#intercommunalism

[bfpnola]

introductory excerpts on intercommunalism:

Introduction

Intercommunalism is an ideology which was adopted by the Oakland chapter of the Black Panther Party after its turn away from revolutionary nationalism in 1970. According to Huey P. Newton the development of intercommunalism was necessary "because nations have been transformed into communities of the world."[1] Intercommunalists believe that most forms of nationalism are obsolescent, because international corporations and technologically advanced imperialist states have reduced most nations down to a series of discrete communities which exist to supply an imperial center, a situation called reactionary intercommunalism. They also believe this situation can be transformed into revolutionary intercommunalism and eventually communism if communities are able to link "liberated zones" together into a united front against imperialism.[2] Intercommunalism is a lesser-known aspect of the Panthers' legacy as much of its development occurred at the height of the party's suppression and reorientation towards survival programs.[3][4][5]

Reactionary Intercommunalism

Newton believed that imperialism had developed into a stage of reactionary intercommunalism. Reactionary intercommunalism is typified by the development of a tiny community of elites with a monopoly on technology and state power within a single hegemonic empire (currently the United States).[15][5]

This 'ruling circle' is different from the Bourgeoisie, which the Panthers treated as a much broader phenomenon. Newton said that "[t]here are very few controllers even in the white middle class. They can barely keep their heads above water, they are paying all the bills, living hand-to-mouth, and they have the extra expense of refusing to live like Black people." The Black bourgeoisie in particular is a "fantasy bourgeoisie" which could be rallied to a revolutionary cause through sufficient education.[12]

The ruling circle's monopoly on technology and education is important to maintaining reactionary intercommunalism, as it prevents the rest of the world's communities from fulfilling their material needs independently of the center, leaving them dependent on the Empire for advancement.[15] The ruling circle uses 'peaceful co-optation' more often than military invasion to reinforce its aims.[5]

Reactionary intercommunalism allows for no independent national sovereignty, as the dominance of the global hegemon means that all nations bend to the 'weight' of its interests.[4] Instead nations have been reduced down to constituent communities, or "a small unit with a comprehensive collection of institutions that exist to serve a small group of people." Each of these communities "want to determine their own destinies," but can only do so by joining into a revolutionary bloc. All of the communities have no superstructure apart from global capitalism, and while they have different economic conditions they are all 'under siege' by the same forces.[15][4][5][10][9]

Newton believed that if allowed to continue, reactionary intercommunalism would bring more and more of the world's population into the lumpenproletariat, including white workers. However he did not think that this would end racism, in fact he thought white workers would increasingly blame their exploitation on minorities, especially the increasingly proletarianised third world.[5]

Revolutionary Intercommunalism

Intercommunalists believe that Revolutionary Intercommunalism will come about when communities are able to break the technological monopoly of the center. Through technology, communities would be able to solve material contradictions and "develop a culture which is essentially human." Even though the Panthers disavowed the nation-state as a viable form of revolutionary political struggle, they continued to support state socialist countries such as China, North Vietnam and North Korea against American Imperialism. Indeed, they were considered the vanguard of revolutionary intercommunalism through liberating territories and establishing provisional governments ahead of the global turn towards revolutionary intercommunalism.[16] However such states could still be co-opted into reactionary intercommunalism through the introduction of western markets.[5]

While the party no longer believed in Black nationalism, they continued to believe that Black Americans would play a special role within the struggle for revolutionary intercommunalism. Due to the Atlantic slave trade, Newton believed that Black Americans were the "first real internationalists" due to their mixed cultural origin and wide dispersal among a range of communities. Since he believed Black Americans constituted a significant force for revolution within the United States, and the destruction of the United States seemed to be a prerequisite for world revolution, the Panthers continued to view Black Americans as "the vanguard of the world revolution."[17]

