There are elections where nothing happens — this is often the case — but every once in a while there are elections where big things happen. The back-to-back primaries in New York on June 23 and in Colorado on June 30 were both the latter kind of event.
For the first time, the Democrats’ center-right caucus holds a majority in Congress. But their growth is out of step with the party’s base — which means labor and the left have a huge opportunity.
At a time when much of the left is in retreat or ducking for cover, Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign is championing democratic socialist politics and raising expectations.
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.
