In the spirit of people power, in a pre-revolutionary moment anchored in a season of global uprising, Take Em Down NOLA presents Roots Rising II, the 2nd Take Em Down NOLA Zine. Real stories. Real history. From the bottom up. Not the top down. Telling the stories of our struggle to remove not only the symbols of white toxicity (masked as supremacy) in our city, but the many negative effects of the capitalist system, in which those symbols perpetuate themselves.
As the world built on lies crumbles all around us, it is both the opportunity and responsibility of we the people to create a new one rooted in truth. Truths we must fight to reveal and expose. As we witness the false ideology of white “supremacy” be unveiled for the inferiority complex it is rooted in, and all its poisoned limbs identified: from hetero-patriarchy, militarism, state sanctioned violence, and toxic masculinity, to sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ablism and all the minions of capitalist oppression, it is up to we the people to reveal the reality of our own power and greatness as we undo the isms that have held us down for centuries.
But there will be no liberation until we change the world around us to shape our needs. And we can’t change the world until we first change our minds. The revolution of the mind begins with political education. Let yours start… or continue… with our 2nd zine.
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Roots Rising: The Take ‘Em Down NOLA Zine, Volume 1
The first major component of Take ‘Em Down NOLA’s Build ‘Em Up initiative is the premier issue of “Roots Rising: The Take Em Down NOLA Zine.” This is the first and only official account of the grassroots movement that catalyzed the world with the removal of four white supremacist monuments right here in New Orleans.
Hear the stories from the organizers themselves, learn how the power of the people made change and support the movement that made history in our city. A limited amount of copies may be purchased at several events at which Take Em Down NOLA will be represented in the coming months.