Criticism

Intercommunalism was strongly opposed by some Black Panthers, especially those invested in the Party's strategy of forming internationalist alliances with foreign states. Cleaver denounced the Oakland chapter as the 'right wing' of the party for their rejection of guerrilla warfare. Assata Shakur was also critical of the theory's rejection of nationalism, saying that "The problem [with intercommunalism] was that someone had forgotten to tell these oppressed communities they were no longer nations." Others, like Mumia Abu-Jamal thought that intercommunalism was a terrible rhetorical strategy, as few understood the theory and many disliked Newton's public speaking. The differences over intercommunalism were also exacerbated by FBI wire-tapping and fake letters sent between the Oakland and Algiers sections of the party.[9]

#intercommunalism #communalism #black panther party #theory #marxist #leftist #dialectical materialism #black power #history #bipoc #united states #wikipedia

[transgymbro]

i don't think transandrophobia is real but - *proceeds to talk about the specific issues and discrimination trans men face as an intersection of their transness and gender which is exactly what transandrophobia is*

Seriously y'all are either the epitome of the piss poor reading comprehension meme or just believing the first post about a thing you read, and NEITHER of those are a good look

#transandrophobia #transgender #intercommunity issues #lgbtq #transmasc #trans man

[giritina]

I just read maia crimews great article on the BRG tiktoks and felt vindicated to see the dog whistles called out for what they are. There are tons and tons of angles to analyze this from but I wanted to talk about the anti schizospectrum ableism. I get these videos on tiktok a lot and they're the biggest example I can think of of the aestheticized ~schizoposter~

I just want to highlight to people who might be thoughtlessly using the word schizo because it's becoming sort of memetic lately that this is the kind of person who started that meme.

People on 4chan and in alt right circles know that schizo is a slur and use it as such. But now they realize applying it to the self is a great way to normalize this edgelord shit while ostensibly being sort of "anti-ableist" or pseudo leftist via the framing of it as reclamation. People start out being minorly edgy, thinking they're joking about universal stereotypes people apply to the mentally ill, but it's a useful dog whistle for a reason.

I want to emphasize that you can't reclaim words that don't apply to you. Schizospectrum symptoms are real and that slur applies to real, specific people. The "schizo", a delusional, paranoid person, is not a trope formed from thin air. Learn about us and be our allies in the fight for disability justice and you'll be better for it. It'll be easier to spot this kind of shitty rhetoric even when it's disguised as harmless memes.

#schizophrenia #schizospectrum #schizoposting #schizoposter #actually schizophrenic #actually schizospec #what makes me sad is this weird reactionary strain of ppl w bpd who appropriate our experiences to mock us and divide our communities #our communities have solidarity and i hate when intercommunity ableism becomes utterly banal and evil like w this group of people

[rasairui]

"The bigots up top think we're ALL fucked up! They want us ALL dead!" Hey that's cool dude you're right! Now are you saying this as a genuine expression of solidarity and community, or do you only bring this point up when the acknowledgement of intersectionality makes you uncomfortable? Is it a rallying cry, or a way to shut down people affected by intercommunity bigotry?

#any time someone brings up misogyny and transmisogyny someone says this shit #racism too #and it's just soo infuriating. like yeah okay the government wants me dead #but acting like we have to focus on that at the expense of people suffering from intercommunity issues... we can care about both you know #and it's not great when a space that is meant to be a welcoming exception to the norm still shits on you.

[peasantexchangeprogram]

genuinely what did he post that was antisemitic

remember "fucking jews"gate? bc i do. local (idk what gender he is) surprised that jews are in fact a part of our respective cultures and that middle eastern jews are in fact middle eastern and not a-ethnic aliens (the person in discussion is yemenite)

#hes been giving me the ick ever since he reblogged and added to a post of mine abt jewish practices #that was CLEARLY an intercommunity discussion #also just search 'jews' on his blog

[nimeuh]

#when people talk about intercommunity homophobia they mean him <3

[intersexcat-tboy]

Perisex trans women: trans people have intersex brains :333 thoughts? I think we should discuss this.

Some other commentor: I think this is insensitive towards intersex people

Perisex trans woman: ummm actually, I, in my privileged position, don't think it's insensitive. Since I absolutely have a place to speak on what is or is not harmful to another minority I clearly have little education on

Me: you don't really get to say that unless you're intersex. It's already a big misconception

Perisex: ummm reality is I can say whatever I want. Don't be a gatekeeper

Me: this is the same as a cis person claiming something isn't transphobic.

