Category: Article
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Next steps to regain abortion rights
Even though popular support for abortion rights stands at more than two-thirds, the Supreme Court seems dead set on overturning Roe v. Wade. Haley Pessin and Natalia Tylim look at why this majority hasn’t ruled in official politics and the kind of organizing it will take to turn things around.
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The left wing of the possible?
Bill Keach reviews A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism by Doug Greene.
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Relief, anti-climax, and glimmers of hope
Sylvestre Jaffard analyses last month’s election results in the French presidential election, including the prospects for a rejuvenated Left challenge in the June legislative vote.
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Anti-choice bigots stopped in NYC
Haley Pessin reports on this weekend’s victory by New York City for Abortion Rights.
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Roe under attack, time to fight back!
Tempest reports on abortion rights protests and upcoming actions around the country in response to the leaked draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Fighting for trans and queer liberation
A transcript from the Tempest Collective sponsored panel on April 24, 2022.
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Rally in defense of abortion and bodily autonomy
Some 150 people rallied in Burlington, Vermont on the evening of May 3, 2002, at the Federal Building. The event was called by Planned Parenthood. The first speakers were Vermont Democratic Party Congressman, Peter Welch, and Lt. Governor, Molly Gray, both remarking on the breathtaking and shocking nature of the Supreme Court’s draft decision, and…
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The tragedy of Puerto Rico
Rafael Bernabe situates the political challenges facing Puerto Rico and, through the lens of Lenin in 1905, calls for a more explicit focus on capitalism as the problem, and the need to “organize pessimism” to retrieve the kernel of hope necessary for the fights ahead.
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Oakland teachers and ILWU strike against racism and gentrification
Bill Balderston reports of labor actions in the East Bay, directed against school closures and gentrification. A show of solidarity in common struggles against gentrification and racism in Oakland.
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What are the origins of May Day?
Rosa Luxemburg on the origins of May Day as International Workers Day.