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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI got in my facebook a picture, twice now. It says the woman pictured is the co-founder of BLM.
And the caption says the woman claims to be a "trained marxist."
Sounds like bullshit to me.
I tried looking up where the picture originated, all I found were far-right blogs and websites.
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I got in my facebook a picture, twice now. It says the woman pictured is the co-founder of BLM. (Original Post)
Archae
Jul 2020
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)1. The idiots always get "trained marxist" mixed up with trained...
...Martial Artist!
Archae
(46,369 posts)2. Sounds more valid to me!
yonder
(9,685 posts)3. Definite BS
Is a trained marxist like a trained capitalist but with different ideas?
Besides, I had no idea being a marxist was "illegal" in the US.
I'm a Marxist, a big fan of the Marx Brothers.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)5. Is it coming to you from specific people, or jus tin the Facebook general feed?
If from a specific person, I would ask them for more information as to where the picture and information came from.
From my research, coming from the other direction:
In 2013, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi formed the Black Lives Matter Network. Alicia Garza described the network as an online platform that existed to provide activists with a shared set of principles and goals. Local Black Lives Matter chapters are asked to commit to the organization's list of guiding principles but operate without a central structure or hierarchy. Alicia Garza has commented that the Network was not interested in "policing who is and who is not part of the movement."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter#Structure_and_organization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter#Structure_and_organization
I then read the bios of the three women on Wikipedia and don't see any marxist connections. They are all highly educated women who are doing valuable work for their communities.
Basically, I agree - sounds like bullshit. Maybe flag the picture on Facebook as questionable?
JDC
(10,144 posts)6. The real targets of those pics don't know what Marxism even is
Squinch
(51,075 posts)7. Totally plausible. Because of the Marxist Training Program at Marxist University.
And that woman got the best grades in the Not Owning the Means of Production class.
RandiFan1290
(6,260 posts)8. Cool story, bro.
ck4829
(35,096 posts)9. You need better (and smarter) friends on Facebook
JHB
(37,163 posts)10. "There was supposed to be training?"
Mr. Ected
(9,675 posts)11. Ex-Marx
The spot.