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Every morning - (Original Post) TBF Jun 2014 OP
lol Love it. ctsnowman Jun 2014 #1
Any idea where this is? johnp3907 Jun 2014 #2
Found the meme on an Occupy TBF Jun 2014 #3
Thanks! johnp3907 Jun 2014 #4
Some of the Occupy groups get it, some don't..... socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #5
And as to the "One Struggle" group, our Workers' Power comrades..... socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #6
That's great - TBF Jun 2014 #7
Well from the preliminary reports they're kind of a mixed bag........ socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #8

TBF

(32,056 posts)
3. Found the meme on an Occupy
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:25 AM
Jun 2014

facebook page. Traced back to "One Struggle" - with folks in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and NYC.

http://onestruggle.net/

From their website:


Points of Unity

Capitalism/imperialism is an economic system constructed for the purpose of theft and accumulation of wealth for those in power, regardless of what it does to the rest of humanity and the planet. Its built-in drive for profit has caused measureless human misery all over the world, and is threatening the very existence of life on Earth.

Social struggles against oppression–including but not limited to patriarchy, racism, homophobia, oppression of immigrants, the ongoing theft of land and domination of indigenous people—plus the fight against imperialist wars and international domination, as well as the fight to save the planet from ecocide, are all interconnected.

We support the fight against imperialist wars and international domination, as well as the struggle of the popular masses in all dominated countries against their own dominant classes and against global capitalism, and for self-determination.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
5. Some of the Occupy groups get it, some don't.....
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:55 AM
Jun 2014

The one in Nashville (and in a lot of other places) wouldn't even name the system when they were actively "occupying". And here, they still won't. It's good to see that the remnants of Occupy are beginning to get it. You can't effectively fight against something if you don't even know or are too scared to mention, what you're fighting against.

As to the sentiment expressed above, I, too, saw it on FB yesterday. My comment on that thread was pretty simple. This applies to most of us.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
6. And as to the "One Struggle" group, our Workers' Power comrades.....
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:59 AM
Jun 2014

had some interaction with them at the Left Forum event and we discussed them briefly in a recent meeting. An interesting take on things. We decided to follow and continue discussions with them. They will be one of the groups that we will ask to critique our new Action Program when it's completed, but before it's released.

TBF

(32,056 posts)
7. That's great -
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 10:34 AM
Jun 2014

it's good to know someone in here has had some contact with these folks. I never know what I'm dealing with on Facebook, but I did like their message.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
8. Well from the preliminary reports they're kind of a mixed bag........
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:54 PM
Jun 2014

They're pretty sectarian in a lot of areas and right centrist in others. Their political philosophy, although self-identified as Marxist, seems to be something of a mash up of centrist ideas, vacillating wildly between left and right, reform and revolution.

We'll see what happens.

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