A Pandemic Can’t Survive Capitalism

Hospitality and tourism are some of the largest employers in Miami, and it is the first industry to be severely crippled by the coronavirus outbreak. Since the beginning of March, this workforce has been experiencing layoffs and cut hours so drastic that it has changed the outlook of an entire industry in a matter of [...]

Batay La Film Screening

Join One Struggle in Tallahassee, FL for two events! In 2012, One Struggle traveled to Haiti to meet with textile workers organized with Batay Ouvriye (Workers' Struggle), an independent organization known throughout Haiti as a fierce, uncompromising movement dedicated to reconstructing Haiti in the interests of workers, peasants, and the poor. Following the trip OS set up [...]

Lessons from Haiti: Demarcate to Unite

 Around the world, people are mobilizing, protesting, even revolting. The failings of capitalism and imperialism in its most recent form of neoliberal policies are clear - extreme inequality, austerity, privatization, exploitation and domination of people and planet. In Chile, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong and Haiti, record numbers of people have taken the streets [...]

Sprouting Theory: What Fascism Is

  We’re watching racists and xenophobes march in record numbers. We’re watching our planet get sold out for corporate gain. We’re watching our rights disappear. We tell ourselves the solution is to #votethemout, vote with our dollar, “make our voices heard” on social media or in the streets, and punch Nazis. But should we be [...]

Sprouting Theory: “What Fascism ISN’T”

  There’s a lot out there that tries to explain what fascism is. Historians, academics, philosophers, and journalists are struggling to define the term now, as they did almost eighty years ago while actual fascist regimes were in power. Today, hate groups are seeping into popular culture with organizations like the Proud Boys, Identity Evropa [...]

The Terror of Capitalism: Mass Shootings & Fascist Violence

Yesterday, on August 4, Patrick Crusius shot up a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 22 people. More are hospitalized, and the death toll will continue to rise. This is not a one-off event, but is part of a wider trend including events like March’s Christchurch massacre, April’s Poway synagogue shooting, and July’s Gilroy garlic [...]