Essays & Interviews
‘No one way works’: An Interview with Ira Terán and Emrys Travis on Trans Marxism
In this interview with Ira Terán and Emrys Travis, Sylvia McCheyne discusses what exactly trans Marxism is, how it is so often a foil against mechanical applications of dialectics, and why it is so important to organising and what comrades in the UK and elsewhere can learn from trans struggles.
Red Fightback’s Final Crisis
Red Fightback was a communist and anti-imperialist organisation that aimed to take oppression seriously, adopting an intersectional approach that sought to address patriarchy, racism, and ableism, in contrast to much of the left in Britain. But the project has come to a sudden end, leaving both its membership and onlookers confused about contradictions within the party and its seeming failure to combat oppression within its ranks.
Against Performativity
Biological science must reconcile itself with trans existence. Hodder reminds us that the purpose of dialectical materialism is not simply to recognise what exists, but ‘to recognise it in order to change it’, and we are already changing sex and gender, without Judith Butler opening the door for us.
Inside the Last Days of the CPGB-ML
Some members had already left, fed up with the ignorance and incompetence of the Central Committee, while others, against their better judgement, stayed to try and correct the course of the party. But still the Central Committee could only picture the working class a caricature, telling members of the party to lose weight and get ‘working class’ haircuts – before going on to unironically describe Tommy Robinson’s hairstyle.
Cuban Women in the Special Period
Cubans, and Cuban women in particular, learned to become their own heroes, because standing still was out of the question. Many things were at stake: the survival of their families, the safety of their children, and the future of a Revolution that is far from perfect but that most Cubans prefer and want. It is our right to make our own path.