The blue wave was undeniable. But early survey data suggest the party rode on a backlash against Donald Trump and a midterm electorate tilted toward college graduates, not a return of the working-class voters the party will need in 2028.
The UAW Bet on Abdul El-Sayed and Won
The United Auto Workers backed Abdul El-Sayed in a close Senate primary, then mobilized members across Michigan. Its sights are set on the next fight with the Big Three.
After the Midterms, the Left Has a Huge Opportunity to Seize
In 2008, Barack Obama won a landslide victory and enormous mandate, only to quickly squander it. Today the Democratic establishment is far more delegitimized, and the Left is far stronger. History doesn’t have to repeat itself.
Can DSA Build Working-Class Power?
The Democratic Socialists of America have gone from political obscurity to a major force in American politics. Vivek Chibber and Paul Heideman discuss its remarkable rise — and why electoral victories alone won’t build lasting working-class power.
Elections in a Genocidal State Are Not Democratic
The defining feature of Israeli “democracy,” including its elections last week, is its operation according to a Jewish supremacist logic, intensifying the discrimination, oppression, apartheid, mass violence, and genocide against Palestinians.
Is Trump Crashing the Dollar Empire?
Economist Mona Ali on how the United States wields the world’s most powerful currency to shore up empire and its own ruling class — and how Trump’s careless moves might blow it all up.
The real choice is not between globalization and deglobalization, free trade and tariff walls, but between empowering capital and empowering workers.
France’s Police Unions Are Throwing Their Weight Around
Amid protests in France, police unions are pushing for wage hikes and special legal privileges to cash in on the political capital they’ve built under Emmanuel Macron’s rule.
In Last Night’s Midterms, the Left Proved It Can Win
Democratic voters have long sided with socialists on policy but feared they were a liability in elections. Last night’s results finally proved that wrong.
We Need a Socialist Congressional Caucus
Though still a small minority, socialists will soon have more members in Congress than they ever have before. A socialist caucus can help them build their power.
The Donald Trump Era in American Politics Is Ending
The takeaways from the midterms are clear: no amount of billionaire spending could overcome the fact that Donald Trump’s dominance is coming to a close, the Left has much more room to grow, and we have entered a period of new possibility in US politics.
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s Empire became a campus sensation because it offered a master theory for globalization at a moment when old Marxist categories seemed exhausted. But the capitalist internationalism they saw as permanent has now crashed and burned.
Last Night’s Victories Were Made Possible by Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani understood something no one else did: most Donald Trump voters had their reasons for going for Trump, and those reasons were economic. Mamdani saw that, and he saw a path to winning them back. He gave it a name: affordability.
In the Midterms, America Rebuked Trump’s Authoritarianism
The reaction of the bulk of the American people to the cruelty and authoritarianism they’ve seen in the last two years has been abject disgust. They voted like it in the midterms.
The 1956 Hungarian Uprising Was a Working-Class Revolt
Seventy years ago today, Soviet forces crushed the Hungarian uprising that had electrified Eastern Europe. Latter-day conservative narratives distort the true history of the 1956 revolution and the crucial role of workers’ councils in driving it forward.
Life Beneath the Melting Glaciers
Remote mountain communities in northern Pakistan have contributed almost nothing to global warming, yet glacial floods are sweeping away their homes. Jacobin traveled to talk to the families who are rebuilding with little help from the state.