Welcome to /leftistpol/.
Ground Rules
No spamming, No CP (cheese pizza OK, not the other CP)
Please Be Civil
What is the purpose of this board?
It is a place to discuss leftist issues, ranging from labor, class struggle, wealth inequality, to communism and anarchism. Furthermore it's a place for general political or news discussion from a left perspective.
Is this a board for leftists only? Am I excluded as a right-winger or moderate?
No. The above description pertains to topics only. You are free to have any stance on those issues; you can be pro-free market, pro-nationalism or pro-religion. Opinions aren't censored here.
But keep in mind that the plan is that most threads will be pertaining to left issues rather than the usual /pol/ fare. The right-wing already has /pol/ and most of 8chan and 4chan to begin with. And for all the talk from /pol/acks that their board has free speech, we know that is bullshit. They censor leftist threads and comments on there. Your opinion from a non-left stance is valuable and welcome when it comes to those specific topics.
What are the most important board rules?
Please do not open threads, or try to derail threads, with a blatant /pol/-premise (for example Blacks and crime; Jews and the media; gay degeneracy), even if they are factual. A good self-check before posting is: "Would I open this thread on /pol/? Would it be applauded there?" If yes, it is probably better suited there rather than here in the first place.
Are you a SJW?
No. /leftistpol/ is firmly anti-SJW and anti-identity politics. Anti-SJW threads are ok. After all the SJWs have infiltrated our leftist movement. So this is obviously an issue of concern for us. But it's not cool when Anti-SJW threads dominate the board. The primary purpose of this imageboard is to promote fiscally left-wing issues. Pro-SJW discussion is also allowed if you really insist. If you really think that it's important for the left to address. But if this discussion overwhelms the board, there will be a purge.
If you are pro-free speech why do you censor? Are you trying to shut down politically incorrect discussion?
Ensuring board quality/focus ≠ censoring opposing opinions.
You are free to express your opinion on any matter that is discussed here, but when creating threads please try to stay within on-topic bounds of this board. We would like /leftistpol/'s content to remain separate from that of the other /pol/ and IDpol/SJW boards, i.e. while they focus more on race/gender/LGBT issues, we focus more on class issues.
Trying to avoid a flood of /pol/-like or SJW threads is not in any shape or form different from trying to moderate away threads about females on /cuteboys/ or threads about the virtues of gun bans from /k/.
What sets you apart from /leftypol/?
It's an secondary alternative to /leftypol/ with a more pro-reformist focus pertaining to fiscally left-wing issues and hopefully better quality assurance. /leftypol/'s philosophy is that violent revolution is the way to improve the lives of the working-class. Our position does not call for the violent overthrow of the bourgeoisie. We are reformists who want to enact change by working within the system and educating the working-class about class issues. The modern working-class doesn't care for Karl Marx, Engels and other 19th century and early 20th century literature. We need a leftism that speaks to the 21st century modern working-class. Without exhibiting the outright hostility towards white heterosexual cis males that we see in the so-called modern "left" these days. Both the old-left and the modern "left" are out-of-touch with the modern working-class. Though posters who don't believe in reform are welcome to post and share their views. On virtue of being (right now) slower moving and /leftypol/ having become rather fast, we hope it also enables long-term in-depth discussion without fear of threads 404ing within a few days.
To the owner of /leftypol/ itself I extend my friendship as a fellow leftist. We just have our philosophical differences.
Memberships
This board is a proud member of the United Boards for posting at /leftistpol/
The UBF is a loose confederation of boards centred around the concept of posting at /leftistpol/ from moderation.
See the full list of members here: >>>/ubf/
Post last edited at