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What we currently think of as “the left” seems lost like a deer in headlights when it comes to the threat of fascism, especially...

“In the early 30s in Germany, the communist party, following the Stalinist line at the time, took the position that everybody but us is...

Over a year has passed since the January 6th insurrection in DC and, sadly, it’s unclear what we’ve learned. Shortly after that multifaceted coup...

Ella Baker’s work leading the Young Negroes’ Cooperative League (YNCL) from 1930-1933 is here used to further inform today’s anti-fascism. Overall, this article relates Baker’s work to the dissenting views of German Communist Party (KPD) co-founder Clara Zetkin, specifically her views on fascism and the systemic alternative she referred to as a “Soviet Congress for a Soviet Germany.” This was a federation of autonomous councils formed in neighborhoods and workplaces for mutual aid, self-defense, and as dual power to succeed in revolution through general strikes in the event of a Nazi coup.

The late sociologist Erik Olin Wright used the phrase “ruptural transformation” instead of revolution, inaccurately summarizing this as “Smash first, build second.” His immensely...