Listen Chen lives in Vancouver, Canada on occupied Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish territories. They are an editor of The Volcano and a member of Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.