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Belfast Burns

Two weeks ago, racist violence spread across Belfast and other parts of the UK. Houses have been set on fire, families have been driven from their homes, immigrant neighborhoods have been attacked, and mobs have reportedly gone door to door looking for foreign nationals. There are real…

Stand Against Trans Genocide!

Just in the last two months, at least 12 transgender people have been murdered.  Lives Ripped From the Social Fabric April 5: Davonta Curtis, 31 April 12: Daniella Analee Escobedo, 34 April 13: Dannielle Spillman, 74 April 17: Aleanna Royal Belcher, 31; Paris Harris, 21 April 18:…

ICE Out of Santa Clara

On May 14th, people rallied to the Santa Clara County Offices to protest the construction of a planned ICE detention center in Gilroy. The event was an eclectic mix. There were community organizers, politicians in suits, business people, keffiyeh wearing Palestine supporters, and people displaying the US…

On Consensus

OK, Consensus. Let’s start from the thing we’ve been pushed towards, then move to the part we have to move towards.

Voting-as-decision-making is a point-in-time snapshot of majority rule. Rule by committee is minority rule. Both of these lead to situations where people without power are forced…

May Day 2026 Reportback

This year, the CRAB Collective mobilized an anarchist contingent for May Day. We rallied to the big red and black flag in the center of Story and King. Just before the march began, we passed out flags to the contingent, made up of CRAB and DSA-LSC members.…