Class Compositions in a Time of Fascism

CLASS COMPOSITIONS IN A TIME OF FASCISM

with Charmaine Chua, Silvia Federici, Kieran Knutson, Peter Linebaugh, Kevin Van Meter (mod).

As part of Red May, cosponsored by Common Notions Press.

Join us on Sunday, May 17 at 11:00am PDT: https://www.redmayseattle.org/2026-schedule

What are our most prescient tasks in a time of fascism? How can working-class struggles of the past and power in the present-day inform the next steps we are going to take?

Fascism today is a response to working-class power as well as an extension of the impulses present in American society and Western Civilization as part of capitalism’s violent, systemic subjugation of oppressed and exploited peoples. But we are not here to tell a story of defeat.

“No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA!” “You Are Now Entering Free Minneapolis” “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" (Woman, Life, Freedom)” From the anti-fascist slogans of Black Lives Matter along with the Celebration of power in the streets of Minneapolis to international feminist watchwords— struggles are circulating and amplifying working-class agency, autonomy, self-activity, a “life in rehearsal.”

Join Red May and Common Notions to celebrate the launch of its new Class Compositions imprint as we examine past struggles, present-day power, and our tasks ahead with an all-star cast.