Talk:Black First Land First

BLF is far-right
Although BLF's leadership structure is based on communist principles, and although the party appeals to communist ideals when discussing its ideology, the party's ideology is not communist (it's the opposite of communist, in fact). It is a common misconception in South Africa that parties that promote black people's rights are "left-wing", since under Apartheid the only parties who promoted equal treatment of black people were left-wing parties. But BLF is not about equal treatment and egalitarianism. BLF wants one racial group to rule over another racial group, which makes them far-right, by definition. I understand that BLF itself would not want to call itself "far-right", because in South Africa the term "far-right" is traditionally used mostly for white supremists. But according to objective definition, BLF is far-right. -- leuce (talk) 07:16, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I think that has to be sourced, such a controversial change in position needs to be independently verified, otherwise i'll just have to remove the position altogether! Vif12vf/Tiberius (talk) 07:22, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * It's going to be difficult to "source" it because different sources have different definitions of "far left" and "far right". And because most sources who would report on BLF use the definition "far-right = white, far-left = black", and BLF is black.  In this case, the Wikipedia's own definition is what's relevant (because the item links through to the Wikipedia page on far-rightism). -- leuce (talk) 10:38, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Annulled
Saying that the BLF is deregistered inplies that they were legitimately registered and that their existing registration came to an end (e.g. because they did not renew their registration, etc.). Instead, the IEC *annulled* their original registration. The IEC's decision states that there were some ambiguity during the origial registration, but the BLF's subsequent statements clarified that they do not, in fact, qualify to be registered, and thus the IEC annulls their registration. http://www.elections.org.za/content/About-Us/News/Commission-upholds-African-Transformation-Movement-(ATM)-registration,-annuls-Black-First-Land-First-(BLF)-registration/ https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/souparties1.htm Yes, I know the Citizen newspaper says that they have been "deregistered", but the IEC uses the term "deregistration" to mean something specific. -- leuce (talk) 07:32, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

BLF as a black nationalist vs. black consciousness party
According to the Wikipedia article on the topic, Black Consciousness was an "anti-apartheid" movement and attacked "the condescending values" of white Liberals. This is very, very different from a movement whose leader tweets "I have aspirations to kill white people, and this must be achieved!," as is noted later in this article. The description "black nationalist and anti-white racist" movement is therefore a much more accurate one, embedded even in the name of the party ("Black First"). Additionally, there is precedent for this somewhat, as the party that Andile Mngxitama, the founder of Black First Land First, was expelled from, partly for being so radical even by their standards, that party being the Economic Freedom Fighters, is not listed as being a "black consciousness" party at all, but as a black nationalist one. Yet despite all of this, twice now a revised description of Black First Land First has been repealed, first for lack of sources, which was reasonable, but the second time with no stated reason at all. The user who removed it claims, additionally, to be a member of a Norwegian Marxist extremist-left communist party on his profile. It is thereby abundantly clear that his revision was nothing more than a politically motivated euphemism, which stands in complete opposition to the ideals of Wikipedia. Due to this, his edit will be revised. If anyone would like to reverse this, please at least state your reasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.59.185.135 (talk) 18:01, 27 January 2024 (UTC)


 * The cited source recounts some comments and Twitter drama by a BLF "spokesperson". It says nothing about the group being "black nationalist", let alone "anti-white racist", which is in any case an WP:EXCEPTIONAL claim and would need to be properly attributed to remain WP:IMPARTIAL. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 06:53, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The name of the party is literally "Black First." What more evidence do you want that it's a Black Nationalist party?? 172.59.185.135 (talk) 18:44, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * An interpretation like that is WP:OR. Wikipedia's contents must be WP:VERIFIABLE based on published, reliable sources. The WP:BURDEN to provide such a source is on those who wish to add material to the article. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 20:58, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Sir, the source is literally the name of the Party. 172.59.185.135 (talk) 21:41, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * If an organization's name were WP:RS we'd describe the DPRK as a "democratic republic". We need a reliable, published source that directly supports the requested change. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 23:56, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The Economic Freedom Fighters [is] not listed as being a "black consciousness" party at all, but as a black nationalist one – the EFF is not the topic of this article. In any case, Wikipedia as a WP:USERGENERATED site is not a reliable source. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 00:12, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Anti-White racism
I've removed this from the ideology section as it is essentially a slur against the party and the concept itself is disputed.

Relevant reading to anyone who may wish to add this back in: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_racism 2.30.180.181 (talk) 18:27, 27 May 2024 (UTC)