• Mardoniush [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Are they the good ML guys or the TERF ML guys it's really hard to keep up.

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
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      2 years ago

      CPB is the best communist party Britain can ask for right now. Light-years ahead of CPUSA is ideological substance, and PCUSA in membership.

      If you're British, and you concider yourself a Red, you should be a part of the party and help shape it into the party of the entire working class.

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Apparently they actually have close ties with my local CPUSA which is apparently one of the better/more radical chapters.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
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          2 years ago

          Bit odd, usually it's supposed to be the international departments that do all the talky talky stuff and not individual cells of the parties.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      They've all been terfy to a certain degree historically, to my knowledge there's not a single one that you can say is perfect and that's why Red Fightback ended up becoming a thing. I'm certain CPB comes up in their book from a couple years back but would need to dig through it to find the specific policy, I think it was some "upholding gender rights of women to protect them" terf bullshit.

      What the situation is currently with them on terf shit I do not know but CPB has been very visible at events and active in organising lately which has probably played a major role in current growth.

      EDIT:

      At the CPB’s 2018 congress, it was decided to defend and promote ‘sex-based rights and protections’ based on the contention that women’s oppression is caused by ‘biological sex’, and ‘reinforced by gender stereotyping’.

      From: https://redfightback.org/read/transphobia_in_the_left#class-origins-of-gender

      The other parties aren't spared either. Like I said though this is now several years old and I'm unaware of what the current situation is with them and whether they made strides to improve on this.

      EDIT: I'll also add that I've worked with and know several good comrades at CPB. Nobody is going to throw baby out with the bathwater at a time when shit is popping off. Be critical if there's still issues but we've got shit to do right now as well.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        lmao womens oppression is caused by biological sex, guess all the people fucking with me cause i look like a woman are actually sneaking 100 dollar bills in my back pocket after theyre done

        • D61 [any]
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          2 years ago

          So this is actually them being TERF-y and not a ham fisted way of saying that the idea of biological sex is a root of gendered oppression?

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I suspect they're going to get a lot of baby Marxists who resonate with the vibe but aren't really big on theory.