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Mission
The Radical Student Union at CWRU is a group of radical students who seek to discuss, organize, and communicate, with other students in order to help build a more democratic and just society. Within our union it is agreed upon that in order to build this society a social revolution must place. By social revolution, we mean a fundamental transformation in the defining values and institutions of the various spheres of social life (kinship, community, economy, polity, international relations). That means we reject all forms of oppression and seek to dismantle them. These form include but are not limited to, patriarchy; the system of male supremacy encompassing the whole set of unequal man-woman relationships that are found in the family, the workplace, the state, and the dominant religious and cultural institutions of all contemporary societies, white supremacy; the domination of oppressed peoples (Blacks, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Latinos, Asians, Arabs, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans) based on their national or ethnic origin by a white power structure in which whites are given material, social, and psychological privileges, and last but most importantly, Capitalism; an economic system characterized by the private ownership of the means of production (the means by which we produce the goods and services that society depends on), market allocation, and a corporate division of labor. The system of private ownership results in class stratification between those who own productive property and those who do not (who must sell their labor power in return for wages). The corporate division of labor creates a class division between workers who monopolize empowering work and decision-making power, and workers who perform primarily rote and labor-intensive work and have little control of the decisions that affect their lives. Markets misprice goods, misallocate resources, and foster anti-social competitiveness and individualism among both producers and consumers. Capitalism results in the oppression and exploitation of the vast majority of the global population, forcing them into a life of poverty and destitution for the heinous and unceasing lust for profits. It destroys our natural environment and places the interests of profit above the survival of humanity and the planet as a whole. These anti-sexist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist values are what the RSU is founded upon and what will inform us in navigating our activism on this campus.
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