>>1978>ARTICLE 1: OUR MISSIONThe mission of /leftypol/ at leftypol.org is to provide a fun and enjoyable space for the working
masses around the world, as an anonymous community of non-sectarian leftists united in
common cause against the forces of capitalism, fascism, and liberalism. Our goal is to act as a
centre for serious political discourse and less serious informal discussions on various topics
related to leftist thought.
We aim to be the negation of /pol/; anti-fascist, materialist, better read. Our mission, above all, is
to learn, and help others learn, the philosophical tools necessary to elucidate the interrelated and
ever-increasingly complex space of self, society, and politics, from the local to the global scale.
An important part of /leftypol/’s unique character is our opposition to identity politics. We
believe that conflicts between genders, races, sexualities, and so on are distractions from the
wider class struggle that are intentionally fanned by the ruling class. This does not mean that
oppression based on personal characteristics does not exist, but that it should be approached
from an egalitarian perspective which is not personally accusatory and does not assign ‘victim’
and ‘oppressor’ groups. The rights of individuals to live according to their own wishes is a
fundamental part of leftism.
More broadly, leftism as understood by this document is defined as; “A broad set of ideological
forces which are dedicated to, by one form or another, dismantling the current material way of
things in capitalism and building a new egalitarian system to replace it.” If a point of view or
ideology claims to represent socialism or communism, yet is so divisive and anti-egalitarian that
it fails to offer a reasonable alternative to the current order, it may be considered as non-leftist.