Drag defenders organize to outnumber the right in Royal Oak
Report from the front
by Hank KennedyIn this report back Hank Kennedy discusses the successful defense of Drag Story Time in Royal Oak, MI.
It’s a smaller world in DeSantis’ Florida
Building the movement for queer and trans liberation
by Eric MaroneyEric Maroney provides an analysis of the response to the ongoing wave of attacks against queer and trans youth in the U.S. with a focus on Florida governor and recently announced presidential candidate Ron DeSantis.
Fascism, the far right, and the threat to democracy
A response to Charlie Post
by Naomi BennetNaomi Bennet responds to Charlie Post on how to understand the relationship between the electoral far right and fascist forces and what this means for threats to bourgeois democracy and the strategies for the Left.
“Trans bans” and “groomer panic”
A timeline of the anti-trans moral panic in the U.S.
by Dean O'PossumDean O’Possum situates the recent wave of anti-trans attacks in the context of a broader pattern of moral panics whipping up right-wing forces against trans people and the Left more broadly.
Resisting the backlash
The fight to defend Black studies
by Dana CloudA Tempest Collective event on Sunday, March 26 at 2 pm EDT.
DC’s friends of fascism
The long history and active present
by Hank KennedyHank Kennedy uncovers a domestic history of fascist supporters in the halls of powers and finds a line of continuity and important comparisons to this generation of Washington D.C. ultra-reactionaries.
After the rail fiasco
What’s next for the Left?
by Joe AllenJoe Allen explains that Biden’s blatant strike-breaking in the imposition of an unpopular contract on rail workers with the support of the DSA “Squad” is a betrayal and a political blunder.
The alt-right anti-trans crusades
Gender essentialism, social reproduction, and the tasks of the Left
by Eric MaroneyEric Maroney argues that the far-right attacks on transgender people stem from profound social anxiety over the crises posed by neoliberal capitalism.
Assata Taught Me
A conversation with Donna Murch and Naomi Murakawa
by Naomi MurakawaDonna Murch’s latest book is Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives. Naomi Murakawa spoke to her soon after its release.
Comrade Leo Bernard, 1939-1966
by Hank Kennedy
The Left was on the rise—and under threat—in the mid-1960s. Hank Kennedy tells the story of a hometown comrade who was a target of anti-communist violence.