VivaValiente
2nd October 2011, 15:38
Greetings to all of you. I have come back to revleft to interact, learn, and perhaps meet some new comrades. I was a previous member but I did not really spend much time on here since back then, I felt overwhelmed and alienated by what I felt was largely a left community made up mostly of men. I am hoping that it is the case that revleft has had more female membership since I was last here.
about me:
I am a Dominicana who was born and raised in Harlem. Therefore, I have spent most of my life only associating with minorities, with Latinos and the African-American community, who are largely removed and alienated from political thought. But even in my childhood, I was observant and contemplative of the issues I witnessed and experienced that were in stark contrast to the white middle-class teachers who taught us and people from the lower sides of Manhattan. I can still remember now my rather naive impressions of "being different" and spiritually experiencing an "us/them" dichotomy.
However, when I was 17, I was exposed to a radical teacher who was a sociologist and an anarchist. Later on that year, I'd meet more politically and intellectually engaging people, both on the left and right. And thus I embarked on my quest in learning about the capitalist system and its critics like Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Bakunin, Che Guevara, Fanon, etc.
Now I am 20 and I am a combination of this local Latina who is influenced by thought from writers of color and a global student who finds the European thinkers just as important. I have done my best and still continuing to do my best in accumulating knowledge on history, philosophy, and political systems. I find all societies fascinating to learn about. I am a student (yes I am in that institution we call 'college'), feminist, writer, thinker, and a lover of music and nature with some obsession and focus on Latin-America. Religiously, I have inherited some christian principles and values.
However, I am not exactly a communist, anarchist, socialist, trot, Stalinist, Maoist, etc. My overall political perspective has been influenced by all of these sectors and I find it relatively dangerous to stick to any one group. I mutually agree with some things in all of these camps and heavily disagree with others. I just know one thing. Like many of you, I want to see this capitalist system done with and I will participate to see the future progress towards that in my small time on earth.
My only question I have for you comrades: Any New Yorkers in here?
about me:
I am a Dominicana who was born and raised in Harlem. Therefore, I have spent most of my life only associating with minorities, with Latinos and the African-American community, who are largely removed and alienated from political thought. But even in my childhood, I was observant and contemplative of the issues I witnessed and experienced that were in stark contrast to the white middle-class teachers who taught us and people from the lower sides of Manhattan. I can still remember now my rather naive impressions of "being different" and spiritually experiencing an "us/them" dichotomy.
However, when I was 17, I was exposed to a radical teacher who was a sociologist and an anarchist. Later on that year, I'd meet more politically and intellectually engaging people, both on the left and right. And thus I embarked on my quest in learning about the capitalist system and its critics like Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Bakunin, Che Guevara, Fanon, etc.
Now I am 20 and I am a combination of this local Latina who is influenced by thought from writers of color and a global student who finds the European thinkers just as important. I have done my best and still continuing to do my best in accumulating knowledge on history, philosophy, and political systems. I find all societies fascinating to learn about. I am a student (yes I am in that institution we call 'college'), feminist, writer, thinker, and a lover of music and nature with some obsession and focus on Latin-America. Religiously, I have inherited some christian principles and values.
However, I am not exactly a communist, anarchist, socialist, trot, Stalinist, Maoist, etc. My overall political perspective has been influenced by all of these sectors and I find it relatively dangerous to stick to any one group. I mutually agree with some things in all of these camps and heavily disagree with others. I just know one thing. Like many of you, I want to see this capitalist system done with and I will participate to see the future progress towards that in my small time on earth.
My only question I have for you comrades: Any New Yorkers in here?