Perisex: you sound like the transmed of the intersex community :///

Mind you, believing there to be a medical condition behind being trans is the definition of transmedicalism (which, if the brain sex theory is ran with, would further gatekeep trans people), and I'm the transmed gatekeeper? I had also linked three different studies discussing the harm and need for separation, w like three other intersex activism articles from leading orgs in another comment, which were very obviously ignored, so that's what the studies were about bud, or whatever.

There was some other comment by another trans women "I like the concept of putting ourselves under the intersex umbrella" like please. Have you ever thought to maybe listen to us instead of just speaking. Do you even hear yourself.

Trans intersex individuals trying to exist in the trans community: / (own place being: finding solidarity and community w intersex individuals) / (intersexist) perisex trans ppl then joining intersex communities

What do you think happens to intersex needs, rights, experiences, stories, fights and struggles when you flood the community (with a group whose activism is only similar in bodily autonomy, but otherwise is nearly opposite yours)?

We get diluted. Our activism gets erased. We become more invisible. This isn't the "intersex version of TERFs claiming trans woman erase women" bc 1 the definition of woman doesn't mention it being an innate variation. And 2, 49% of the population is female. It's a lot easier to erase less than 2% than it is 49%

From the Intersex Human Rights of Australia, "conflation of intersex with being transgender […] obscures the specific goals of the intersex human rights movement". Trans rights is the right to say yes, intersex rights are the right to say no. Studies have discussed how "there is a need group to only those with somatic intersex variations due to their distinct medical experiences". Others discuss how the researchers "learned that researching intersex issues with greater accuracy would focus on people who are intersex. It would require the aid of people with intersex variations themselves as research allies and advisors, to capitalise on 'insider/ outsider access dynamics emphasised by intersex researchers, in order to foster more direct exploration of people with intersex variations'" (aka, there aren't a whole lot and we need to focus on actually intersex individuals).

#intersex erasure #intersexism #intersex issues #intersex discussion #actually intersex #intersex things #intersex #queer infighting #intercommunity discourse #purrspectives #trans intersexism

[bulletsgirl]

my number one issue with tumblr discussions of queerness is that many of the people talking about it on here are all so resistant to recognizing many of us, including you, are more alike than different. so resistant that they are addicted to inventing problems so unfounded in reality and the history of the lgbt community and suffused in bad faith readings of other people in the community that they sound legitimately insane

#there are actual genuine intercommunity issues. how about instead of making up new ones you dedicate your energy to things that are real

[bfpnola]

BFP just had a wonderful meeting and we talked about so many things! if you wanna be involved in conversations like these and help us start IN-PERSON, GLOBAL LIBERATION SCHOOLS, beginning with Washington, DC, New Orleans, LA, and Sydney, NSW, Australia (yep, that’s the big news we’ve been hiding), join our discord server (link in bio)! any and all ages/walks of life are welcome, but our main focus is on middle school through university-aged youth, esp youth of color!

i’m so excited to work with y’all :D

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[ID: Screenshot of Reaux’s text message in Discord: “thank you everyone for coming, y'all were super engaged even tho it was a **3 HOUR MEETING!** the meeting recording will be uploaded within the next hour! as a VERY simplified recap we discussed:

- how chapters will function procedurally

- translocal organizing

- the Black Panther Party's oakland community school

- reactionary vs revolutionary intercommunalism

- dialectical materialism

- ALL 4 CHAPTERS of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed

- Stop Cop City updates and what that means for us”

/End ID.]

#reaux speaks #discord server #intercommunalism #black panther party #bipoc #anti capitalism #anarchism #communism #socialism #paulo freire #pedagogy of the oppressed #organizing #australia #sydney australia #new orleans #washington dc #dialectical materialism #stop cop city #atlanta #abolition #educational equity

[foxpunk]

i think everyone who is reblogging that post about how horrible and creepy and fucked up it is to speculate about someone being possibly trans needs to

1) think about why/when these speculations are being made. context matters. are they harassing or crossing boundaries of anyone specific/an actual concrete person, or simply making comments to themselves, to friends, or in a general open online area.

