The Left under Brandon Johnson
Accommodation or struggle?
by brian beanbrian bean argues the need for independent organizing and struggle under Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago
It’s OK to be angry about Bernie Sanders’ new book
by Shamus Cooke
Tens of thousands of activists were inspired to join socialist Bernie Sanders’ campaigns for president in 2016 and 2020. Shamus Cooke reviews Bernie’s latest book and argues that the Sanders project of shifting the Democratic Party leftward has squandered the movement in a time of crisis and need.
On the Chicago race for mayor
An opportunity for the Left
by Kirstin RobertsKirstin Roberts argues that given the stark political choice, the broad mobilization of left and movement forces in support of Brandon Johnson, and the groundwork laid over the last decade by union and social struggles in Chicago, the elections offer real opportunities for socialists committed to political independence.
Making sense of Chicago’s election
Harold Washington’s 1983 campaign redux?
by Joe AllenJoe Allen sets the Chicago mayoral election in historical context and argues that the choice on offer, however stark, also reflects the political limits of the strength of the Left and our (social and trade union) movements.
Building Teamster Power?
Joint Council 25 in Chicago is stuck in the past
by Joe AllenThe Teamsters say they are going in a new progressive direction in the U.S. labor movement, yet, Joe Allen explains, there is little evidence of that in the role they are playing in Chicago’s current municipal elections.
“Bigger than Roe”
Report on Madison reproductive justice march
by Tessa E. and Dayna LongMadison-area reproductive justice organizers Tessa E. and Dayna Long report on the Bigger Than Roe March and Rally in Madison, Wisconsin on January 22.
Class struggle today
Lessons and strategies for labor in Biden’s America
by TempestA Tempest Collective event this Sunday, February 12 at 12 p.m. EST
Worker insurgency and the New Deal
The inevitability of hindsight
by Kim MoodyKim Moody interrogates Eric Blanc’s account of the relationship between the Democrats and working-class self-activity in the New Deal era.
After the rail fiasco
What’s next for the Left?
by Joe AllenJoe Allen explains that Biden’s blatant strike-breaking in the imposition of an unpopular contract on rail workers with the support of the DSA “Squad” is a betrayal and a political blunder.
The DSA caboose
Rail scabbing and the accountability of “our” electeds
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger looks at the votes by members of the “the Squad” for a Congressional bill that forces a contract on rail workers and what the stakes are for DSA and the Left.