Overcoming fear and despair

[Q]

In a three part article Paul B Smith, an independent socialist closely related to the work of Hillel Ticktin, explains the background of the crisis of the left and a possible way to move forward out of this mess.

I'll just link to them, the articles have about 12 500 words between them (so, about 4000 words per article), so they're medium sized:

Politics of fear and despair (part 1)
Impediments to consciousness (part 2)
Overcoming despair (part 3)