Crucial to the work for racial justice is the understanding of the origin and history of race. With that in mind, this session explores the beginning of race as a concept; early attempts to articulate the idea and its initial impact on emerging European and American nation-states, such as naturalizing the nation, masking economic inequality, and creating borders.

Crucial to the work for racial justice is the understanding of the origin and history of race. With that in mind, this session explores the beginning of race as a concept; early attempts to articulate the idea and its initial impact on emerging European and American nation-states, such as naturalizing the nation, masking economic inequality, and creating borders.

As one of the foremost writers and speakers critiquing civilization and articulating a “primitivist” or green anarchist approach, John Zerzan has traveled extensively across the country and overseas. In this talk, he reflects on the shift in anarchist thought and practice over the past decade, and what we might learn from people resisting cultures of death around the world.