Politics

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
Slavoj Zizek on Clinton, Trump and the Left’s Dilemma
To paraphrase Stalin: They are both worse.
Slavoj Žižek
How Bernie Sanders Supporters are Organizing to Stop the TPP
As Obama gears up for a lame-duck push on the TPP, activists target U.S. House members at home.
Kate Aronoff
Raising Hell in Arizona: Talia Fuentes Has a Plan to Revolutionize the Red State
The 31-year-old Berniecrat is running to represent Arizona's 5th Congressional District.
Theo Anderson
I Think Hillary Clinton’s Politics Are Terrible. I’m Voting For Her So We Can Grow The Left.
Vote for the opponent you want.
Jesse Myerson
These Are the Ballot Measures To Pay Attention To If You’re a Progressive
Key initiatives cover marijuana, plastic bags, the minimum wage, healthcare, campaign finance and election reforms.
Theo Anderson
The Democrats Abandon the White Working Class to Trump At Their Own Peril
The idea that the working class is a lost cause becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for the Democratic Party.
Theo Anderson
Lone Star Uprising: Texas is Turning Blue. But There’s a Lot More to the Story Than That.
Demographic changes are transforming the state’s economy, creating serious challenges to its economic prowess.
Theo Anderson
The Luxury of Opting Out of This Election
People whose livelihoods can turn with an election can't afford to wait for a third party to rescue them.
James Thindwa
Neither Clinton Nor Trump Is the Great Pumpkin
On the 50th anniversary of the Charlie Brown classic, politics reminds us that hope isn’t always an asset.
Theo Anderson
“Pussy Grabs Back” Organizers React to Debate, Plan Ahead Post-Election
Defeating Trump is No. 1. But holding a Clinton administration accountable to the left is a close second.
Kate Aronoff
In Raging Battle for North Carolina, Progressives Push Back
The state seems to sum up both the worst and the best of American politics.
Theo Anderson
Could a Socialist Plot Save the Planet?
Nationalization could slow the climate crisis. But email leaks show how hard a sell it will be to a Clinton administration.
Kate Aronoff
Dump Trump, Defeat Racism and Misogyny, Build the Left
An open letter to the Left
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