The Strategic Activist
You don’t defeat the enemy in one fight, you grind down their political and moral foundation until holding the status quo costs more than yielding to change.
Revolution
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.
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.
The Unseen Labor of Liberation
The real story of social change isn’t found in the explosive moments that make history books, but in the countless ordinary hours that make those moments possible.
Trumpism as the American Thatcherism
Some call it Trumpism, a shorthand for this moment, just as Thatcherism and Reaganism personified the neoliberal onslaught of the 80s. But this isn’t just about one man. It never is.
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.
The Road to Fascism is Paved with Liberal Intentions
Time and again, liberals claim to oppose fascism while enabling its rise. From Weimar Germany to Biden’s America, their ‘moderation’ serves capital, not people. This isn’t incompetence, it’s class war.
