White Militias: As Usual, the White Left is Missing the Point

None of this is new nor is it rocket science. The lands the militias are occupying are the ancient lands of the Paiute Indigenous people who were removed by force from those lands decades ago. These Indigenous people are still alive and functioning on reservations in the Burns area today. The white militias are nothing more than the latest version of invaders and settlers onto Native lands. And, their agenda to challenge the U.S. government is nothing more than European class struggle to decide which white people will occupy the position of ruler over Indigenous lands and the masses of exploited labor under the capitalist system. The fact one of the identified leaders of this militia group is a man named Ammon Bundy - the son of that cave man white supremacist Cliven Bundy who hosted a similar white militia action in Nevada - and another participant is white anti-Islam activist Jon Ritzheimer, confirms the foundation of ideological white supremacy within this militia movement. So, white people, we don't need you to flood social media with statements about how we would be slaughtered were we to take up arms against the government. We understand those contradictions better on our worse day than you ever could. What we wish you would do is recognize that these are your people joining and participating in these militias. Instead of posting "f - - k the militias" on Face Book, it would be great if you could finally sit down and develop a comprehensive strategy to try and organize your kinfolk. Someone needs to educate them to the fact their fight is actually against the capitalist system, the same system that oppresses the masses of African and Indigenous people. Someone needs to explain to them that their grievances are no different than the protests we have against the government for its agents shooting us down in the streets. Someone needs to help them understand that the day they can stand in solid support with our struggle is the day we can end this oppression (because we have always stood in solidarity with the suffering of poor European folks). At the very least, if your intention is to use the comparison to us to educate other white people, you need to do a much better job at utilizing that information.