I have recently been interested in organizing more (outside of animal rights and anti-racism) and was looking to join a communist org. Unfortunately the choice for these kind of movements is incredibly limited where I live. I found a trot org that is linked to IMT near me and was willing to give them a chance as choice is limited.

After reading their manifesto, I think I won’t bother... Here’s a translation of some paragraphs.

Our position is very simple: in every struggle, we always take the side of the oppressed against the oppressors. But this general position is not precise enough. We must add that our position is essentially negative. This means that we are opposed to all forms of oppression and discrimination - whether they target women, people of color, homosexuals, transgender people or any other minority.

However, we firmly and categorically reject “identity” politics which, under the pretext of defending the rights of this or that group, play a reactionary role, dividing the working class, weakening its unity and providing invaluable aid to the ruling class.

The labor movement has been contaminated by a whole series of ideas that were alien to it. Postmodernism, identity politics, “political correctness” and other oddities have been smuggled in from the universities by the “left” petty bourgeoisie, who act as a conveyor belt for reactionary ideas alien to the working class.

Stemming from “postmodernism”, identity politics have confused the brains of many students. But these ideas have also been introduced into the workers' movement, where they are used as weapons by the bureaucracy to combat the most resolute militants.

They have a whole FAQ section dedicated to how inclusive writing is wrong because it divides the working class ffs.

    • qcop [they/them]
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      17 hours ago

      I’m not that familiar with trots, but I would hope they are not all reactionnary shitheads. Still I was getting excited of having a leftist org near me... Guess I’ll take the advice of looking for a remote org as I don’t have the energy to start an org at the moment.

      • Owl [he/him]
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        16 hours ago

        Trot orgs aren't really known for being reactionary shitheads, they're more known for having bad ideas about AES and for forming splitter orgs at the drop of a hat. Of course all the splitter orgs have to have different opinions on something or another, so they've each gotta have one bizarre take or another.

        They're also known for making newspapers, of course.

      • alexandra_kollontai [she/her]
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        14 hours ago

        I am in a trot org and it's very good about minorities. I presented a talk about trans lives vs the far right in my country and it was very well received.

      • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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        16 hours ago

        Some aren't, but a lot have one or two things they have a bizarrely awful takes on. And I don't mean disagreements over history, theory or praxis (for example, wsws defending people like Harvey Weinstein as "witch hunt" victims).