so many “communists” whose politics might be better described as Chinese nationalism or in some cases anti Americanism / anti Westism have such terrible takes about women and sex work due to having surrendered their abilities to critically think to only see things in terms of everything about my camp is good and correct and everything about the other camp is bad and incorrect
This is absolutely a dynamic I've noticed. In addition to that, the imperial core is rampant with misogyny and classism. A number of otherwise functional leftists refuse to self-crit and address their own misogyny. The end result is they self-select for political reviews that allow them to reframe and retain as much of their existing prejudices as possible. "Patriotic Socialists" and Stupidpol are two other examples.
This is tolerated and even encouraged in other online spaces and that’s why this struggle session happens once a month.
It's discouraging how widespread SWERF viewpoints are. I cannot safely organize with someone that will happily report me to the pigs. I'm not surprised the federal government and LEOs spend so much money supporting SWERF groups like AF3IRM
I thankfully don’t need to explain to any actual Marxists or Anarchists that the bourgeois police state cannot be used to “protect proletarian women.”
This is absolutely a dynamic I've noticed. In addition to that, the imperial core is rampant with misogyny and classism. A number of otherwise functional leftists refuse to self-crit and address their own misogyny. The end result is they self-select for political reviews that allow them to reframe and retain as much of their existing prejudices as possible. "Patriotic Socialists" and Stupidpol are two other examples.
It's discouraging how widespread SWERF viewpoints are. I cannot safely organize with someone that will happily report me to the pigs. I'm not surprised the federal government and LEOs spend so much money supporting SWERF groups like AF3IRM
I thankfully don’t need to explain to any actual Marxists or Anarchists that the bourgeois police state cannot be used to “protect proletarian women.”