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Anyone who accepts or supports top-down, hierarchical social relations is authoritarian.Both Liberals and Conservatives are authoritarian by this metric, since they support Capitalism.Forces Libs and Conservatives typically label “authori

When are we going to confront the reality that countless “Left” media personalities are directly and indirectly complicit in perpetuating the narrative that there is no way out, simply by

How many of you artists/creatives out there have been wondering how/why it seems as though the quality of art and design with money behind it (in the mainstream) has lessened

Please stop using “Communism” as a synonym for centralized economic planning under State Capitalism (aka “authoritarian Social Democracy”).As people all across the political spectrum (Left or otherwise) continue to do

Don’t stop talking about Armenia. Armenians feel alone in this moment.Kurds felt alone this time last year.For them, the common enemy is the Turkish nation-state.For oppressed folks worldwide, there are

We’re going to be honest:Too many Leftists lack an understanding for what Capitalism is, not as an abstract socioeconomic system, but as a MODE OF PRODUCTION.Move past LABELS and watch

Gestures like these illustrate clearly that, despite whatever Bernie & similar forces may have done to “shift the Overton window,” “progressive” politicians lack the radical imagination & boldness necessary to

What we mean when we say “start building dual power where you’re at” is that you need to get together with others in your workplaces or industries who share the

Many people are looking at the totality of this monster of Capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy, and other social systems of domination, and are overwhelmed, asking members of our organization, “What

Something the “Left” desperately needs to understand, and quickly:1) The future of organizing is going to be more spontaneous and decentralized (whether you like it or not).2) The goal shouldn’t

“I like to calmly and rationally discuss my views in a conformist manner, even though I consider myself to the extreme Left.I like to infiltrate the mechanics of a system

We must be clear about what it means to not just “organize,” but to organize for revolutionary systems change specifically.The ruling class is not really intimidated or challenged by reactive