Ethics - Red Voice

Violence or Values? The Essence of Revolution

As the oppressed, we will always be condemned by our oppressors for our acts of resistance. Capitalists are not opposed to using violence. They just want to be the only ones legitimized for using it. They wouldn’t have capitalism or America without violence.

Prison

The Law, Prisons, and Revolutionaries

"I remember the first time someone told me they were a Revolutionary. It was my man Khalil. At the time, I was a Christian. He was a Muslim. And we were both in prison."

Interview

Clout Culture: Queer Liberation and Social Capitalism

"Revolutionary activity should be the conscientious expression of unconscious striving for liberation by the masses and the margins; but clout culture means we are simply involved because we are loyal to individual figures or formations."

Trans Liberation

Transphobia is a Respectability Politic: Thoughts on Black Community Defense

"Contrary to some popular takes, centering the most vulnerable actually makes it easier (and is the only way) to fully account for all the struggles our people face as a totality."

News

New Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden: A Proper Examination

"...'liberal' news agencies will waive objectivity in investigations and instead adopt the tactics of their political 'polar-opposite' when it comes to the convenience of fulfilling their interests."

Feminism

Policing Black Feminism is Pig Work

"[The colonized struggle] with one another for failing to meet the standards of gender behavior imposed on us by colonial oppressors."

Criticism

Dragging White Leftists, Part Two: Fred Hampton Don’t Know You

"If white leftists wanna imitate Fred Hampton, then maybe they should try merging their organizations with the Black mobs in Chicago – but we’ll wait til the ice caps melt completely before that happens."

ICE

On Thin ICE

"Resistance doesn’t need to be loud and out. Resistance is a collection of actions, big and small, that snowball into a concerted effort."

Criticism

Identibuy

"But something went wrong. Now the point is no longer to make a world where nobody has to be oppressed; now the point is to use 'oppressed' as a marketing demographic."

Homelessness

I’ll Remember You

"I remember she asked me if I could do something to bring attention to her life... some kind of proof she existed in the world."

Art

No Art for Art's Sake Part 1: Art and Gentrification

"When you see how intertwined our lives are in regards to art, its impossible not to see how useful a tool it is to certain classes..."

Ethics

Given Morality vs Critical Ethics

"...We, as revolutionaries, seek to do what’s right. Why, then, don't we have an ethical theory?"