WHY IS IT SO EASY FOR WHITE SUPREMACIST MILITIAS TO RECRUIT FROM ANYWHERE INCLUDING THE PRISON SYSTEM? AND WHAT CAN THE REVOLUTIONARY LEFT LEARN FROM THIS?

White supremacy, the concept, is the most effective PSYOP/Propaganda tool ever created. This ideology binds people from all walks of life. Politicians, journalists, authors, cops, militants, and criminals all come together for common goals. Although the concept of social justice binds several of the above categories, the last, criminals is consistently left out. Neo-Nazi groups are militant by nature. They possess a seemingly inherent understanding of exactly who and what the "enemy" of their movement is. Likewise, they are political by nature. They have a good grasp on how to achieve their goals by aligning with similar political movements. Further, they seem to have a very good handle on what propaganda is and how best to use it. Neo-Nazi/Skinhead groups tend to have rules within their organizational structure that unifies and strengthens their threads of unity and militancy. These include prohibiting sexual relations with other races and the use of drugs. Slogans such as "Kill your local Antifa scum" have been added to "Make more white babies" and "Kill your local drug dealer." Why? The answer is simple and two fold: They understand who their enemy is and they understand propaganda. White power agitprop clarifies the enemy, the goals, and the alliances. A trend has emerged: White power splinter factions forming and recruiting in prisons. More white power groups are formed in the US prison system (both state and federal) than any other group. Finally, they are not in the habit of killing each other. There is a strong sense, however distorted, of "brotherhood." What does all this tell us? They can win. By contrast, black and brown "street gangs," within the very fabric of their culture, kill each other, sell and use drugs, have no sense of true enemies or threats, and actively teach the younger generations to continue this unnecessary self- annihilation. This must change. In the criminal world, the word "politics" takes on a different meaning. It is in the context of gang/prison politics. Street and prison gangs have little to no understanding of political reality in the US let alone propaganda and how to use it. This must also change. The perception of reality of gangs, or the oppressed, exploited, addicted, (hereafter "OEA") population is a true enemy of the revolution. How to combat this problem should be of vital importance to all who make up the Revolutionary Left. However, clever slogans are not so effective on prison hardened gang members. A campaign against this enemy must at once seek the emancipation of the OEA population and the conversion of same. This battle begins in the battlefield of the mind. Street and prison gang members, for the most part, couldn't care less about politics, the dangers of fascism, or communist revolution. The notion that the same ideological teachings used for individuals already interested in antifascism can also be utilized for the OEA population must be abandoned. The only motivation that can be adopted for this demographic is the promise of power. Our revolutionary history has taught us a valuable lesson in how to address this issue. In the late 60s early 70s, in Harlem, the Black Panther Party (BBP) was faced with the issue of how to deal with street gangs. Within the prison system, George Jackson also shed light on dealing with this demographic. The Black Panthers were known to use force to stop the poisoning of the community by taking the drugs from dealers and disposing of it. While George Jackson used his teaching skills. While both of these methods are necessary, there is an overwhelming sense of urgency attached now in 2024. At the time, Harlem was a "failed city." It fell, but not to the Panthers or the fascists, but to the gangs. The BBP was taken out by the fascists before they were able to fully address the problem. If this has taught us anything it is that we have no choice but to absorb the gangs into our fold. How many of us are able to recruit in the prison system by teaching about the reality of the conditions that caused ghettos and gangs in the first place? How many will walk into a gang neighborhood in, say, Chicago and explain the true nature of our communist revolution? Will you? In conclusion, desirable alteration in the discourse, and then culture, of street gang politics must become a priority for all aligned with the aims of antifascism. The success of recruitment from the OEA population hinges on the ability to strategically communicate the true threat of white supremacist paramilitaries and clearly redefine community defense and threat management in terms that resonate with the needs of the power dynamics of both, the OEA population and the revolution. Reliable success in this long sought after realm of revolutionary politics can only be achieved by those who are the embodiment of the radical hybrid of both.