I'm yet to decide on a topic, but having spent a little time on RedSails, it's quite clear that the levels of writing that get posted there vary a lot. I'm not really engrained into any leftist circles outside of an IRL party I'm being vetted for. Has anyone else here contributed essays to any place?

Once I get something written, what is a good way to shop it around to get posted somewhere cool? Anyone have any general experience like this?

Edit: been talking with a comrade and I think I have my topic! The rise of "christian nationalism" as a consequence of alienation/anticommunist ideology, and the parallels between the current movement and its targeting of trans people/leftists and the witch hunts of the 16/1700s in America.

Edit 2: Hot damn I just cranked out a thousand words and feel good about this so far! If anyone wants to take a peek, DM me!

  • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Roderic Day is enthusiastic about online propaganda to the point that he'll publish stuff from people who aren't "vetted" or "organizing irl." I know he just takes work he's interested in or has been submitted to him, and then does the work of an editor/publisher. The main criteria is usually that 1) it's explicitly communist/anti-imperialist in its critique and 2) it's interesting. His guest articles are usually kinda lengthy, but can also be pretty short

    I've never tried to submit anything, this is just from observation.

    https://redsails.org/artifacts-and-blockbusters/

    https://redsails.org/on-jargon/

      • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        I also remembered, he has published liberals before! It just has to be good and relevant to the communist cause, eg https://redsails.org/creating-the-innocent-killer/

        • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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          2 years ago

          I know that ideologically, the stuff I am working on is straight up marxism - im mostly just openly musing here about my quality of writing. There's that essay on the word "tankies" on RedSails that someone linked me to - I thought it was great content, but the writing came off like it was a Facebook post. That isn't really my style for stuff like this, I'm a little more academic than that author (who has a number of works on RedSails, iirc)

          • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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            2 years ago

            It definitely varies. Nia feels like a poster at heart, but if you're more academic there's absolutely room. The Negation of Abnegation piece and the Economic War on Asia are rather lengthy and full of citations, and to my knowledge, not from """established authors"""

            • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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              2 years ago

              Hell yeah, thanks comrade!

              Also, if you have some general suggestions on the better of RedSails' content, feel free to drop some links! I'm still pretty new to the site, and there's a TON of shit on there!

              • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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                2 years ago

                Sure, some personal favs have been this mini-biography of a Republican Spanish Civil War veteran https://redsails.org/bayo-quixote/ , Really Existing Fascism (cw: sectarianism at the end) https://redsails.org/really-existing-fascism , and the interview with Fidel in Guadalajara https://redsails.org/fidel-in-guadalajara/

                Banger quote

                "Interviewer: Comandante, I ask all this because “capitalism”, “imperialism”, this kind of discourse is practically unheard of these days.

                It seems to be out of fashion, because what’s at work in the world is something else.

                Fidel Castro: The old, the old system, is what’s in fashion, but it can only be in fashion momentarily for all the reasons I’ve given."

                Foundational texts would also be this Rodney except https://redsails.org/fascism-at-home-and-colonialism-abroad/ and any Deng https://redsails.org/marxism-is-a-science/ https://redsails.org/a-poisonous-weed/ and Domenico Losurdo https://redsails.org/losurdo-on-china/

                Sorry for the barrage! There are a lot of texts to work through for sure