Tag: Elections
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Erdoğan’s colossal defeat in Turkey — and a new hope
Hakan Yilmaz reports on the electoral defeat of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (AKP) in last month’s Turkish municipal elections and argues that the Left’s victory hints at a completely new balance of forces in which movements from below can be revived.
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What it means to say Trump will govern like a fascist
David Renton argues the answer to Trump’s potential election is not to minimize the risk posed by Trump but to insist that our organizing is the only protection against the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and worldwide.
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It’s OK to be angry about Bernie Sanders’ new book
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.
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On the Chicago race for mayor
Kirstin 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.
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Making sense of Chicago’s election
Joe 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.
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Building Teamster Power?
The 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.
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Victory in Ohio?
Joe Allen analyzes the Ohio Teamsters’ electoral strategy in Ohio and its endorsement of the right-wing Republican, incumbent Governor, Mike DeWine.
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Ujima’s plan to transcend neoliberalism in Maryland
Phillip Clark writes about the Ujima People’s Progress Party, an independent third-party led by Black workers in Baltimore, Maryland,and its ongoing initiative to get on the ballot this election cycle.
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Italy: fascism for the 21st century?
Rich Matoušek analyses the Italian elections and the likelihood and character of a far right government.
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Unleashing the fight for reproductive justice
Ashley Smith urges those in the fight for abortion justice to build mass opposition to the abortion ban instead of looking to the Democratic party, elections, or liberal feminist organizations.