Cincinnati Socialists

If you live in Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky, you’ve certainly heard of—and likely been impacted by—the damage to the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge (also known as the “Big Mac Bridge”) caused by a fire that occurred in the early morning hours on November 1st. It is very telling that the knee-jerk reaction from local government agencies, without any specific evidence supporting their claim, was to imply that unhoused people—who are just looking for a place to sleep that is even slightly out of the elements—were responsible for the damage to the Big Mac Bridge.

As Cincinnati’s housing crisis intensifies and landlords rake in cash, more and more people are being thrown into the streets. As real estate prices continue to rise and housing ownership is further concentrated into the hands of corporate real estate developers, working class people’s only options are to rent or find themselves unhoused. To combat this, we, as renters and working class people, need to build powerful organizations of our own to combat the power that landlords hold over us.

The dynamics in west Asia have shifted very quickly. The ceasefire in Lebanon seemed to be evidence of Israel reaching its boiling point both externally and internally, but with the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, those resisting western imperialism must reevaluate how they move forward and what awaits the region. Jubilance for the fall of a dictator rightfully meets hesitation over what the future holds. While Assad was an undeniable evil for the region’s peoples, we must keep a critical lens when inspecting the new regime, their ideology, and agenda.

Many people, especially liberals, are having trouble wrapping their heads around why Trump won the election. Many argue that Trump’s racism and queerphobia have resonated with uneducated white people, getting him the votes he needed to win. While it's true that racists and bigots love Trump, this doesn't account for most of the 77 million votes he received.

As we approach the end of what is on track to be the hottest year ever recorded (a record that, without fail, continues to be broken with each successive year), this question seems to have crossed most peoples’ minds at some point or another over the last few months. For the last several years now, one could replace ‘November’ in that question with any month and be correct that it was the hottest one in memory.