Socialism Wins in a Purple District
The Democratic Party is afraid to take risks in swing districts like ours. This is how socialists in Salem, Oregon won by embracing the rose.
The Democratic Party is afraid to take risks in swing districts like ours. This is how socialists in Salem, Oregon won by embracing the rose.
Tuesday’s midterm elections were a major blow to MAGA and the far right. Now it’s up to us — democratic socialists, union organizers, social movement activists — to make the most of it.
Bread and Roses voted at its 2026 convention to join efforts encouraging AOC to run for President and to support DSA endorsing her. A national DSA for AOC campaign opens exciting prospects for labor and student organizing, and we call on DSA members to begin building the scaffolding for this campaign.
DSA’s new members of Congress will play a key role next year in building a left-wing alternative to the Democratic Party.
In a major electoral breakthrough, New York City DSA proved that voters will support an out-and-proud slate of socialist candidates.
Our strike solidarity, Palestine solidarity, and socialists on Portland City Council laid the groundwork for a state rep win.
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.
Zohran is delivering. But it’s a problem that workers are receiving the goods instead of helping win them.
Trump’s approval ratings are dismal, and the MAGA base is showing some cracks, but we should not underestimate their capacity to hold on to power through brute force. Centrist Democrats’ nostalgia for neoliberal normalcy is not enough to stop Trump 3.0.
With ICE poised to carry out a brutal immigration enforcement operation in Maine, people all over the state and from all walks of life responded en masse.