Left Turn

For the Austrian Trotskyist political organization, see Linkswende.

Left Turn was a bimonthly activist news magazine that focused on international social justice movements. Based in New York City and produced by an all volunteer editorial collective, the magazine promoted anti-imperialism and anti-authoritarianism.^[1][2]

Left Turn

January/February 2011 cover of Left Turn
Editorial collective	Walidah Imarisha Vasudha Desikan Tej Nagaraja Rami El-Amine Pranjal Tiwari Morrigan Phillips Max Uhlenbeck Jordan Flaherty
Frequency	Bimonthly
Founder	Bilal El-Amine
Founded	1999
First issue	April 2001 (2001-April)
Final issue	December 2011
Country	United States
Based in	New York City
Language	English
Website	leftturn.org

Left Turn had its roots in the anti-capitalist wing of the Global Justice Movement^[3] and was founded in the wake of the anti-WTO protests in Seattle in 1999 by a small group of socialists.^[4]

The magazine's tagline, "Notes from the Global Intifada", was inspired by the then ongoing Palestinian intifada.^[5] The magazine supported grassroots activists with the Palestine Solidarity Movement.^[6] The magazine ceased print publication after the August 2011 issue,^[7] but continues to operate a website.^[8][9]

References

1. "Against the Grain". KPFA. August 23, 2005. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
2. "Left Turn: Notes From The Global Intifada". AK Press. Archived from the original on November 6, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
3. Dixon, Chris. "Building "Another Politics": The Contemporary Anti-Authoritarian Current in the U.S. and Canada" (PDF). Anarchist Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
4. Uhlenbeck, Max (June 1, 2010). "From Below and to the Left — A Brief History of Left Turn, 2001-2010". Left Turn. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
5. Uhlenbeck, Max; El-Amine, Rami (October 1, 2010). "Left Turn & The Movement: 2000-2010". Organizing Upgrade. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
6. "Notes from the Global Intifada". Left Turn. 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
7. "Current Issue". Left Turn. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
8. Left Turn Editorial Collective (12 December 2011). "The Future of Left Turn". Left Turn. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
9. "About Us". Turn Left. December 11, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.

External links

• Official website