Category: Article
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Shitstorming the opposition
Dean O’Possum writes about a far-right effort to attack a local Drag Story Time event in Eugene, Oregon and the ideological landscape in which transphobic legislation, online conspiracies, and hate speech targeting trans youth must be understood, organized against, and resisted. Excerpt: Dean O’Possum writes about a far-right protest against a Drag Story Time event…
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Kanye, Kyrie, and the continuum of antisemitic violence
Jonah ben Avraham addresses the antisemitic social media outbursts by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving and places them in the context and continuum of the wider growth of antisemitism, cultivated within ruling class and right-wing media and politics.
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Ujima’s plan to transcend neoliberalism in Maryland
Phillip Clark writes about the Ujima People’s Progress Party, an independent third-party led by Black workers in Baltimore, Maryland,and its ongoing initiative to get on the ballot this election cycle.
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Why we need a planned economy
Common wisdom, even among socialists, is that large-scale economic planning doesn’t work. Avery Wear reviews three key texts on the question and argues that planning is not only feasible but necessary.
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The making of a Black Bolshevik
Bill Mullen argues that McKay deserves a good Marxist biographer and has found one in Winston James.
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To organize, give people work they want to do
Zyad Hammad of DSA’s NYC Labor Branch argues that what’s missing in DSA organizing is a “scaffolding” of different tiers of engagement that provides opportunities for members take on labor work with low barriers to entry and then advance to deeper involvement as they learn and grow in commitment.
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“They’re Here Already!”
Hank Kennedylooks at the ongoing debates around the politics behind the sci-fi horror classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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No U.S. intervention in Haiti!
Tempest member Ashley Smith writes on why the Left must oppose the latest threat of U.S. military intervention in Haiti.
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¡Mike Davis, presente!
Anthony Arnove honors Mike Davis (1946-2022) by remembering him as a comrade, fighter, and friend.
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Courage at Sitong Bridge
Peng Lifa disappeared into the clutches of Chinese security forces in Beijing after he unfurled banners off a bridge with slogans attacking the autocracy of President Xi Jinping. But his daring act—and his manifesto calling for mass action to achieve democracy—have stirred hope for change and a discussion of strategy among Chinese on the mainland…