People submitting to the mob ‘supporting radical Marxist group’

 

Sky News host Rita Panahi says she wonders “whether the sportsmen, corporates and politicians taking a knee in the name of Black Lives Matter know that they are supporting a radical Marxist group with a set of political goals that the overwhelming majority of people find insane”.

“To be fair the Black Lives Matter founders are pretty honest about their worldview and the group’s extreme Left anti-capitalist goals.,” Ms Panahi said.

“Here’s a statement from the movement for black lives platform which BLM endorsed:

“The interlinked systems of white supremacy, imperialism, capitalism and patriarchy shape the violence we face. As oppressed people living in the US, the belly of global empire, we are in a critical position to build the necessary connections for a global liberation movement.

“Until we are able to overturn US imperialism, capitalism and white supremacy, our brothers and sisters around the world will continue to live in chains.”

“Here’s one of the cofounders Opal Temeti pictured with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, a man who leads a socialist regime with the world’s most brutal and murderous police force responsible for the highest rate of killings by law enforcement officers.

“Indeed Venezuela’s rate of killings by law enforcement officers is more than double the next highest country according to official data.

“Here’s a UN report from last year on the country’s grave human rights violations noting that

“In 2018, the Government registered 5,287 killings, purportedly for “resistance to authority.

“Between 1 January and 19 May of 2019, another 1,569 people were killed, according to Government figures. Other sources suggest the figures may be much higher.”

“If you object to Black Lives matter’s divisive brand of race politics, if you object to their anti-capitalist, anti-police, anti-meritocracy philosophies, you won’t be shot but you can be fired, cancelled and declared a racist.

“If you’re going to submit to the mob and take a knee, then know precisely what you’re supporting, it ain’t about police brutality or racism, it’s about clearly defined, extreme neo-marxist ideology.”