Thread by @BlackSocialists

Informal hierarchies will develop in movements for systems change, but there should be zero tolerance for attempts to gatekeep in these movements.

Be skeptical of those taking on “organizer” or “activist” as an identity under broader organization and then expressing entitlement.

True social revolution is the culmination of many different social processes that are catalyzed as a result of many different actions in many different places. Not all of these social processes are catalyzed through actions tied to people or forces grounded in Left values either.

There are also many areas in which people must move in order to help others self-organize and cooperate; there is no one space to “organize,” and no one network through which people develop new social relations.

No one person or group can have a monopoly on new social relations.

What this means is that real systems change will not come about due to the actions of some “vanguard” alone, but through the collective actions of the people.

Thus, no one is entitled to exclusive rights within our movements, and we must move off of principles and communication.

Left political bodies or individuals should be grounded in direct democracy and transparency, moving in free association with one another, and deciding where their principles and goals coalesce in determining partnerships that can catalyze new social relations and systems change.

In the context of these partnerships, those who play key roles and gain the trust of others will have authority, but this authority should be monitored and instantly recallable, and it should not be used against other people just because they contribute more or present new ideas.

By confronting this matter, we are able to confront a reproductive seed of hierarchy and authoritarianism within our own movements for systems change that ultimately destroys said movements, and prevents us from transcending the hierarchical logic that currently holds us captive.