This Counter Narrate homepage was launched alongside the publication of the February 2025 essay “Resist Anticipatory Obedience” by CUNY faculty members Elizabeth Bishop and Michelle Fine. At the time of its publication, we also launched an archive for educators and community members entitled “Public Offering: Archive of Resistance and Subversion (POARS).”

1) Click on DIALOGUE 1 to read Part 1:”Resist Anticipatory Obedience” or DIALOGUE 2 to read Part 2: “The Need to Resist and Build.” Other dialogues will follow in conversation with our co-conpirators.

2) Click on ARCHIVE to see the collected materials being submitted. Submit your own artifacts.

To quote Ruha Benjamin: “Let us be careful with each other so we can be dangerous together.”