Tag: Democratic Party
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The rise of Ilhan Omar
Shamus Cooke assesses the record of Representative Ilhan Omar and what her autobiography reveals about her political trajectory.
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Do comrades cross picket lines?
brian bean responds to Hadas Thier’s article in Jacobin, “No, DSA Shouldn’t Expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman”.
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Welcome to the quagmire
Kim Moody assesses the recent U.S. election results and highlights the strategic cul-de-sac facing those sections of the Left currently oriented on the Democratic Party, while pointing to “strike-tober” and the possibilities of a resurgent labor movement, as an alternative strategic focus.
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Rust Belt socialism?
Thomas Hummel explores the politics of the upcoming Buffalo mayoral election and the potential socialist mayor, India Walton.
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Cutting history to fit a model
Kim Moody responds to Eric Blanc’s piece on the origins of the Labour Party and “the dirty break.”
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From militant to Washington insider
Tim Goulet discusses the life and death of AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
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Escaping the Left’s electoral impasse
Howie Hawkins argues for ranked choice voting and proportional representation as part of the fight to defend and expand democratic rights.
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Socialists and the defense of voting rights
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.
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Strange alchemy
Andy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta critique a strategy popular among leaders of Democratic Socialists of America that places socialist politics inside the Democratic Party.
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Imperialist Keynesianism
Ashley 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.