"In the struggles for prison abolition, global anti-imperialism, immigrant rights, affordable housing, environmental justice, fair labor, and more, twenty-first-century Asian American activists are speaking out and standing up to systems of oppression. Creating emancipatory futures requires collective action and reciprocal relationships that are nurtured over time and forged through cross-racial solidarity and intergenerational connections, leading to a range of on-the-ground experiences. Bringing together grassroots organizers and scholar-activists, Contemporary Asian American Activism presents lived experiences of the fight for transformative justice and offers lessons to ensure the longevity and sustainability of organizing. In the face of imperialism, white supremacy, racial capitalism, heteropatriarchy, ableism, and more, the contributors celebrate victories and assess failures, reflect on the trials of activist life, critically examine long-term movement building, and inspire continued mobilization for coming generations"--

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Building an Archive of Asian American Organizing PraxisRobyn Magalit Rodriguez and Diane C. Fujino¿PART 1: INCARCERATIONS, DISPLACEMENTS, AND TRANSFORMATIONSChapter 1 Prison-to-Leadership Pipeline: Asian American Prisoner Activism Eddy Zheng¿Chapter 2 Ho'opono Mamo and Restorative Practices: Reflections on Scholar Activism in Juvenile Justice Systems ChangeKaren Umemoto¿Chapter 3 The Streets of SoMa: Building Community amid Displacement in San FranciscoAngelica Cabande, with Katherine Nasol¿PART 2: INTERNATIONALISM AND LOCAL STRUGGLESChapter 4 Dismantling the "Undocumented Korean Box": Race, Education, and Undocumented Korean Immigrant Activism for LiberationGa Young Chung¿Chapter 5 Drivers on the Front Lines: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Neoliberalism, and Global Pandemic-An Interview with Javaid Tariq Diane C. Fujino¿Chapter 6 BAYAN USA: Filipino Transnational Radical Activism in the United States in the Twenty-First CenturyJessica Antonio¿PART 3: POLITICAL EDUCATION AND RADICAL PEDAGOGYChapter 7 Political Education as Revolutionary PraxisMay C. Fu¿Chapter 8 "Organizing Wherever Your Feet Land": Reconceptualizing Writing and Writing Instruction in the Legacy of Asian American ActivismKatherine H. Lee¿Chapter 9 How Does It Feel to Be on the Precipice? ChangeLab, A Racial Justice ExperimentSoya Jung¿PART 4: ON MOVEMENT BUILDING: SHAPED BY THE PAST, CREATING NEW FUTURESChapter 10 On Movement Praxis in the Era of TrumpismAlex T. Tom¿Chapter 11 "Pete Wilson Trying to See Us All Broke": Asian American Cross-Racial Student Activism in 1990s California Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, with Wayne JopandäChapter 12 The Struggle to Abolish Environmental and Economic Racism: Asian Radical Imagining from the Homeland to the Front LinePam Tau Lee¿Epilogue: Radical Love for a New GenerationRobyn Magalit Rodriguez¿List of Contributors¿Index