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Title: Clearing the Air Author: Black Autonomy Federation Date: May 31, 2013 Language: en Topics: myths, a response Source: Retrieved on 24th October 2020 from https://blackautonomyfederation.blogspot.com/2014/09/clearing-air.html
In a time where most groups are not Honest nor sincere about their
politics are what they believe within the African-Black Community, we
are not. Many have been spreading negative rumors about what we are
about, so we think it is better to hear it from the “Horses Mouth”
(Ourselves) as too what we Believe.
We make No Apologies: We believe in social justice and economic
equality; So We are Libertarian Socialist. We believe that the fruits of
our labor, and the economic wealth it produces should be shared by all
of us who work and produce it. We do not believe in-capitalism or the
State, and believe they both should be overthrown and abolished. We
accept the economic critique of Marxism, but not its modal for political
organizing. We accept the anti-authoritarian critique of Anarchism, but
not its rejection of the class struggle as some proclaim.
We believe in racial justice, so we are also anti-racist. The Capitalist
system was created by and is maintained by socioeconomic enslavement and
colonial oppression of African People and before there will be a social
revolution, White Supremacy must be defeated. We also believe that
Africans In America are colonized and exist as an “internal colony” of
the US white-settler colony and mother country. We believe that white
workers must give up their privileged status, their, “White Identify” as
Boss, racism, ideological arrogance and paternalism. We feel they must
build Solidarity by supporting racially oppressed workers and
communities in their fights for equality and Self-Determination,
Liberation and Autonomy.
Lastly: We believe in Black Liberation, so long as it is true peoples
and anti-authoritarian liberation. We are African-Black Revolutionaries;
as well as anti-authoritarian revolutionaries. We do not believe any
hierarchical or oppressive structures whatsoever, but in structures that
gives each one a voice and collective leadership.
We believe that African people within the US are oppressed both as
workers and as a distinct nationality, and will only be freed by a Black
Revolution, which is an intrinsic part of the Social Revolution. We
believe this must be built from the people themselves, from below. We
believe Africans, Indigenous and other oppressed nationalities and
People of Color must have their own agenda, distinct world-view, and
organizations of struggle, even though they may decide to work with
white workers. Hence: Our Black Autonomous Position.