1917: The second time as burlesque

 

Today (more or less - depending on your time zone) is the anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia. There is a small Trotskyist group on New Zealand the journal of which is actually called "1917". The group itself is known as the International Bolshevik Tendency. The above screen shot shows one of their main priorities. I don´t know about you, but it doesn´t seem these guys are preparing for a new proletarian conflagration!

Here are some quotes from their article (emphasis mine):

>>>Across the imperialist countries, trans people are facing escalating attacks, not only from reactionaries, but also liberals, social democrats and feminists [!] alike. Fighting back against these assaults, which target trans youth most viciously, is not a distraction from class struggle but a key front in it [!!]. 

>>>By restricting access to healthcare and curtailing bodily autonomy, the ruling class seeks to reinforce the oppressive structures of the bourgeois family, rolling back decades of hard-won progress. Defending trans healthcare, including access to essential medical interventions, is a necessary act of resistance [!!].

>>>Since the start of the year, New Zealand supporters of the IBT have played a leading role [!] in a campaign to combat one of the many expressions of this global wave of reaction, as part of the queer rights organisation Queer Endurance in Defiance (QED) [?!]. 

>>>On 23 March, responding to threats from the New Zealand state to place greater restrictions on puberty blockers for trans youth, a united front of QED, the IBT and other groups successfully led a hīkoi (march) [?] of 2,000 protesters to Parliament, united around a call for “puberty blockers and hormones on demand” [!!!].

>>>Already the right-wing parties have huffed and spluttered at this slogan, but free, quality healthcare without gatekeeping is not even a bare minimum. The oppressed deserve even more.

I suppose there is some truth to the last sentence...