Red Lines
Managing editors: Fran Amery; Charlène Calderaro; Alexander Charnley; Briar Dickey; Joseph Foley; Miranda Iossifidis; Aurelien Mondon; Alex Yates
Red Lines is a space for critical dialogue on how to resist the rise of reactionary and fascist politics. Too often, academic analyses of reactionary movements remain detached from questions of resistance and strategy. We want to change that.
This platform invites reflection and debate on present politics and how to resist the fascist resurgence, but, equally, longer-term visions on how to dismantle structures of oppression while imagining the worlds we must build in their place. We welcome difficult conversations about what it means to do research as part of, and sometimes against, the systems we inhabit.
Our aim is not to rehearse familiar critiques, but to open new paths forward towards solutions against reactionary politics and the structural conditions which facilitate it. We also hope to reduce the disconnect between research on reactionary politics and the grassroots struggle. As such, we seek contributions grounded in radical intersectionality, recognising that fascism and other forms of reactionary politics are inseparable from racial capitalism, colonialism, cisheteropatriarchy, and other interlocking systems of domination.
Red Lines is a space for disagreement and solidarity alike, anchored in shared commitments to justice, liberation, and collective struggle. We invite interventions from all who are thinking and acting against reactionary politics from researchers, organisers, artists, writers etc. We welcome contributions of varied length and format, including experimental or artistic pieces and a formal academic affiliation is not required. Anonymous or pseudonymous publications are also possible.
We are keen to hear and read from a wide diversity of voices and we welcome submissions on hot topics and reacting to current events as well as more theoretical pieces. However, all should aim to offer critical insights into the present and futures we seek to build and avoid, and unsettle the borders traditional academia lock us in.
Red Lines will act as a repository and archive to counter the reactionary tide and build towards more emancipatory futures.
Contributor guidelines
The remit of submissions is open, from reflective pieces to strategic conversations and short case studies, from urgent interventions to more long-term thinking. The format is also flexible but should be engaging and avoid academic style (better suited for our working papers series). We are open to submissions in any media format and submissions can be made anonymously.
Each submission will be reviewed to ensure it meets the RPRN’s principles and aims and we may ask for clarifications.
We also encourage responses to articles engaged in a comradely conversation that is both constructive and critical.
We will circulate calls for contributions on particular issues and topics, but we welcome submissions outside of these remits.
Peer review process
All submissions to Red Lines will be peer reviewed. To that end, the RPRN operates an open peer review policy. This means that reviewers are not anonymous and we encourage reviews to be published as commentary, if both author and reviewer agree to do so. This is designed to create a horizontal dialogue rather than seeing the peer review process as the end of the discussion.
By fostering open dialogue between colleagues, this peer-review policy also challenges the hierarchical and gatekeeping dynamics of traditional academic journals, which have historically produced geographical (predominance of Global North scholarship), seniority (advantage for established researchers), and content biases (systematic overrepresentation of certain types of research). Red Lines promotes constructive exchange and feedback aimed at counterbalancing these structural biases.
Peer reviewers are chosen among the RPRN editorial board, in a first instance, but can also extend to RPRN membership. Editorial decisions will be established in the first instance by the team overseeing the working paper series, with additional oversight provided by the editorial board where necessary. These steps will ensure an equitable, unbiased, and supportive peer review process.
Submit your paper
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