This is not really related to left-wing politics, but I found it important enough to write about, regarding Turkish genocide denial and geopolitics, regarding the Turkish-Kurdish conflicts. Holocaust survivor and lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide” specifically to refer to the atrocities committed by the Turks in World War I. From 1913 to 1917,… Read More Understanding the United States' "Non-Recognition Policy" of the Armenian Genocide

There is an undeniable dilemma A burden of our minds, Such an insidious inculcation, The social Darwinian mountain of lies. Our obedient subjugation is so lawfully preserved, By insatiable interests of indoctrination. We can’t gaze through our Overton Windowpane, Because “moderation” is a sacrosanct-type sane Apathy at the expense of justice Civility at the expense… Read More Justice, Security, Humanism, Individuality

I remember that moment. I remember that cold winter day last year in which I sat tired in the car with my teacher on the wheel, and my mom and my sister as we rode under a bridge downtown. I looked out my window. Never had I seen so much misery outside of the nonfiction… Read More On questioning and wanting to change the world

As many of you know, on January 2, the United States assassinated one of the top Iranian military commanders, Qassem Soleimani, a leader of the Quds Force with strong popular support. The murder of Soleimani came immediately after the end of the pro-Iran protests at the US embassy in Baghdad. Update: As expected, the war… Read More No War in Iran!

A social democrat recently argued to a socialist friend of mine that pure socialism is no better than pure capitalism. The socialist’s response lays bare all the problems of capitalism – from your student debt to the African hunger epidemic, from years of “job experience” to outsourcing – and explains why we cannot sustain this… Read More A response to social democracy

Religion, as a social phenomenon, is best understood as an outgrowth of real, tangible material conditions. What does almost every religion in the world deal with primarily? Death. And most of them also have at least something to say about what comes after. Why do people even care? Why are they not fully focused on… Read More Religion through a Marxist lens