Sunsara Taylor is an American political activist affiliated with the Harlem-based Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, also known as RCP or RevCom. She has been a vocal opponent of the anti-abortion movement, the sex industry, and

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, having previously debated these topics on Fox News.

Activism

Taylor has been a co-host of ''The'' ''RNL – Revolution, Nothing Less – Show,'' a weekly YouTube show that advocates for global communist revolution grounded in Bob Avakian's work, since its founding in 2020. Many of the groups she leads have been described as front groups for RevCom and Avakian. In 2005, Taylor co-founded World Can't Wait. In a 2006 article for the group, "Comparing Bush to Hitler: Lessons for Today", she wrote that the presidency of George W. Bush was "

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", and called for Bush to be "driven from office". Taylor is also a frontwoman for Stop Patriarchy and led the group's 2013 promotional tour, the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride. Stop Patriarchy has been described as the "pro-choice group Texas feminists hate" and has been criticized by Texans for Reproductive Justice for its "messaging, tactics, dishonesty, and racism". The group has elicited controversy for wearing chains and chanting, "Forced motherhood is female enslavement!" In response, Taylor accused Texans for Reproductive Justice of hypocrisy, citing their use of a flag that flew over half of Mexico and calling their hypocrisy "stunning". Taylor also led protests against the release of the film '' Fifty Shades of Grey'' with Stop Patriarchy. In December 2015, Taylor and longtime activist Carl Dix announced the formation of

Refuse Fascism Refuse Fascism is a U.S.-based anti-fascist coalition organization, led by the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Until the 2020 United States presidential election, it was characterized by its call for the removal of the Trump administration by ...

, with the aim of stopping Donald Trump from being elected president in 2016. As a representative of the group, she spoke at the 2017

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, protested outside Trump Tower, tweeted video of protesters burning the U.S. flag, and drew media attention for comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler during an appearance on '' Tucker Carlson Tonight''. In an interview with

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, Taylor called for Trump to be "driven from office". On August 12, 2018, Taylor and other supporters of Refuse Fascism and the RCP took part in protests organized against the far-right

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rally in Washington, D.C. In January 2022, Taylor, Merle Hoffman, and other pro- abortion rights activists initiated

Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights is a U.S. based abortion rights coalition founded by Merle Hoffman, Lori Sokol, Sunsara Taylor and other initiators in January, 2022, aimed at preventing the U.S. Supreme Court from overturning ''Roe V. Wade'' and "de ...

(RU4AR), an ad-hoc coalition formed to launch mass protests aimed at preventing the U.S. Supreme Court from overturning '' Roe v. Wade'', affecting

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. RU4AR's launching statement was signed by prominent figures in the arts, law, and the feminist movement, including Rosanna Arquette, Cornel West, Gloria Steinem, and V (formerly Eve Ensler). Throughout 2022, Taylor and other members of RU4AR led pro-abortion rights protests at places including St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Union Square in New York City. The group has been accused of being a front for the Revolutionary Communist Party and diverting money away from abortion providers to RevCom's own operating structure, a charge that Taylor and her colleagues strenuously deny.

2016 RCP protests at the Republican National Convention

During the

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, Taylor served as a spokesperson for the Revolutionary Communist Party USA, addressing reporters outside the Cleveland Justice Center in what the '' Los Angeles Times'' called a rare moment of attention for the party, and declaring that "America was never great". She later alleged Cleveland police had lied when they said they had intervened to stop a

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due to a protester accidentally setting himself on fire. Berkeley Free Speech Week protest 20170924-8630

Writing and commentary

Taylor hosts the weekly WBAI-FM radio show ''We Only Want The World'', and formerly co-hosted ''Equal Time for Free Thought'' on the same station. She has written for ''Revolution'' and Truthdig, and been featured as a guest on '' The O'Reilly Factor'', Tucker Carlson, the ''

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'', and other Fox shows. *"Government Policies Should Not Treat Women as Childbearing Vessels." In ''Women's Issues in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale'', ed. David Erik Nelson (Greenhaven Publishing, 2011), 133-37. ISBN 9780737758009.
A Response to Jezebel by Leaders of Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights
" With Lori Sokol and Merle Hoffman. ''Counterpunch'' June 17, 2022.

References

External links

Archive of Taylor's writings at ''Rewire News Group'

We Only Want the World
WBAI Radio-NYC, hosted by Sunsara Taylor
Sunsara Taylor compares George W. Bush to Hitler in 2006 (YouTube)

2017 interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight (YouTube)
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Sunsara Taylor Kicks Off Feminist Lecture Tour At NYU, Wants You To Join Communist Party
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