The Left Wing

This is the Official Tumblr of The Left Wing. A movement meant to fight against Fascism in America and We Will Win.

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[ethiopienne]

Pro-tip: white privilege doesn't mean white people have perfect lives.

It means that white people do not have to deal with institutionalized, systemic racism in addition to their everyday problems. It means institutionalized, systemic racism does not cause white people’s everyday problems. It means when white people go home and turn on their TVs after a long, hard day at work, they can rest assured knowing that they will not only be guaranteed to see people who look like them on the screen, but they will never have to actively search to find a positive depiction of people who look like them. It means even when white people buy their groceries with food stamps, they don’t have to worry that they’ll be followed around the supermarket for “no reason.” You think you have no white privilege because you’re poor? Think again. You think your white privilege disappears because you’re not a cisgendered heterosexual? Think again. You think your white privilege disappears because you’re disabled? Think again. It means that all problems white people face are not exclusive to white people. People of color face those same problems, too. But in addition to any problem white people face, people of color must also bear the burden of dealing with an entire social, cultural, political, economic climate that works against us each and every single day. And here’s the thing about the effect of racism on PoC’s everyday lives: it’s not like adding one more little thing. This isn’t simple math. Racism isn’t just a “minus 1” on our radar. It informs, guides, and shapes the way every other problem is handled. Think about it. When white people are pulled over by the cops, their biggest fear is jail time. When black people are pulled over by the cops, our biggest fear is that they’ll kill us and we won’t even get 30 seconds on the 5:00 news. 

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“It means that all problems white people face are not exclusive to white people. People of color face those same problems, too. But in addition to any problem white people face, people of color must also bear the burden of dealing with an entire social, cultural, political, economic climate that works against us each and every single day.”

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Richard Spencer got arrested and maced and claimed he’s “never been more oppressed” reblog for good luck and violence against fascists

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Lmaoooo

[nevaehtyler]

White nationalist protesters gather at University of Virginia carrying torches, shouting “White lives matter!”

Right wing protesters holding torches clustered on the campus in a lead-up to a Saturday demonstration protesting Charlottesville’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Photos and videos of the protests show white supremacists marching and chanting slogans like “Blood and soil”, “Death to antifa”, “You will not replace us” and “White lives matter!” 

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This is 2017. This is America. This is the reality we live in and some people still dare say that racism no longer exists…

Oh and this is exactly why we said we did not want that “dystopian” Confederate TV show. It is the reality. We do not have to imagine it.

#Amerikkka    #WhiteSupremacy 

#NoConfederate 

[berniesrevolution]

Twitter thread here by @SankofaBrown 

[ithelpstodream]

the purge has begun…

[swagintherain]

A terrorist walked into an LGBT center, doused the floors with fluid from a gasoline canister, and set the building on fire.

This place gave food, water, shelter, SAFETY to so many young people in need. This center did nothing but help and provide a safe space and he just went and destroyed it. He used to fucking GO there. He KNEW what they did there and yet he STILL destroyed it. 

[azspot]

Charles and David Koch are the most striking example of extraordinarily wealthy Americans who have had an outsized impact on the politics of the last forty years—and whose impact is reaching a new peak right now. They followed in the footsteps of their father Fred, who in the 1950s was one of the founding members, along with candy manufacturer Robert Welch, of the John Birch Society. Nothing illustrates what has happened to American politics in my lifetime in more striking fashion than this. The ideas of the John Birch Society, a group of fanatically anti-government lunatics who in the 1950s identified Dwight D. Eisenhower as a member of the international Communist conspiracy, are now the single most influential set of ideas in American political life. Their main tenets are an unlimited faith in free enterprise and a conviction that government attempts to moderate the negative impacts of capitalism are simply a power grab designed to establish dictatorship. And because of the success of their political movement, their fortunes have grown by orders of magnitude over the last few decades.

Dark Money and the new American politics (via azspot)

Charles and David Koch are billionaires electing Republican millionaires to punish the poor because the poor have it too easy.

(via liberalsarecool)

[the-left-wing-official]

This needs to be said

BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA CAN BE RACIST

And we need to fight Racism in ALL of its forums. I'm of Latin descent and my father is racist. He hated black people and thought of them lower than himself.

My family luckily called him out on it and didn't put up with his racist bullshit.

But the idea that a black American can't be racist is absurd. Black Americans have been brutalized for centuries. They have had the short end of the stick and were taken advantage of at every turn. The hatred and anger they have in their hearts is understandable.

When a young person destroys a CVS is completely okay to turn the other way and let them act out their aggression.

But when they start brutalizing others based on race, gender, or sexual orientation that's when we need to say stop.

We don't let Terfs define the feminist movement so why should we turn the other way when it comes to Civil Rights

When you see your brothers and sisters making "US vs THEM" arguments and attacking other people even if it's jokingly, say something.

If ANYONE of ANY background attacks another person FOR WHO THEY ARE, it is inherently Fascist.

Fascism is the practice of Dividing People Against One Another.

Do NOT let your brothers and sisters practice Fascism

Do what you need to to let them know that they are doing something wrong.

In the fight against Fascism and the Organizations that support and encourage it we MUST not let ourselves use Fascist tactics against another Human being

WE ARE EITHER ALL EQUAL OR WE ALL DIE SAVAGES

Equality Is For Everyone

No Matter Race, Gender, or Sexual Orientation

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The super-rich has created think tanks, super-PACs, public relations firms, and have used their media to convince the gullible that government is responsible for all of their problems and they are the good guys. If you behave yourself, play by our rules and be a wage slave in our companies,  you will be rich too.

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All they can do is apologize

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Back to the good old Gilded Age.

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Their ill-gotten gains.