As an anarchist, I get asked a lot why I believe in the brown power movement and I end up being asked this a lot. Well it is fairly simple, but let me break it down for the anglos who tend to ask this ridiculous question...
As an anarchist, I look at the hierarchical social structure and the various forms of oppression that come from it. The institutions that make up the power structure continue to exist because of, and thrive on, these forms of oppression. It is in the best interest of the oppressed to overthrow their oppressor and defend their autonomy. As womyn, we have every reason to defend our bodily autonomy from patriarchal oppression. Well, as xicanas, we have every reason to defend our raza and our communities from institutional racism and structural violence.
This structural violence comes from the power structure and that power structure cannot be broken down without oppressed communities and oppressed peoples fighting for, and gaining, their autonomy. I believe much the same for other oppressed communities (and have sympathy and solidarity for the black power movement for example) but I'm speaking on the brown power movement because it's more personally relevant to me since I am xicana that is my raza.
When white people conquered the Americas, they brought their oppressive social structures with them. They brought euro-centric ideals like misogyny, white supremacy, the gender binary and more. They set up white people's borders on our continent and set up their governments. Any act of defiance against them is a step in the right direction. I don't think the brown power movement is the whole answer, but it is a push in the right direction. We have had this white authoritarian power structure coerced upon us non-consentually and they continue to do it to us still. Any act of resistance against that may not always be inherently anarchist per se but is inherently in line with anarchism. It is an act of defiance against over 500 years of genocide and white oppressive authoritarian rule. You cannot be an anarchist and not support that.
#BrownPower #BrownLivesMatter #Anarchism
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