Debating Class Dealignment
Class dealignment posits that Democrats have been losing working-class voters in favor of middle- and upper-class voters. Is this actually happening? And to what extent is it a problem?
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A Better Future Depends on Reversing Class Dealignment
There’s no forging a durable working-class progressive coalition without winning back the blue-collar working class.
Identity Crisis
The global left has moved away from social class as an organizing identity, allowing the Right to peddle a working-class identity politics untethered from the socialist vision.
Uniting the Dispossessed
The working class has always been divided by varying forms of dispossession. Its strength lies in its collective power.
The Canton Speech
Today in 1918, Eugene V. Debs delivered the speech that landed him in jail. We reprint it here in full.
The Party We Need
Imagine a different inauguration. If we had a working-class party, what would it fight for?
The Myth of the Hardhat Hawk
In the popular imagination, opposition to the Vietnam War was driven largely by the privileged, while supposedly reactionary blue-collar workers supported the war effort. That memory is wrong.
A Real Green New Deal Means Class Struggle
If we want a Green New Deal that can take on climate change, we need to challenge powerful business interests.
Zohran Mamdani’s New York State Assembly Victory Shows What Winning Socialist Campaigns Can Look Like
Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialists of America–backed candidate for New York’s state assembly, has officially won his race. His campaign shows us what a serious socialist electoral bid looks like: class-conscious politics, an uncompromising program, and deep face-to-face organizing. There should be many more like it.
A Matter of Degrees
Trump’s strength with non-college-educated voters is sinking progressives.
Turning to the Working Class
Kim Moody reflects on his time in the New Left, turning to the working class, and opportunities for socialists in the labor movement today.
For Republicans, There Will Be No “Return to Normal”
Rightward Republican Party radicalization is well-positioned for continuing political success, even as it promises to bring political and economic instability for the country and the world with it.
India Walton Is a Sign of What the Socialist Movement Could Become
India Walton’s victory in Buffalo is an enormous advance. With a clear political strategy, the socialist movement could become less dominated by professionals and more driven by the working-class base it requires.
Lifestyle Environmentalism Will Never Win Over Workers
And those are exactly the people we need to save the planet.
Unmaking Global Capitalism
Nine things to know about organizing in the belly of the beast.
Here’s How Economic Populism Can Win
To win competitive districts, left-wing candidates must challenge both economic oligarchy and cultural elitism.
The Birth of the Labour Party Has Many Lessons for Socialists Today
American leftists are constantly wrestling with the question of how to relate to the Democratic Party. The history of the UK Labour Party’s formation through a break with the Liberals a century ago is full of lessons for socialists today.
How Alabama Communists Organized in the Jim Crow South
In 1930s Alabama, Communist Party members fought brutal repression to organize black and white workers in the Jim Crow South. Their efforts remain a source of inspiration for those fighting racism and exploitation today.
Joe Biden Is Not a Blue-Collar Candidate
Joe Biden has nothing to offer workers of any race. He’s a corporate hack with a phony blue-collar veneer.
White-Collar Populism
On the politics of professional-class anxiety.