The 2024 election was lost in the last four — or even fifty — years, not in the last four months. Now it’s again time for the left and labor to rethink, shift strategy, and set to work making Tuesday the right’s Pyrrhic victory.
Shop stewards, union activists, local labor officials, and workplace organizers — 4,500 strong — are gathering in Chicago this coming weekend. That’s a big deal.
Millions of young people in the U.S. have been radicalized against the Democratic Party’s leadership. They don’t trust Democrats on Palestine and they need a new political home.
Dogmatists rely on timeless formulas. Opportunists follow the path of least resistance. The trick is to recognize the allure of both traps — and avoid falling for them.
A political movement without a shared analysis and sense of purpose is bound to flounder. National DSA could be stronger if it developed a shared understanding of the world and clearer political goals. By “putting politics first” we can start to build both.
Twelve months ago, it seemed like an open question if this year would bring an end to the pandemic, a muscular new social-democratic politics, and renewed social struggle. It wasn’t to be.
The billionaire class loved Joe Biden’s stimulus. But they’re trying to veto any further major redistribution of power. And they seem to be winning.
A separate ballot line for socialists would draw a sharper line between us and liberals. It’s an important tool we’ll need eventually.
A roundup of national political developments on Monday June 1, 2020, as the protests against the police murder of George Floyd continue to rock the United States.
In the three years since its rebirth, DSA has put down firm foundations. Now new questions and new opportunities lie ahead.
