Continuing our perspectives series: The period ahead is one of increasing political polarization among the masses and the ruling class. The most obvious result has been the surge of the right, as exemplified by Trump’s return to the White House. While liberals and reformists attempt to paper over this growing divide, revolutionaries should embrace it.
The second Trump administration’s horrific attacks on immigrants, the oppressed, workers, and the public sector have been met with an encouraging wave of protest by the broad left. However the anti-Trump movement has also been mired in liberal patriotism and misplaced hope in the courts. By contrast, a truly effective resistance will pose a real threat to the ruling class.
Last week’s killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has unexpectedly made the suspect a folk hero and triggered a tsunami of class rage over the US’s barbaric healthcare system. This sudden surge in class consciousness is a hopeful sign for revolutionaries, but it also shows that it will take more than lone avengers to combat the capitalist class.
What will it take to liberate Palestine? It starts, of course, with the heroism and sumud (steadfastness) of Palestinians we’ve witnessed over the past 75 years. That’s why Firebrand supports Palestinian resistance in all its forms. But international action is also...
The eruption of Gaza solidarity encampments on college campuses around the world has been a welcome and unexpected shot in the arm for the Palestine liberation movement. In hindsight, the pot simmered on campuses for months before boiling over. Last fall, universities...