Liberation Factbook

Oppression - what it is and how to end it

(first page structure - draft for comment) The idea is that most of the generic structure is shifted to sub contents pages for all the 'specific forms' of oppression, to be mediated by people who have experienced and studied the specifics of those forms.

OPPRESSION
Introduction and policy - an attempt to give an overview of oppression and a map of what is being done towards ending it. Oppression is the main impediment to human happiness, well being and even survival. All oppression must be ended to overcome any oppression in particular. A tremendous amount is being done but it tends to be fragmented with nothing to pull together a general will to end oppression as a prime historical human project.

Seed content will be attempt to provide structure and key links until such time as a wider participation by experts in each area might fill this out.

Policy - Any oppressed group can only effectively speak for itself so the wiki structure could be an ideal way of presenting an overall picture.


 * Definitions of oppression

The systemmatic mistreatment of one group by another. One group takes a superior position and identity, the oppressed group is made to feel inferior. The superior group often seems to gain some real or imagined advantage from their superiority. The superior group feel their superiority as inate or justified and have feelings of revulsion and disgust toward the inferior group. These feelings are argued, or simply presented, as true or inevitable or unavoidable reasons for the 'mistreatement'.

''Characteristics of all forms of Oppression
- a generalised making people appear superiority or inferiority to each other.''


 * Glamour and physical difference


 * Geographical rivalry/ foreigners/ immigrants


 * Historical perspectives


 * Culture


 * Our knowledge of oppression - facts and testimony


 * The essential silence - oppression has to hide its mechanisms


 * Exclusion and inclusion


 * How oppression effects the oppressed

- How installed

- How maintained

- Liberation strategies and tools


 * How oppression effects the oppressor

- How installed

- How maintained

- Liberation strategies and tools


 * Liberation strategies - from Equal Opportunities to revolutionary uprising


 * Wiki writing and editing policy - to be as accessible and concise as possible.


 * The main categories of oppression - discussion on cateories and amalgams


 * A place for writing about oppression in general

SPECIFIC FORMS OF OPPRESSION

with a draft generic structure under classism

Classism
Summary description

Definitions

History

Facts and figures

Testimony

Oppressed

Oppressors

Liberation strategies & stories

How oppression effects the oppressed







How oppression effects the oppressor







Amalgams identities e.g.

- working class Jews

- working class students in higher education

- working class teachers

Job categories -

Sources of information


 * Internet - Facts, testimony and fiction


 * Books - Facts, testimony and fiction - books


 * Movies - documentary and fiction


 * Other cultural forms of expression

Contacts and organisations

GENERAL LINKS
http://www.oppression.org/info/

http://www.american-pictures.com/english/racism/oppression.htm Jacob Holdt's site

http://www.letswrap.com/nadvinfo/internal.htm internalised oppression

http://www.wildestcolts.com/mentalhealth/enforcer.html mental health system oppression


 * Opression timeline re Irish & Blacks

VIOLENCE by ALAN BRADSHAW
 * NOT THE 'EVIL DOERS' BUT CLASS OPPRESSION BEHIND WORLD'S UNRELENTING

Resources on Class Oppression By Randy Viscio as an example that will be put on a page from 'Class Opression'

Internet

http://www.dickinson.edu/~barone/ExtendClassRGC.PDF (bringing classism more fully into the race, gender picture) http://www.norfolkbroads.com/interest/pdf/littleport.pdf (A parable of War, Recession and Class Oppression) http://www.american-pictures.com/english/racism/oppression.htm (Insights about Oppression: American Pictures

Books

Worlds of Pain by Lilian Rubin A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens White Boys and River Girls: Stories. Paula K. Gover, Michael Kressley The Outsiders by SE Hinton

Movies

Any movie by John Sayles is worth viewing on this subject Harlan County War Where the Day Takes You Last Exit to Brooklyn One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ***1900 (This you may find in the foreign film section. I strongly recommend this) _____________________________________________