The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Desperate to Protect the Filibuster
Anti-abortion forces can’t win by democratic means, so they are campaigning to protect the filibuster and crush voting rights — and Democrats may be content to let them win.
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The Media Is Cheering Dems’ Rightward Turn on Immigration
On immigration policy, the Democrats are moving toward Trump and the Republicans. The mainstream media seems to think this is a good idea.
The Third Way International
Throughout the 1990s, Bill Clinton and other Democratic Leadership Council figures launched a campaign to take their Third Way ideology global.
Here’s How Economic Populism Can Win
To win competitive districts, left-wing candidates must challenge both economic oligarchy and cultural elitism.
51 Percent Losers
The midterms have given the Democratic Party a boost. But their professional-class politics are a cul de sac — we desperately need a political revolution driven by the needs and aspirations of the multiracial working class.
Are the Democrats Losing on Purpose?
It looks like Biden won a narrow victory. But when Democratic candidates lose elections, is there any accountability for the Democratic Party operatives responsible? They don’t lose their jobs; they don’t even seem to take a pay cut.
The Republicans Have Been Trumped
The GOP establishment doesn't hate Trump because he's a bigot. They hate him because he doesn't promote the neoliberal agenda.
The German Election in Ten Graphs
On Sunday, Germany voted in a federal election that saw massive growth in support for the far-right AfD, resurgence of the socialist Die Linke party, and more losses of working-class votes for the Social Democrats. These ten graphs explain what happened.
Like It or Not, the Left Can’t Get Away From the Democrats
While the Left agonizes over its relationship to the Democrats, the extreme right has few qualms about throwing elbows within the GOP. Socialists should follow their lead and accept doing battle within the Democratic Party as the only viable political option.
The SPD Under Angela Merkel
With the opposition reduced to a dispersed minority, the German government is firmly in the hands of Angela Merkel's centrist coalition.
Joe Biden Is the Forrest Gump of the Democratic Party’s Rightward Turn
From crime to privatization to Wall Street, the story of Joe Biden’s career has been the story of the Democratic Party’s forty-year-long right turn. Every step of the way, he was there urging the party to push the rightward shift even further.
On a $15 Minimum Wage, Bernie Was on the Right Side of History
Eight Democrats joined with Republicans yesterday to prevent Bernie Sanders from moving to add a $15 minimum wage to the COVID relief bill. History will not absolve them.
Joe Biden Has a Long History of Giving Republicans Exactly What They Want
For Republicans, Joe Biden has long been the ideal negotiating partner — because he’s so willing to cave in on most anything Republicans want.
A Populism of the Left Can Realign American Politics
It’s clear that the GOP is capturing new parts of the working class. It’ll take credible appeals to workers’ frustrations and economic interests to win them back.
A Lot Went Wrong for Democrats on Election Night
There’s still much we don’t know, but we can take some key lessons from the elections last night: Democrats’ weak economic message helped Trump, the Lincoln Project embarrassed itself, a ton of grassroots money was set on fire, Americans don’t love Obamacare, and the Democratic courts’ strategy failed.
Democrats May Have Won More Suburban Votes in the Midterms. That Doesn’t Bode Well.
If Democrats survived this week’s midterms because they increased their share of wealthier voters, it’s a bad omen for building a working-class coalition around left-wing politics. Something needs to change.
Krystal Ball: Why Politicians Like John Fetterman Won
It turns out when you promise to do even the bare minimum for people, they tend to vote for you. The more Democrats act like John Fetterman and the less they act like Larry Summers, the more they'll win in the Rust Belt.
They Can Always Find More Money for War
The gargantuan military aid bill that passed last week and the Democrats’ Build Back Better package relied on similar legislative strategies for passage. The party saw the strategy through to secure money for war while abandoning it to fund social programs.
No, the New Deal Wasn’t Racist
New Deal legislation was not without significant shortfalls. But where it succeeded, it created broad, universal programs that disproportionately helped America’s most exploited and oppressed workers.
Politicking Without Politics
Democratic elites are delusional — you can’t subdue the reactionary right without a robust alternative political vision.