The proletariat is compelled to abolish itself and thereby its opposite, private property, which determines its existence, and which makes it the proletariat. It is the negative side of the antithesis...
Female
73 years old
New York City, New York
United States
About me: Antithesis is an NYC based member collective of the Northeastern Federation of Anarchist-Communists (NEFAC), a bi-lingual (French and English) organization of revolutionaries from the northeastern region of North America who identify with the communist tradition within anarchism. We oppose all forms of oppression and exploitation, and struggle for a classless, stateless, non-hierarchical society.
Antithesis primarily focuses on coordinated organizing within various NYC-centric social movements (labor, youth, anti-gentrification, etc.) as well as international solidarity and the development of theory/analysis. We take part in the NYC NEFAC Local Union along with Open City collective and individual supporters. We can be contacted at antithesisnyc@nefac.net.
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Indigenous Peoples Message to the U.S. antiwar movement
We call on the U.S. antiwar movement to acknowledge that the very establishment of the United States and it's expansion was built on the genocide against the First Nations/Indigenous Peoples of the continent, along with the enslavement of African peoples.
Iraq (and the over 130 countries that have a presence of U.S. military) is just a continuation of "Manifest Destiny" which cleared the continent for settler colonization. Thus it's not a "mistake" of U.S. policy, but is at the core of the very foundation of the U.S. from it's beginnings continuing thru to today.
Thus, we say that the antiwar mobilizations that are taking place in Spring 2008 on the 5th anniversary of the U.S. war(s) on the world.
1)have an indigenous person opening the events ackowledging the above history and it's continuation into the present day and how U.S. history is linked to today's war(s).
2)that there be an organized and visible collective presence of contingents focused on indigenous peoples concerns at the mobilizations along with that presence being also on the websites, press releases, media spokespeople, et. al of these groups/mobilizations.
3)that the indigenous names of cities/towns in the various indigenous languages be acknowledged by also being mentioned to remind people of the indigenous origins of this land (for example "Manatay" for what is now called Manhattan ) along with the peoples (for example: Lenape (& others)) and the original languages.
