Some of the texts linked below are focused on how much of the radical/revolutionary left consists of a small group of people with similar backgrounds. Other linked texts might not focus on this situation, but contain reflections or suggestions useful for those of us who consider it a problem.
Peter Gelderloos, A Critical History of Harrisonburg Food Not Bombs1, 2006.
eleven o clock alchemy, Why I Broke Up with the Anarchist Community. November 2009
Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, The Progressive Plantation: Racism Inside White Radical Social Change Groups.
Jeff Shantz, Beyond May Day: From ritual to resistance. May 2012
Chasing after Ghosts: a Critique of anarchist organizing, and its worst contradictions, in the [North] American context. 2012 (print PDF, u.s. letter)
Chekov Feeney, The limits of counter-culture. 2013
Kevin Keating, The anarchist subculture and the leftist protest ghetto: a review of 'Fireworks,' Issue 3. 2014
Doug Gilbert, The Rise of Oakland’s Riot Culture. February 2015
D Hunter, Power and Community: Mistakes in organising.
Bay Area Intifada, The Challenge of Autonomy: Prospects for Freedom Going Into 2021. January 2021
Black Anarchist Reflections, From Bash Back! and Beyond. September 2023 (print PDF, u.s. letter; screen reading PDF)
Stoking the Embers Collective, Breaking out of subcultures: the need for organisation and strategy. 2024
Some Questions To Be Addressed Before Milwaukee and the Bay. September 2024
Less Radical Than You Think. January 2025.
Mask Bloc Louisville is... DISSOLVING because of Anti Blackness 🔥 A CALL OUT: How u.s. Mask Blocs Gatekeep Supplies. September 2025 (Imginn link).