From militant to Washington insider
On Richard Trumka
by Tim GouletTim Goulet discusses the life and death of AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
Escaping the Left’s electoral impasse
Ranked-choice voting and proportional representation
by Howie HawkinsHowie Hawkins argues for ranked choice voting and proportional representation as part of the fight to defend and expand democratic rights.
Socialists and the defense of voting rights
by Sudip Bhattacharya
Sudip Battacharya argues that the socialist movement must take up the defense of voting rights as a matter of principle, and part of the basic struggle for the extension of democracy.
Strange alchemy
The party surrogate and socialist politics in DSA
by Andy Sernatinger & Emma Wilde BottaAndy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta critique a strategy popular among leaders of Democratic Socialists of America that places socialist politics inside the Democratic Party.
Imperialist Keynesianism
Biden’s program for rehabilitating U.S. capitalism
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith contextualizes the Biden administration program, and argues that it represents a Keynesian break from decades of neo-liberal policy. However, it is a break driven in the first instance by the imperative to rehabilitate the profitability of U.S. capitalism and U.S. imperial power.
History and independent politics in the U.S.
A review of “Tramps and Trade Union Travelers”
by Tim GouletTim Goulet reviews Kim Moody’s “Tramps and Trade Union Travelers: Internal Migration and Organized Labor in Gilded Age America, 1870-1900.
For a fighting approach, not factionalism
An interview with Kshama Sawant
by Andy Sernatinger & Emma Wilde BottaAndy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta interview Kshama Sawant, socialist city council member from Seattle, Washington.
Addressing the climate emergency with a Biden government
by Paul Fleckenstein
Paul Fleckenstein reviews the state of the climate movement and climate policy at the start of the Biden era.
Futures of DSA
Independence or liquidation?
by Hakan YilmazHakan Yilmaz responds to debate in Democratic Socialists of America about the goal of an independent political party of the working class.
No shortcuts on socialist electoral strategy
The case for the independent ballot
by Nate MooreNate Moore looks at the pitfalls of the “dirty break” strategy and argues that socialist electoral campaigns should not be run on the Democratic Party ballot line.