From 0294da1a0724f371e05fa961c0e5a819bfb083e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dessalines Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 20:16:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Adding NBPP SE --- anticapitalist_orgs.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/anticapitalist_orgs.md b/anticapitalist_orgs.md index 0187896..7f50135 100644 --- a/anticapitalist_orgs.md +++ b/anticapitalist_orgs.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Many think that fighting against capitalism feels a lot like throwing pebbles at a tidal wave. How can *I, alone*, do anything to stop all of the [injustices I see being committed?](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md) We see our neighbors being picked up and [deported by ICE](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#latinos), [police murdering and imprisoning us](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#black-people), debts that lock us into [indentured servitude](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#workers-and-the-poor), [global surveillance of every minute detail of our lives](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#pervasive), endless [wars and imperialism](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#imperialism), ecological destruction, and [literal slave labor camps](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#prisoners). Our rents, food costs, and debts are going up, and our [incomes have stagnated.](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/capitalism_doesnt_work.md) The media, and everything around us seems apathetic, complacent, and oblivious. Eight men currently control about half the world's wealth. Their share is growing daily, and will reach a conclusion obvious to anyone who's played monopoly before. With only our labor to sell, and the demand for that labor decreasing, things seem oppressively bleak. -Here's the thing: **You are not alone**. In fact, **we wage workers are the majority**. The ruling class of [absentee owners](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_course_socialism.md) make up a *tiny minority* of your city's population. Often invisible to us, is the fact that we as wage workers are *surrounded by comrades* who share our same basic interests. We are impoverished by an *imposed artificial scarcity*, a mal-allocation of the things we need to survive. World food production and housing *already surpasses our needs*, yet [1 out of every 7 US citizens needs to visit food banks to survive.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/17/hunger-study-food/14195585/) In the [UK there are 10x more houses than homeless families.](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/housing-crisis-10-empty-homes-5008151) Our healthcare and other social services, which are ample, are increasingly being privatized. We know that by simply organizing for *human needs rather than private profit*, we can solve our societal problems. We have but to shake off these mooching, leeching, capitalist parasites, like a dog shaking off fleas. +Here's the thing: **You are not alone**. In fact, **we wage workers are the majority**. The ruling class of [absentee owners](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_course_socialism.md) make up a *tiny minority* of your city's population. Often invisible to us, is the fact that we as wage workers are *surrounded by comrades* who share our same basic interests. Some hold more prejudices than others, but all deserving of a comfortable life. We are impoverished by an *imposed artificial scarcity*, a mal-allocation of the things we need to survive. World food production and housing *already surpasses our needs*, yet [1 out of every 7 US citizens needs to visit food banks to survive.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/17/hunger-study-food/14195585/) In the [UK there are 10x more houses than homeless families.](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/housing-crisis-10-empty-homes-5008151) Our healthcare and other social services, which are ample, are increasingly being privatized. We know that by simply organizing for *human needs rather than private profit*, we can solve our societal problems. We have but to shake off these mooching, leeching, capitalist parasites, like a dog shaking off fleas. How do we get there, how do we win? **We join anti-capitalist organizations.** @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ This list is a living document; it will be updated as necessary. Feel free to co | [Red Guards of Charlotte](https://redguardscharlotte.wordpress.com/) | Maoist | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/redguardscharlotte1/) | US - Charlotte, North Carolina | | [Red Guards of Kansas City](https://kcmlm.wordpress.com/) | Maoist | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/itisrighttorebel/) | US - Kansas City, MO | | [Red Guards of Pittsburgh](https://redguardspittsburgh.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/attn-pittsburgh-loose-lips-sink-ships-be-aware/) | Marxist-Leninist-Maoism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/redguardspittsburgh) | US - Pittsburgh, PA | +| [New Black Panther Party](https://www.facebook.com/The-New-Black-Panther-Party-Southeast-Region-Hashim-Nzinga-643248062674191/?fb_dtsg_ag=Ady85UUKUbAspxRM0TrSwhC3UMcOiCzGWcq2uucsc00cjA%3AAdzLbTTtZ6d17ABFdBTf0KofTp-NuGFGYVCDKgOwgzPbsg) | Black Empowerment | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/The-New-Black-Panther-Party-Southeast-Region-Hashim-Nzinga-643248062674191/?fb_dtsg_ag=Ady85UUKUbAspxRM0TrSwhC3UMcOiCzGWcq2uucsc00cjA%3AAdzLbTTtZ6d17ABFdBTf0KofTp-NuGFGYVCDKgOwgzPbsg) | US - Atlanta GA | | [Green Party](http://www.gp.org/) | Eco-Socialism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyUS) | US | | [American Party of Labor](http://americanpartyoflabor.org/) | Marxist-Leninist, Hoxhaism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/americanpartyoflaborapl) | US | | [Progressive Labor Party](http://www.plp.org/) | Marxist-Leninist | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PLPchallenge) | US |