Sunsara Taylor
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Sunsara Taylor | |
|---|---|
 Taylor pictured in 2011 | |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Political party | Revolutionary Communist Party, USA |
| Website | twitter |
Sunsara Taylor is an American far-left political activist, and member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.[1] She has been a vocal opponent of the anti-abortion movement, the sex industry, and U.S. imperialism, having previously debated these topics on Fox News.
2016 RCP protests at the Republican National Convention
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.[2] Many of the groups she leads have been described as front groups for RevCom and Avakian.[3]
In 2005, Taylor co-founded World Can't Wait.[4] In a 2006 article for the group, "Comparing Bush to Hitler: Lessons for Today", she wrote that the presidency of George W. Bush was "fascistic", and called for Bush to be "driven from office".[5]
Taylor is also a frontwoman for Stop Patriarchy and led the group's 2013 promotional tour, the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride.[6][7] 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".[6] The group has elicited controversy for wearing chains and chanting, "Forced motherhood is female enslavement!"[8] 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".[6] Taylor also led protests against the release of the film Fifty Shades of Grey with Stop Patriarchy.[9]
In December 2015, Taylor and longtime activist Carl Dix announced the formation of Refuse Fascism, with the aim of stopping Donald Trump from being elected president in 2016.[10] As a representative of the group, she spoke at the 2017 Women's March on Washington,[11] protested outside Trump Tower, tweeted video of protesters burning the U.S. flag,[12] and drew media attention for comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler during an appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight.[13]
In an interview with KPFK, Taylor called for Trump to be "driven from office".[14]
On August 12, 2018, Taylor and other supporters of Refuse Fascism and the RCP took part in protests organized against the far-right Unite the Right 2 rally in Washington, D.C.[15]
In January 2022, Taylor, Merle Hoffman, and other pro-abortion rights activists initiated Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights (RU4AR), an ad-hoc coalition formed to launch mass protests aimed at preventing the U.S. Supreme Court from overturning Roe v. Wade, affecting abortion rights in the United States.[16] 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).[17]
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.[18][19] 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,[20] a charge that Taylor and her colleagues strenuously deny.[21]
During the 2016 Republican National Convention, Taylor served as a spokesperson[22] 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".[23] She later alleged Cleveland police had lied when they said they had intervened to stop a flag burning due to a protester accidentally setting himself on fire.[22]
