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The Machine Breaks Down in New York

Whitney Curry Wimbish and David Dayen The American Prospect
DSA’s and Mayor Mamdani’s candidates rocked establishment incumbents backed by unions and political bigwigs. In most cases it wasn’t even close. You don’t always win, but when you do? “People carry that with them for the rest of their lives.”

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AOC Sat Down With Georgia Republican Voters

We brought AOC to deep red Georgia to talk data centers. One conservative voter said: "If there's a chance that anything can be done, I feel like she's gonna be the one to do it."

 

 

A Coup Is Coming. Only the Socialist Left Can Stop It.

Sam Lewis Convergence
MAGA is clear about its intent to attempt a coup, centrist forces at the heart of the Democratic Party will be unable to resist it. We need a movement led by the socialist left and a presidential candidate like AOC to resist the coup.

Do Democrats Have a Plan for the Post-Trump World Order?

Jen Kirby The American Prospect
Democrats try to figure it out in real time, on the world stage in Munich. And, center stage was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democratic congresswoman from New York, along with Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic governor of Michigan.

It’s Dangerous To Overestimate the Left’s Strength

Eric Blanc and Bhaskar Sunkara Labor Politics
Be excited about Zohran, but sober about our movement's shallow roots. The big question now is whether we will be able to lean on that hope to rebuild a powerful working-class movement in workplaces and neighborhoods across our city and nation.

Working Families Party -2026 the Right Time for a Wave of Wins

Rachel Leingang The Guardian
The progressive party is now active in 18 states and much of its expansion happened in the past five years. The party believes 2026 will be a wave year for the left nationwide, so it will be aggressively recruiting candidates for state legislatures
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