Organize – Or Else!

In order to build surface tension, water molecules use the power of cohesion, a force that allows hydrogen bonds to attract one another and form bonds, coming together. In turn, surface tension allows water to resist rupture when disrupted or stressed, form droplets, and support small objects that adhere to it. Ultimately, this is one [...]

We Scream for Change and They Respond by Supporting the Status Quo

From national, state, to even local politics, we are told one thing over and over again; if you want change, vote in the right people and change will be delivered to you. To be frank, our needs and the interests all of our elected politicians end up representing are diametrically opposed. We cannot just vote [...]

We Must Take Our Cities Back from the Bourgeoisie!

Credit: Justin Santora/The Chicago Reader The people of South Florida have always lived at the mercy of capitalists. Since it was developed, the working and laboring classes of South Florida have been moved around like chess pieces on a gameboard, used by the bourgeoisie to shape the world in their interests – not [...]

It’s Time to Expose the Fuckery

In the past months, Senator Sinema and Senator Manchin have been flooded by everyone from climate activists to dreamers asking, begging, for reforms and resolutions they promised during their campaigns. Both politicians have refused to acknowledge them, even when activists face them in a bathroom, airplane or yacht. Both democratic Senators raised hope among their [...]

Brazilian Horror Story: Starring Real Estate Interests and Police Repression

Children at CCBB. Front sign says “CCBB Occupation – Protected Under Law 6657/2020”. Sign in the background says “When housing is a privilege, occupying is a need!” Credit: @imatheusalves Wednesday, April 7 saw a true war scene take over Brasília, the not-so-famous capital of Brazil.  On one side, military police teams heavily equipped with rubber [...]

Fascism or Progress: Where are we headed?

A youth, not yet an adult in the eyes of the state, murdered strangers in the street in the name of fascistic ideology. One more year and he would have had a badge and gun paid for with our taxes, with qualified immunity to enact the murderous pursuits of the state, like those inflicted on [...]

Radical or #Radical™: Reflections on Recent Protests

In moments of political upheaval and widespread popular uprising, it’s the job of a progressive organization to resist getting swept up in swelling action and continue to look steadily toward the future - to the consequences of our current moment and to the inevitable ebbing of energy and enthusiasm that activism tends to dead-end into. [...]