Sex Work & Vice City
The revolution isn’t an action-packed thrill ride like in video games. It’s a long, slow process where one class builds itself up. And that begins with how we treat each other.
Zeta Violet Koloskzi
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
One of the most revolutionary things we can do right now is speak truth to power. Whenever we see someone speaking truth where the media lies we can see the revolution taking shape.
Terminator: No Fate But What We Make
For every Darth Vader there’s a Luke Skywalker, for every Sauron there’s a Frodo Baggins, for every Skynet there’s an entire resistance ready to challenge it.
State and Revolution Book Club
Real Progressives is holding a five-week book club on Lenin’s State and Revolution. We encourage those who have not read the book to join us. We also invite those who have already read it to come, not only to study it further, but to help those of us still struggling to learn.
Guerrilla War of the Rings
A guerrilla war has three phases: mobility, equilibrium, and overtaking. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy perfectly mirrors these stages.
Lightsabers, Camera, Action
Are movies being made as artistic expressions of human creativity—or just because they’ll make money?
What Are You Afraid Of?
What do spiders and capitalism have in common? Fear, perception, and media shape our understanding of the world, from arachnophobia to class warfare.
How to Make a Po’boy
Don’t cross the picket line when there’s a labor dispute. And if you have the opportunity, give a striking worker a sandwich.
All Frogs Go To Heaven
The next time you see a frog, remember that no matter how small you are, there’s always hope for you to persevere against the largest and most powerful enemies.
Why Does the DMV Suck?
The ruling class wants us fighting each other over our frustration with life under capitalism. The best thing we can do is learn together and understand how the mechanisms of bureaucracies work.