A Practical Radical Politics
How can we navigate the tension between practicality and radicalism in political activism? Professor Robert Jensen discusses.
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Nationalism and the Left: African Socialism
As part of examining the legacy of left-wing nationalism, Katie Barker and Dan Fisher look into the history of African Socialism.
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Nationalism and the Left: Arab Socialism, Ba’athism and Beyond
What can the history of Arab Socialism - Ba'athism - tell us about the circumstances in which nationalism and socialism are united in one ideology?
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Labour Manifesto Promises Sex-Based Protections, But Also Self-ID: Questions Arise
The Labour Party's 2019 Election Manifesto has promised to fully enforce single-sex spaces but also to allow gender self-ID. How do these promises interact?
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Identity Politics: The Left-wing Perspective
What criticisms of identity politics arise from left wing perspectives? Emeka Ikpeazu explores.
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Conflicts in Post-Colonial Fascism: From Peron to Lebanon
Dan Fisher and Katie Barker examine the internal contradictions within two non-European fascist movements after the Second World War, from Peron to Lebanon. In a previous article, we explored the question of whether and how much fascism could be said to have left wing influences. We continue this theme today by looking at two examples […]
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For a New Left – Racism and Imperialism
Only a global, united movement can work to deconstruct the institutions of state and corporate power which fuel racism and serve to keep us divided.
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‘Left Wing’ Fascism – An Infantile Accusation?
With groups spanning the political spectrum using cherry-picked definitions of fascism as props, we explore where the real roots of fascism and Nazism lie.
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The Deep Roots of the Illiberal Left
Illiberal attitudes toward free speech and expression have been a feature among sections of the Left going as far back as Marx and Engels. “Hate speech!” is a battle cry we’re all too familiar with by now, and “deplatforming”—the disinvitation of controversial speakers—has become common practice on progressive campuses. A reversal of the Voltairean pledge, […]
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Canada Struggles with Secularism. What Can We Do? – A chat with Dave McKee, Communist Party of Canada
Despite being a secular nation, Canada struggles with promoting secularism, as schools and hospitals are highly influenced by religion. An interview with Dave McKee, Communist Party of Canada, on the country’s problems with religiosity in the public sector. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What stereotypes do you often hear about communism in Ontario and Canadian discourse? Dave […]
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