Tag: Politics
We Cannot Let Yesterday’s Farce Become Tomorrow’s Tragedy
Wednesday’s stunt signaled a new stage in the emergence of a fascist right in the country. We must adamantly reject all “law and order” approaches, instead taking matters into our own hands, driving fascists out of the streets and out of our workplaces.
What’s in a Slogan?
Rawan Abdelbaki challenges self-styled socialists going after the slogan “defund the police.”
Irreducibly Multiple
Mattie Armstrong-Price reflects on the meaning of last night’s election returns in the United States and its meaning for the American left going forward.
The Interregnum
Spectre’s Tithi Bhattacharya interviewed Meagan Day, Justin Charles, and Charlie Post about the left, electoral strategy, and class and social movements after the defeat of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Primary. In the first part, each answers Bhattacharya’s questions and in the second part, they respond to one another.
New Statue, Old Chimurenga
Lebohang Mojapelo writes about how little Zimbabwe has changed since the November 2017 coup that drove out Robert Mugabe.
Catastrophe in Lebanon
Joseph Daher asks if a social upsurge break free from the grip of Lebanon’s dominant parties In the wake of the explosion in Beirut?
Right-Wing Suicide in the United States Today
Sam Farber asks how we should understand the irrationalism of American rightists today? What to make of their seeming enthusiasm for the death drive?
Join the Poor People’s Army!
The Poor People’s Army writes about their upcoming march on Biden and the DNC. Lives over luxury!
Under China’s Thumb
Two members of Lausan explain how workers are organizing in Hong Kong in the face of the ferocious crackdown by the Chinese government.
From the Socialism of Fools to Social Democracy in One Country
Jordy Cummings writes about the emergent phenomenon of social democratic intellectuals appearing on right-wing terrain. Does this indicate a burgeoning red/brown alliance?