Politics

Donald Trump May Have Won—But This Is No Right-Wing Revolution

What the data can tell us on what went wrong, and how to move forward.

Mike Davis

“The Death of the Optimism of an Entire Generation”: College Students React to Trump’s Election

Millennials—who overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton—had a range of reactions, from despair to defiance.

Olivia Adams

Fighting Trump Isn’t Enough—We Must Also Wage War Within the Democratic Party

Absent our activism, the changing face of the GOP will continue to drag the Democrats further to the right.

Shaun Richman

Meet the 21-year-old Undocumented Student Who Called Out Rahm Emanuel to His Face Over Immigration

Luis Gomez publicly blasted Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Rep. Luis Gutiérrez for failing to do enough to protect all immigrants facing the threat of a Trump presidency—and for supporting Hillary Clinton and “stale neoliberal policies” over Bernie Sanders’ campaign.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

After Trump’s Election, I Regret Being Leftier-Than-Thou. It’s Time To Get To Know My Neighbors.

In addition to organizing resistance, progressives should build communities that support and protect the vulnerable.

Frida Berrigan

America Is About to Become a Global Pariah

No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, Donald Trump's win means they will now look at us differently.

Neal Gabler

Trump Won Because the Democratic Party Failed, Not Because the White Working Class Revolted

It’s time to stop uselessly pouring energy into the black hole of the Democratic Party.

Arun Gupta

Robert Reich: It’s Time to Dismantle the Democratic Party and Start Anew

Trump's victory only confirms that the Democratic Party as it stands is a corporate fundraising machine that doesn't speak to the needs of working people. We need to build a party that actually represents the working class.

Robert Reich

The Election was a Referendum on Globalization and Demographics—Not Neoliberalism

It also represented the consolidation of a misogynistic white united front.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Don’t Blame Voters of Color for Not Turning Out. Blame Voter Suppression and the Clinton Campaign.

Liberals took people of color's votes for granted, while conservatives kept them from the polls.

Marc Daalder

Trump Won Because Democrats Have Lost Touch With the Working Class

The Republican nominee tapped into the anger, pain and fear that motivated voters this election.

Marilyn Katz

What Trump’s Victory Tells Us: The Culture Wars Continue, But There’s a New “Wedge”

Trump used economics as a wedge issue in a novel way for the GOP, while submerging the old social issues.

Theo Anderson

Trump Won, But the Future Still Belongs to the Left

Moving forward, step one is to support the communities of color, immigrants, Muslims and women who Trump's America threatens most.

LeeAnn Hall and George Goehl

After Trump’s Win, Our Job Is More Clear Than Ever: Organize.

People have mobilized to defeat authoritarians in Trump’s mold before. Now it’s up to us to fight like hell, together.

Kate Aronoff

The Left’s Support for Hillary Clinton This Election Was About Risk Mitigation, Nothing More

I cast my vote to give popular uprisings a fighting chance.

Kate Aronoff

This Arizona County Already Lives Under Trumpism—But a Latino Voter Surge May Change That

7 years of organizing against anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio has driven massive voter registration.

George Goehl

Working Families Party Offers Oregon Voters a Chance to Put Pro-TPP, Neoliberal Democrats on Notice

Shanti Lewallen took up the Oregon WFP’s offer to join the Senate race as its candidate. His Democratic opponent is Sen. Ron Wyden.

Kate Aronoff

Statement of the DSA National Political Committee on the 2016 Election

Dump the racist Trump, continue the political revolution down-ballot, and build multiracial coalitions and socialist organization for long-term change.

Democratic Socialists of America