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!
What makes the sites a CIA op? How would a leftist essay hosting site avoid being co-opted?
I think the op part happens moreso on the social media side of things. Which sites get regularly posted and promoted on platforms like Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Anybody can set up a Wordpress blog on a $5/mo VPS. Publishing isn't the problem. It has never been more abundant or affordable. The problem is what survives and makes it out the other side of the "attention economy." What people actually end up reading.
I just assume that if they have lib takes (i.e. focusing only on China bad / republicans bad) they might as well be CIA.