The Carnival of Radical Action, Sixth Edition

Dr. Elle and Vox will be hosting the undoubtedly mind blowing sixth edition of the Carnival of Radical Action: Radical History. It will be posted in early December. Radical submissions are due November 29. By radical, we mean really good stuff like the previous carnivals! Check out previous carnivals for ideas!

The RWOC put out the best, most mind blowing carnivals so I’ve only read every word of the first one at M’s which is no longer available. Maybe I’ll be able to read every word of the second, third, fourth and fifth Carnivals for Radical Action over the winter holidays:

She who stumbles: Second Carnival of Radical Action!

no snow here: Carnival of Radical Action III: The Allied Media Conference

Having Read the Fine Print: Carnival of Education- Radical School Edition, Carnival of Radical Action: Back To School edition

A Woman’s Ecdysis: Carnival of Radical Action 5: Revolutionary Change

ellephd:

Inspired by the wonderful M…“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.”

That is, according to my limited research, an African proverb that I first encountered at nubian’s site. But as a historian who minored in world history (with a focus on west central Africa) and specialized in the U.S. since 1945, I knew it to be true. Despite all that I learned in my African history courses, the Africans and their descendants whom I studied in my U.S. courses had no history, no background, no lives. They just appeared one day in Jamestown to serve English settlers. That was what the hunters’ history emphasized.

That is just one of the many reasons that for the sixth edition of the Carnival of Radical Action, Vox and I want you to explore making radical history. How do we create and participate in radical history? And how do we chronicle it? (This is a question that dominates my mind as I continually reflect on my long-term goals as a historian.)

Some food for thought:

• How do radical activists incorporate history into their activism?

• What are the processes involved in forming radical, history-shaping movements in our day and age (i.e. how do we initiate, shape, translate into action our responses to injustice and violence against and within our communities)?

• How do we learn from the past and incorporate radical themes in our work?

Vox and I are co-hosting the carnival here. You may submit posts here, use the Blog Carnival submission page, or contact Vox or me. The deadline for submissions is November 29, 2007 and the CoRA will be posted in early December.

Vox ex Machina:

Carnival of Radical Action, Sixth EditionDr. Elle and I are co-hosting the sixth Carnival of Radical Action over at her place. It’s the radical history edition! We want to see entries about creating and recording radical history, forming history-shaping movements, and how history is incorporated into activism. Please check out Elle’s announcement for more information (seriously, click the link).

The deadline is November 29, and the carnival will go up at some point in early December. You can submit entries via the blog carnival page or by contacting Elle or me.