i spent a number of years in a marxist organization
i have a number of proleftist critiques & contributions
you can read other posts along these topics under the postmarxist critique label
fig5a black panther brandishing their weapons
when young black males
approached the black panthers
asking to be armed
leadership would hand them books
but why were they approached to begin with?
one thing i always failed to understand
about insular marxist groups today
was focus on recruitment
&
political education
to the exclusion of doing good
what the panthers understood
was that in order to make a name
they had to be recognized
so they would serve food
to schoolchildren
they would follow the cops
to make sure
the population was not being abused
they found needs
in the population they wanted
to recruit
filled them
not with the primary goal
of recruitment
but of service
radical service
breaking with the logic
of capitalism
in action not just propaganda
what anarchists call
propaganda
of the deed
which is usually taken to mean violence
what should actually mean
integrity
instead
fig5b excuse me maam would you like some expensive union printed wrapping paper?
the insular marxist group
tries to distinguish itself with its published material
and sell it to people who couldnt
care less
ostensibly
recruiting the socalled
politically
radicalized layers
of society
a lot of time is spent writing these papers
reading politcal material
organizing demonstrations
where hopefully these radicalized
layers will magically show up
looking for any answers
getting the same old answers
aside from flashpoints
such as occupy
one rarely sees new faces
at specifically political events
theyre doorknocking the converts
you dont prove the value of your politics
with polemics
you prove it in the
everyday
struggle
fig5c excuse me maam can i interest you in some communist goods and services?
do good
where there is evil
be radical
where there is convention
be collaborative
where there is competition
undermine the system where you are
fight
as the anarchists say
where you stand
the capitalists
who by the way
have the monopoly on goods and services
call this
advertising
their power stems from the provisions
created by their economic system
& is perpetuated
in the consumer mind by advertising
you dont undermine the economic system
without building alternative sources
of goods and services
which by their collaborative manufacture
& provision
are superior in quality quantity
distribution community & satisfaction
the need for advertising
will erode along with the capitalist model
as it is supplanted by an increase
in communal manufacture
one service in the name of the downtrodden
is worth all the socialist papers
in the world
yours for the revolution
forbidden books
