"Fred Hampton believed that racial and economic justice are the same fight. So did MLK JR."
I have a big stack of stickers from Matt Bors and The Nib with a drawing of Karl Marx and the words, "I BLAME CAPITALISM".
And I do.
Capitalism is not the "Free Market", for it is every Capitalist's dream to have a total monopoly on whatever they are invested in.
I used to say "No War But Class War", but now I have just abbreviated that to "No War, Period". We have to make allies, but we need to keep in mind that the Means are the End.
I agree with what you're arguing for, but what you're arguing against doesn't resonate. It reads more like a caricature of the left from someone with little engagement with leftist organizing. I read, "We advocate for Black and brown representation in the halls of power, rather than questioning the power structure itself.", and I'm just like, who is this we? That's not the left I know.
I think you may be referring to white liberals and not the left? Or maybe elected officials or the Democratic Party? Although as you note, Harris' platform addresses the economic issues you're talking about, and, obviously, health care has been a huge issue for Dems for a long time.
I think if you spend more time looking at the grassroots, you'll see that organizations like the North Alabama School for Organizers – that integrate anti-racism with economic justice – abound. Just off the top of my head, Southerners on New Ground, the Highlander Center, Repairers of the Breach (and notably, their Poor People's Campaign), Interrupting Criminalization, Women with a Vision, INCITE!, and Standing Up for Racial Justice are all organizations that put racial justice at the fore, but not in the caricatured way you describe, rather in an integrative way like I think you're arguing for.
"Fred Hampton believed that racial and economic justice are the same fight. So did MLK JR."
I have a big stack of stickers from Matt Bors and The Nib with a drawing of Karl Marx and the words, "I BLAME CAPITALISM".
And I do.
Capitalism is not the "Free Market", for it is every Capitalist's dream to have a total monopoly on whatever they are invested in.
I used to say "No War But Class War", but now I have just abbreviated that to "No War, Period". We have to make allies, but we need to keep in mind that the Means are the End.
I agree with what you're arguing for, but what you're arguing against doesn't resonate. It reads more like a caricature of the left from someone with little engagement with leftist organizing. I read, "We advocate for Black and brown representation in the halls of power, rather than questioning the power structure itself.", and I'm just like, who is this we? That's not the left I know.
I think you may be referring to white liberals and not the left? Or maybe elected officials or the Democratic Party? Although as you note, Harris' platform addresses the economic issues you're talking about, and, obviously, health care has been a huge issue for Dems for a long time.
I think if you spend more time looking at the grassroots, you'll see that organizations like the North Alabama School for Organizers – that integrate anti-racism with economic justice – abound. Just off the top of my head, Southerners on New Ground, the Highlander Center, Repairers of the Breach (and notably, their Poor People's Campaign), Interrupting Criminalization, Women with a Vision, INCITE!, and Standing Up for Racial Justice are all organizations that put racial justice at the fore, but not in the caricatured way you describe, rather in an integrative way like I think you're arguing for.
Congratulations on the article. Heading over to read it now.