Part 2 of 2. Interview with a revolutionary communist person who identifies as neutrois and trans masculine (transmasc). In part 2, we discuss Trump and how his presidency inspired many people to become politically active, the erosion of confidence in electoral politics, how covid allowed people be off work and re-evaluate their lives, formation of the Trans Masculine Alliance of Houston, the big can of worms of how the Right works together vs how the Left works together, subjectivity vs objectivity, why it's important to have a trans masculine focused group, our philosophies of doing activism, how the institution of slavery is still active in US prisons, clashes within US communism, misconceptions about China after Mao (e.g. realism, imperialism, robust capitalism, US 2.0), and Confucius Institutes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

We also discuss Black Lives Matter (#blm) "Democratic Socialism" (DSA), the lack of a strong Leftist movement, how it's difficult to break from capitalism, and the need to constantly interrogate what you are doing and if it's helpful.

I really learned a lot in this interview!

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Links from part 2.

Opposition to the Willow Project

https://www.nativemovement.org/willow-project

Refuse Fascism

https://refusefascism.org/

Trans Masculine Alliance of Houston

https://transmasculinehouston.com/

Bob Avakian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Avakian

The Confucius Institute Comes to Prairie View

https://www.prairieviewtexas.gov/newsdetail_T2_R17.php

Closing a Confucius Institute, at Congressmen's Request

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/04/09/texas-am-cuts-ties-confucius-institutes-response-congressmens-concerns

H.Con.Res.9 - Denouncing the horrors of socialism, from the 118th Congress (2023-2024)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/9/text

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Other Conversations is an independent, informal oral history project by Shane Brodie, a multi-issue activist and sculptor. This project is on hiatus as of Fall 2023 as I continue to slowly upload previous interviews, but it may continue later on in 2024 or thereafter. If you are interested in being interviewed sometime in the future, please email me (see below) and we can talk about that privately.

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In this project, I interviewed transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conformist, agendered, neutrois, and intersex people who are anarchist, independent, conservative, egalitarian, progressive, free speech and gun rights enthusiasts, rural, religious, atheist, voluntaryist, mutualist, apolitical, skeptical, constitutionalist, classic liberal, libertarian, small political party members, socialist, DSA, communist, radical, revolutionary, or have a mixture of right/left views etc.

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