• "Political sadism": The war on trans people

  • Mar 18 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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"Political sadism": The war on trans people

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  • We sat down with trans activist April Holcombe to talk about the unrelenting war being waged against trans people. April is a socialist train driver based in Sydney and the co-convener of Community Action for Rainbow Rights. She is the author of many articles for Red Flag newspaper and the Marxist Left Review.

    April describes what is happening to trans people as "political sadism". She unpacks why right-wingers are so obsessed with policing gender, why socialists say gender is socially constructed, and how we can best fight back against these heinous attacks.

    Further Reading:

    April Holcombe's fantastic article in the Marxist Left Review: "The Freedom to Be": Marxism, gender oppression and the struggle for trans liberation

    "Trump's war on woke is a war on all the working class" - by Sarah Garnham in Red Flag

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