No War But Class War: Against Identity-Essentialism in the Communist Movement
We have no place for identity-essentialism. One can either fight a class war or fight a sectarian identity politics war, because you cannot do both at once against the same person: you cannot attack someone for their race, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, etc., and then turn around and demand that same person fight the capitalist class beside you. Pick your fight, so others know if you're friend or foe, because you cannot treat a recruit as the enemy and expect them to fight as an ally. Remember, no war but class war. Do not tell me class war requires waging a sectarian identity politics war against the very people you need in the ranks. Hearing fellow communists say that communist movements cannot succeed because of men and white people makes me question motives, because you cannot alienate over half your potential base by sex and race and then blame that majority's demographic traits for the movement's inability to act and grow. They tell these groups that they n...
