The election of Donald Trump has rocked the political landscape, producing a deep sense of fear, mourning, and rage. With reactionary populism not just ascendant but set to assume power over the federal government, the Left must offer a clear alternative capable of defeating Trump’s brand of politics.

The Democratic Party’s strategy — yoking the prospects of some of the most marginalized to a cosmopolitan professional class and a socially liberal donor base — has failed to even advance a liberal agenda, much less hold back the Republican Party and Donald Trump.

What can the Left offer in its place? What can meet the pressing needs of a population ground down by neoliberal capitalism, while simultaneously producing structures and policies that create a basis for longer-term power?