Heal in the Waters Wellness

Here are links for programs in Detroit and throughout the US engaging the people in organizing, political education, or are working to meet the direct material or energetic needs of the people. You will also find a list of books for political education that I have read or will read, or have been recommended to me or written by comrades I trust.

Neither list is definitive. More resources will be added as I have capacity.

Book List

Africa and Unity – Vincent B Thompson

All about Love – bell hooks

Assata – Assata Shakur

Black Scare Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States – Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly

Capitalism and Slavery – Eric Williams

Class Struggle in Africa – Kwame Nkrumah

Consciencism – Kwame Nkrumah

Communist Manifesto – Karl Marx

Dialectical Approach to Culture – Ahmed Seku Ture

Garvey and Garveyism – Amy Garvey

Ghana: Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah – Kwame Nkrumah

Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare – Kwame Nkrumah

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Imperialism – V.I Lenin

Introduction to Marxism – Emile Burns

Malcolm X Speaks – George Breitman

Never Catch Me – Darius Simpson

Return to the Source – Amilear Cabral

Revolutionary Suicide – Huey Newton

The World and Africa – W.E.B. DuBois

Towards Colonial Freedom – Kwame Nkrumah

“Two Myths” from Revolutionary Path – Kwame Nkrumah

Women in Society – Ahmed Seku Ture

Communal Resources

Organizations to Struggle With

Groups are only added if they:

1. Actively engage in revolution with clearly stated politics, are engaged in political education, and have clear ideological direction (at the very least are anti capitalist AND imperialist) shown in their praxis.

2. Operate without commodifying organizing or are actively working towards decommodifying their work if they have not already done so.

All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (international with Work Study Groups in Detroit and internationally)

Black Alliance for Peace (international)

Community Movement Builders (international with a chapter in Detroit)

Feedom Freedom Growers (Based in Detroit. Here is their documentary. Org website to be added soon)

Peoples Programs (Oakland, CA)