuality
Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality
Eve Sedgewick, Epistemology of the Closet
Resources: Immigration
What is immigration and how does it inform the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on immigration.
Organizer Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on immigration.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Resources: Disability
What is disability and how does it inform the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on disability.
Organizer Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on disability.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Resources: Religion
What is religion and how does it inform the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on religion.
Organizing Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on religion.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Resources: Colonialism
What is colonialism and how does it frame the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on colonialism.
Organizer Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on colonialism.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Resources: Palestine
What is Palestine, and how is the conflict over Palestine a labor issue? Below you'll find organizing and academic resources on Palestine.
Organizer Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on colonialism.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
Resources: Prison Industrial Complex
What is the prison industrial complex and how does it impact the labor movement? Below you'll find resources (both practical and academic) on the prison industrial complex (PIC).
Organizer Resources
This list includes syllabi organized by activists, as well as particularly informative articles on the prison industrial complex.
Academic Resources
As a part of an academic union, we've also compiled a set of academic resources. What is open-source we have linked, otherwise we've directed folks towards their presses.
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