2) ask yourself if it is actually so bad and harmful to say someone could be trans.

3) ask yourself if these speculations about transness actually uphold gender norms. does being trans upholds gender norms. is a trans woman reinforcing stereotype if she wears makeup, or is a transmasc reinforcing stereotype if they get top surgery. why do trans people, especially trans women, do these things. if these actual actions are okay for trans people to do as their form of gender expression, then is this actually bad to simply speculate about.

4) ask yourself if you've heard this shit before like. does this at all bring to mind how straight people found it offensive to be speculated as gay, and the subsequent gross backlash against gay people helping anyone out of the closet, and the movement of "let bros be bros" gaining more attention/priority than. yknow. simply normalizing people being gay and that not being a bad thing or an insult to think someone may be gay.

5) most importantly: who is making these speculations. is it "people" in general like the post says or is it fellow trans people, who know what it is like to be closeted with no info, no other trans people to talk to, no way to explore themselves safely until someone says something first. and is it trans people or specifically trans women, who are especially vulnerable to these things. are these trans women actually being harmful or do you view trans womens' personal speculations as inherently forceful, creepy, and invasive.

6) ask yourself why that may be.

7) be honest.

#transmisogyny #transphobia #homophobia #'a guy in a dress doesn't HAVE to be a woman!' okay. doesn't have to Not be one either. why are you up in arms about it. #like. we have had this song and dance before people #its not some horrible invasion of privacy to think someone may be an egg or closeted #if you cross a boundary someone set or harass someone over gender (or anything) thats bad but if someone is just like #making anonymous jokes online what are you people even mad about #do you hear yourselves #ky speaks #this post is pointedly biased and obviously trying to lead people to specific conclusion and i dont trust tumblr at large with it anyways #so unrebloggable. but i said what i said #someone on the original post said 'said youre gonna push someone further away from being trans by bringing it up to them' (paraphrased) #GO OUTSIDE??? #DO YOU KNOW HOW RARE THATD EVEN BE. YOU SOUND LIKE THOSE BIGOTS ARGUING AGAINST TOP SURGERY BC OF THE .1% OF PPL WHO REGRET IT OR SMTH #CHRIST #and like. okay. i know i sound pissed in this post and i am cause its upsetting to see other trans ppl reblogging it #the transmisogyny (including intercommunity. especially intercommunity in some ways) is always upsetting #but i also want anyone reading this to know this is your sign to jsut change and be better and then itll be fine yknow like #just work on this shit for the love of god #change or die idk what to tell you

[transgymbro]

Ok, probably a bad idea for me to get into this during midterms week but I've been seeing a lot of (really bad) misinterpretations of what transandrophobia is and I feel the need to get this off my chest.

Transandrophobia is NOT

A way to excuse or mock transmisogyny

"Run of the mill" transphobia

"Run of the mill" misogyny

A tool to oppress or speak over women of any kind

The same thing as "men's rights"

Thing is: I'm not saying that transmascs cannot ever be misogynistic or transmisogynistic, what I'm saying is that the idea of transandrophobia is not that. Transmisogyny is a real problem, and I do not deny that my trans sisters suffer from it. If you genuinely believe I am being transmisogynistic and point out specifically where, I am willing to listen and correct myself.

But I am also asking that you do the same for us. Just as transmisogyny is a word to describe the unique type of discrimination experienced by transfems, transandrophobia is a word to describe the unique type of discrimination experienced by transmascs. And again, it's not just misogyny + transphobia, it's being invisible, condescended to, having our identity dismissed in the context of reproductive healthcare, being excluded from discussions around reproductive healthcare, and much more. Some of these may overlap with what transfems and nonbinary people face, and some may not.

