is the subjugation of women and abortion in particular not a global issue? but also... do the protests ...need to spread globally? we can have a rebellion here that doesn't have anything to do - on the surface - with political movements elsewhere. (it's our job as communists to link this struggle with that of workers globally, even when people don't immediately see the connection!)

I think the bigger question is when the building tension breaks. a lot of basic goods are becoming unaffordable for a lot of people and there's almost certainly going to be a recession in response to the fed raising interest rates. this forms the basis from which the public reaction to events like this SC ruling arise. so given the economic unease coupled with reactionary advances at the top levels of state policy, we have an explosive mixture brewing - especially with the memory of the Floyd rebellion so fresh in everyone's minds. this summer, the SC will rule on queer and trans issues - will we find a spark to catch this tinder in a trans protestor being brutalized by police? or perhaps not. the tension can just ride without an outlet for quite some time.