[mgj-discuss] Anti-Oppression Principles and Practice

[Chuck0]

Hendrik Voss wrote:

Issues of oppression are also severely hindering
> our organizing efforts and have caused people to drop-out.  While it
> shouldn't be the main incentive; stronger movements, relationships and
> communities will be a sideeffect of addressing and dealing with these
> issues.

At the same time, people drop out because they come to our meetings and 
read our lists and see stuff like Aaron's comment. They see that we 
aren't mature enough to understand the difference between big priorities 
like organizing against capitalism and petty behavioral policing which 
really belong off list. If Aaron wants to express his opinion about 
Mikey's words, he should do that via a personal e-mail or face-to-face. 
Some of us are just getting tired of activists who are more interested 
in controlling other activists then they are in organizing towards the 
bigger goals.

And Aaron, while we're providing suggestions on what to read, I'd like 
to suggest reading Naomi Klein's book "No Logo," especially the chapter 
in which she criticizes the political correctness that paralyzed 
activism back in the early 1990s.

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