There's also the myth going around that transmascs, especially trans men, are privileged because it's "easier" for us to pass. That's far from true. I am a binary trans man who has been on T for 2+ years and I pass insanely easily. BUT I AM ONE OF THE RARE LUCKY ONES. And even if my experience was common or guaranteed, any male privilege I have is CONDITIONAL ON PASSING. "Choosing" to be a man in spite of my birth circumstances does not make me privileged. Privilege does not get handed to you if you are changing your identity away from your AGAB, regardless of what gender you're changing to or from. (This is without touching on how me being east Asian may factor in)

And while I'm at it: MEN OF ANY SORT ARE NEITHER INHERENTLY EVIL NOR INHERENTLY BIGOTS. SIMILARLY, WOMEN ARE NOT INHERENTLY GOOD OR SAFE. Neither one's birth sex nor their chosen gender have any weight on whether they are a good or bad person. It is the individual's actions and only the individual's actions that matter.

This is getting long and rambly, but to reiterate the main point one last time:

TRANSANDROPHOBIA AND TRANSMISOGYNY ARE BOTH IMPORTANT WORDS THAT ADDRESS IMPORTANT PROBLEMS/TYPES OF OPPRESSION, AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THEY COEXIST

#transandrophobia #transmasc #trans #antimasculinity #intercommunity issues

[rotzaprachim]

enormous amount of overlap between the people who historically had a hard time with the concept of white latines now having a very hard time with the concept of brown jews

#say you have no knowledge of ethnic contexts and intercommunal inequalities outside of a us based context and GO

[tigersorange]

ok i dont like to get into tumblr discourse but if u keep bringing up “transandrophobia” <- not a thing btw. and youre using that as a reason to disparage trans women for criticizing trans men for rightfully pointing out their misogyny and transmisogyny esp in regards to how tumblr is specifically targeting trans women you are like. actually a transmisogynist. just so you know

#transmisogyny #idrc abt intercommunity discourse 90% of the time its irrelevant to reality but this is. relevant to reality #also obligatory i’m not transfem but im tma for other reasons so like idk. think about how this effects people

[isdalinarhot]

Unfortunately I saw a Bad Post and I immediately felt so ill that I wished I was dead. Luckily I have the cure for this, and that is More Alcohol So I Don’t Remember It

#IT WAS REALLY BAD intercommunity trans discourse sucks ass quit doing it :( #in my corner of the internet trans women and trans men are friends please please please don’t put us against each other :( :( :( :( #luke.txt #drunkposting #not cosmere #I dunno man tumblr will tumblr but like Jesus Christ people are trying to kill us can we please have some concept of this shit

[rippedstitches]

I’m a lesbian who is sometimes attracted to men and I can say this about myself because I can do whatever I want forever. And so can you

#the real answer to the mspec lesbian discourse and to literally any intercommunity lgbt discourse is ‘who even cares’

[walks-the-ages]

Welp, they're currently pretending nothing is wrong whatsoever and deleted their post responding to an anon , and also added "by an actually autistic person" to their header as a weak justification, so block

@/Theautismhighlights

-their "autism education" blog , and

@/Fudgey-Aquarius

-their empty main blog, for being extremely ableist to high-support needs autistics and spreading misinformation about autism.

They're posing as an "educational blog", but are posting misinformation about autism and then blocking and silencing anyone who politely corrected them that autism is not an invisible disability, just because the OP is able to mask or pass , does not mean every single autistic person is.

After blocking and deleting the replies of dozens of HSN autistics in the reblogs and replies who were talking about their lived experiences and that autism is not an invisible disability, they decided to claim that they blocked people "for using ableist terminology" , to try to spin it as them being the victim. They've since deleted that post with the ask to try to brush everything under the rug by going on posting their "educational" posts as they were previously.

Ironically , they're still adding "Got any questions, information or suggestions? I’ll be happy to hear them." To the end of each post despite claiming anyone making suggests or giving more info is just trying to ""argue"" with them 🙄.

So yeah, block both of them, and don't forget to support and uplift HSN autistic voices.

#autism #free Blocklist #fudgey-aquarius #theautistichighlights #ableism #misinformation #intercommunity ableism #actually autistic