Authors Arash Kolahi
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How might the Left overcome self-defeating infighting & endless strategy disputes and instead start building the type of solidarity necessary to win a radically better world?
Left Solidarity in a Hostile World 1/30
There is little disagreement on both the importance & urgency of the systemic changes we desperately need.
We are facing grim challenges on multiple fronts:
Capitalism’s systemic ecological destruction, injustices & alienation
Pervasive institutional racism systematically under-develops & under-nurtures communities of color. From systemic underfunding of schools to environmental racism, from economic injustice to the racist criminal “justice” system.
Sexism, patriarchy, rape culture, toxic masculinity, homophobia, transphobia & gendered divisions of labor permeate every aspect of society. We are forced to contort our authentic selves into gendered boxes of what it means to be a ‘man’ or ‘woman.’
Imperialist wars of aggression, international economic warfare, “free-trade” agreements that have little to do with trade & everything to do with subverting democratic oversight over environmental & labor laws and undermining civil & indigenous rights. 5/30
Left Solidarity in a Hostile World 1/30
There is little disagreement on both the importance & urgency of the systemic changes we desperately need.
We are facing grim challenges on multiple fronts:
Capitalism’s systemic ecological destruction, injustices & alienation
Capitalism is inherently & by-definition:
— Arash Kolahi (@ArashKolahi) May 14, 2020
\u2022 Anti-democratic
\u2022 Alienating
\u2022 Inequitable & unfair
\u2022 Environmentally destructive
\u2022 A zero-sum game that rewards the worst & punishes the best of humanity
An economic primer on capitalism #RIPCapitalism 1/12
Pervasive institutional racism systematically under-develops & under-nurtures communities of color. From systemic underfunding of schools to environmental racism, from economic injustice to the racist criminal “justice” system.
The primary systemic function of the US criminal \u201cjustice\u201d system is to control & criminalize black, brown & poor people while serving the interests of corporations & the wealthy. 1/14
— Arash Kolahi (@ArashKolahi) August 25, 2020
Sexism, patriarchy, rape culture, toxic masculinity, homophobia, transphobia & gendered divisions of labor permeate every aspect of society. We are forced to contort our authentic selves into gendered boxes of what it means to be a ‘man’ or ‘woman.’
1 in 6 women in the US has been a victim of rape. 1 in 4 girls is sexually assaulted by the age of 18. 1 in 3 women have experienced sexual violence at during their life.
— Arash Kolahi (@ArashKolahi) July 28, 2020
All these stats are even worse for our more vulnerable communities: POC, indigenous, disabled, etc. 17/30
Imperialist wars of aggression, international economic warfare, “free-trade” agreements that have little to do with trade & everything to do with subverting democratic oversight over environmental & labor laws and undermining civil & indigenous rights. 5/30