A revolutionary socialist organizing project
Confronting Ethnonationalist Violence
by Travis S.Travis S explains that the recent shooting of six people at a Taiwanese church was motivated by hostilities within the diaspora—hostilities fueled by four decades of U.S.-backed dictatorship in Taiwan and the more-recent promotion of virulent ethnonationalism on the mainland.
Bill V. Mullen reflects on the Ohio Senate campaign of J.D. Vance, in the aftermath of the white supremacist murders in Buffalo, and finds a through line of “Replacement Theory” and emergent fascist politics.
French elections, 2022
by Sylvestre JaffardSylvestre 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.
Todd Gordon puts the ongoing protest known as the “Freedom Convoy”, that started in Canada’s capital city and then spread, in its historical context with that country’s other fascist and far-right movements.
A Tempest panel discussion
by Eric MaroneyThis is a lightly edited transcript of a panel on Critical Race Theory organized by the Tempest Collective.
Review of No Free Speech for Fascists
by Katie FeyhKatie Feyh reviews No Free Speech for Fascists: Exploring ‘No Platform’ in History, Law, and Politics by David Renton.
The movement for reproductive rights
by TempestTempest sponsored event on the legacy and urgency of the mass movement in defense of abortion. Dana Cloud, Megan Lessard, and Lluvia (“Rayito”) del Rayo Rocha Perez speak on the legacy and ongoing fight for reproductive rights in North America.
India’s second wave
by Swati Birla & Kuver SinhaSwati Birla and Kuver Sinha explore how the Modi government in India has shaped and compounded the extreme COVID-19 crisis there to benefit capital.
Re-learning lessons from Northern Ireland
by Sean MitchellSeán Mitchell, a socialist activist and historian from West Belfast, eloquently provides a framework for the history of sectarianism in Ireland, necessary for our understanding of these resurgent dynamics.
Congress, the left, and social struggle
by Aaron Amaral & Ashley SmithThe final part of an interview with Nagesh Rao about Narendra Modi’s horrific mishandling of the pandemic in India and the state of the political alternatives to Modi’s BJP government.