Cobalt is an amazing band! Missed opportunity to not use their (admittedly generic) logo though
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We love reformism here! Incremental progress! My favorite hobby is to watch elections--things will totally be different this time.
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Also I wrote this on my phone so typos galore!
I wish I had any. Unfortunately the waters have been muddied by fields like criminology, which are basically limited to a liberal analysis of the all-to-abstract individual, psychology, etc. Like of course things like crime, and justice are a reflection of class-struggle--so in analyzing things like gangs, especially in the period of history you referrence, this generally becomes subsumed into broader theoretical concerns.
To (try and) answer your questions what separates the BPP from something like the crips is, first of all, ideology (see Revolutionary Action Movement), which, through the struggle of some dedicated revolutionaries, precipitated into a line, and program, which responded to the conditions of its time.
What confounds us is how can something like the Crips--which as far as I know was started because some guy got mad at being beat up at the gym...--come to dominate a whole era after the demise of the BPP?
At this point I can only speculate: yes, from the broadest view point the gangs that came to define the 70s--90s were a counter-offensive against the Black nationalism of the 60s, and insofar as the Black national question is a (big) component of the proletarian class struggle in this country we could call it a counter-offensive of the ruling class. BUT, the question remains, was it a conscious effort by the state, or a secondary effect of the decline of the World Proletarian Revolution that was happening at the same time? Was it a strategy, or simply a tactic to nurture these violent, petty conflicts against these revolutionary organizations. Etc. the connection is there, but remains to be fully fleshed out.
https://masarbadil.org/en/2025/05/5860/
"Rodriguez’s operation not only revealed the limits of liberal discourse; it also restored the value of direct action as a mobilizing and agitational tool, placing everyone before their responsibilities. The broad popular response to this operation, particularly among youth and within Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim communities, reveals that popular sentiment remains aligned with armed struggle and a revolutionary position on Palestine. The battle being waged by the Palestinian people is not confined to the West Bank and Gaza, but extends and expands globally within the framework of revolutionary struggle against imperialism, Zionism, and reactionary and fascist regimes"
I know a handful of former NI people. They universally had bad things to say.
In terms of rapid-fire news articles yeah pretty much. Banned Thought has a lot of information, but is more focused on collecting documents than reporting the news, so less frequent updates. https://bannedthought.net/India/index.htm
Amazing post! Rare to see sonething so informative here.
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On the basis of Marxism-Leninism. Is this your first time coming across this concept?