The art of manifestos / "Manifesto of the Erased"

“A world where God isn't used as an excuse to be horrible people is what we aim for; a world where ‘he’ doesn't exist as the savior is a world worth living in."

So begins the powerful and pointed manifesto by Crystal Zaragoza. Listen to excerpts from “Manifesto of the Erased: Mujeres, Decolonize El Dios Americano” in this week's bonus manifestos episode.

Crystal Zaragoza is a first-generation Mexican-American activist and member of Trans Queer Pueblo, an organization in Phoenix working to empower trans and queer migrant/undocumented communities of color. She created "Manifesto of the Erased" in 2015.

Art from the Episode

Artist Denisse Marin created collages featuring text from Manifesto of the Erased. 

More from Denisse Marin

Bonus Series: The Art of Manifestos 

Manifestos are screams into the sky. They’re a collective voice of millions, or a tiny but terrible voice of a few. They are claims to power by those who are powerless.

And most of the time, the manifestos can seem completely unreasonable. Completely unrealistic. They have no patience for taking things slow, for moderation, for incremental change. They don’t give a fuck about being respectable earning some kind of attention. Fuck that, the manifestos say. We are loud, proud, and demand change now.

So this bonus series focuses on these kinds of manifestos. Each episode highlights one manifesto, talks a little bit about where this came from in context, and a little bit about the author/group. Then a reading. These are bite-sized bits of rage and power to fuel you between regular Art of Resistance episodes.

Read more about this series

Make your Manifesto

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SOURCES

• Burn It Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution, Breanne Fahs.