Eight myths about socialism—and their answers

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8. Number 6

Myth #6: Socialists only care about class oppression—not other forms of oppression

PSL members are tireless fighters against all forms of oppression. We believe that racism, sexism, anti-immigrant bigotry, homophobia and all other kinds of discrimination divide poor and working people and must be fought if we ever want to move forward. We put ourselves in that revolutionary tradition of socialists who take up the banners of Black liberation, women’s liberation and LGBT liberation.

This is something important to say too. The only thing I would add is that ALL OPPRESSION (remember that oppression stems from a top down governmental/ruling class bias against a certain group) is at it's basis economic. If you get rid of the classist/governmental bias with economic democracy, i.e., socialism, then all that's left are individual biases. And if we're all equal (or roughly equal) economically then somebody not liking you because you're black, gay, or a woman becomes a PERSONAL issue and not an oppression issue.

And in practice, the MOST militant fighters against oppression throughout history have been the socialists.