Official statement from the Central Committee of the Canadian Socialist Rifle Association
Date: December 9th 2024
Re: Community Reminder
The CSRA is an organization for everyone. This includes the marginalized, underrepresented and oppressed. It includes socialists, leftists and the working class. You might find us doing mutual aid, first aid seminars, firearms related activities and other knowledge based events, but the purpose of our organization is to host and nurture a community.
Our community strives to have a good understanding of gender discrimination, racism, classism, ableism, as well as other different forms of oppression. Our members and supporters all come from different walks of life and have experienced different events that shaped them into who they are.
We as a community have a duty to be understanding about our differences, and be sensitive to thing such as mental health, triggers, and trauma. We need to check in on our friends, and listen closely when they talk. It’s important to realize that a life of struggle can bring its own unique issues, and we need to be sympathetic to troubles that we may not have had to experience.
If we want to make the world a better and more inclusive place, then we have to be active in self and community care. Remember that the first line of defence is a strong and caring community. If you are feeling alone, suffering and have no one to talk to, then reach out. Our community needs you. We understand.
From the central committee of the Canadian Socialist Rifle Association