U.S. politics today
Chaos, conflict, and a creeping constitutional crisis
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith discusses the U.S. presidential election and the limitations of lesser-evilism.
Biden, borders, and the fight for migrant rights
by Tempest
The Biden administration’s policies have precipitated a humanitarian crisis on the U.S./ Mexico border. While it repealed some of Trump’s vicious anti-immigrant orders, the administration has maintained a closed border, expelled over 170,000 people, thrown over 19,000 children into detention centers, and pressured Mexico to bar migrants on its southern border. At an April 25 virtual event, socialists and activists discussed Biden’s betrayal of his campaign promises and what the movement must do to win migrant justice. The video of this panel is available here.
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.
1.6.21: This is America
On the Storming of the Capitol
by Hakan Yilmaz & Andy SernatingerHakan Yilmaz and Andy Sernatinger analyze the takeover of the US capitol by pro-Trump demonstrators on 1/6/21, explaining the growth of the far right and tasks ahead.
Fight the far right in the Biden era
Tempest Collective Public Forum
by TempestThe Tempest Collective is hosting an online forum on January 24th to discuss how the Left can organize to fight the Far Right under the incoming Biden Administration.
Writings on the “putsch”
by Aaron Amaral and Scott McLemee
Aaron Amaral and Scott McLemee provide a digest, with links and excerpts, of some of the best of the recent commentary about the events at the U.S. capitol on January 6, 2021.
A very “American” coup
by Kit Wainer
Kit Adam Wainer argues that President Trump is in no position to steal an election or to lead a coup.
The radical legacy of Howard Zinn
An interview with Anthony Arnove
by Phil GasperPhil Gasper interviewed Anthony Arnove about Donald Trump’s recent attack on the radical historian Howard Zinn.
Backing Biden will not stop Trumpism
A Response to Stephen R. Shalom
by Ashley Smith and Charlie PostCharlie Post and Ashley Smith respond to Stephen R. Shalom’s criticisms of their article, “The lesser evil trap.”
A threshold has been crossed
The threat of the Far Right
by Joe AllenJoe Allen looks at the rising threat of the Far Right, its relationship to the Trump Administration, and its implications for the Left before and after the November elections.