The hetero white males who have been exerting their identity politics for a very long time - are concerned with others carrying forward their own struggles and empowerment.
How often this "old line" of the only struggle is for Class power - everything else must wait - and we should all follow and obey their "leadership" . This by these CPGB advocates, who abided with the repression and harm to LGBT people, until the "identity politics" - forced them to give lip service. Their concern seems to me - their being uncomfortable - that those messed over for so very long - are not interested in their "leadership" Sure the capitalists are trying to hide and deflect, that the only liberation for LGBT workers, includes ending capitalist exploitation - and that continuing capitalism, is a real threat to having a sustainable environment for all life on this planet. But the CPGB has no claim to "being in the forefront". The one dead brother Mark Ashton did much of what he did in the LGSM, not following "their leadership". He instead joined the liberationists of "identity politics" of the left. On a separate note - perhaps Kevin Lindermann and Cathy Campos might want to drop Earthlink - that is the homophobic Scientology cult, if they want to truly express their "awareness" and concerns. On Feb 15, 2021, at 1:57 PM, Kevin Lindemann and Cathy Campo <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/considering-the-history-and-modern-usage-of-identity-politics<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningstaronline.co.uk%2Farticle%2Ff%2Fconsidering-the-history-and-modern-usage-of-identity-politics&data=04%7C01%7C%7C42d5cf18ea97433f15e208d8d1e84d74%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637490142946325215%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=57%2BChNUVDtf8TZfH2bW8j%2Bsu6wV%2F3Itq%2BUYazVN%2FT9Y%3D&reserved=0> Considering the history and modern usage of ‘identity politics’ So identity politics are never progressive if they serve to divide and confuse. They can sometimes win concessions for certain groups, but that can be at the expense of the unity of the working class and its allies. Identity movements can waste energy and passion attacking the wrong targets. Identity politics also slide easily into extreme postmodernist approaches to “truth”: “if I feel this way then that’s the end of any rational discussion.” They can be hugely divisive when one “identity” becomes pitted against another. They can be and are used by the capitalist system to “divide and rule,” to prevent unity across the whole working class in its struggle for betterment. We are all composed of multiple “identities”: that’s what makes each of us unique. But one that most readers of this feature have in common is that we are members of the working class. And in the struggle to build a better world, recognising this will help us, individually and collectively, not just to interpret that world – but to change it. . . _._,_._,_ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6432): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6432 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80661136/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
